Maine Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Responding 3

• ME.B.A1.5.a

  Describe and interpret music ideas using appropriate terminology for music elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

• ME.B.A1.5.b

  Explore the personal, cultural, and historical background of an artist to gain perspective on their intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• ME.B.A2.5

  Demonstrate an understanding of the elements and expressive qualities of music through structured and improvised movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

Connecting 3

• ME.B.B1.5

  Demonstrate and explore how personal interests and skills relate to choices when creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• ME.B.B2.5

  Demonstrate and explore how music relates to other disciplines when creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Lord/Lady 3 - G Major Arpeggio (4, Wk 20); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• ME.B.B3.5

  Demonstrate and explore characteristics of music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17)

Performing 9

• ME.B.C1.5.a

  Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy, with proper posture, breath support, and appropriate tone.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• ME.B.C1.5.b

  Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique, in various tonalities and meters, with appropriate dynamics and articulations.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• ME.B.C1.5.c

  Perform a rich and diverse repertoire with increasing technical accuracy and proper technique at a consistent tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24)

• ME.B.C2.5

  Recreate music experiences alone or with others, in formal and/or informal settings. Reflect on and refine performances by applying feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

• ME.B.D1.5

  Demonstrate the ability to audiate by accurately recreating familiar and unfamiliar musical ideas alone.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 7); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14)

• ME.B.D2.5.a

  Echo, decode, and read, with accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• ME.B.D2.5.b

  Identify (visually and aurally), describe, and demonstrate musical terms and elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); C Major Scale (1, Wk 31); C Major scale note review (K, Wk 34); Steps (2, Wk 5)

• ME.B.F1.5

  Identify and demonstrate skills and habits that positively affect group music-making goals.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); C Major Scale (1, Wk 31)

• ME.B.F2.5

  Use visual and auditory cues from others to adjust a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35)

Creating 3

• ME.B.E1.5

  Improvise/create, both vocally and instrumentally, melodic and rhythmic phrases to express a musical idea which conveys a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• ME.B.E2.5

  Plan, create, notate, and refine rhythmic and melodic patterns to convey musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ME.B.E3.5

  Use feedback to refine musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)