Maine Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Responding 2

• ME.B.A1.K

  Listen and respond to diverse music experiences by singing, playing, moving, etc.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ME.B.A2.K

  Explore expressive qualities of music through movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

Connecting 3

• ME.B.B1.K

  Explore music that represents a range of emotions.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Chord Theory Part IV (5, Wk 33); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); 1 8, They’re Great (PK, Wk 9)

• ME.B.B2.K

  Explore how music is used for a variety of purposes and occasions.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• ME.B.B3.K

  Explore music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts and respond through singing, listening, or moving.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Hand Signs (K, Wk 27)

Performing 10

• ME.B.C1.K.a

  With guidance, explore vocal range, pitch flexibility, and types of voices (i.e., whisper, speak, sing, call/shout, thinking/audiate.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Do Re Mi Intro (PK, Wk 16); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• ME.B.C1.K.b

  With guidance, explore a variety of classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Beet & Grapefruit (K, Wk 17); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• ME.B.C1.K.c

  With guidance, perform simple songs and echo phrases.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 16); F Major Chord (1, Wk 24); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• ME.B.C2.K

  Share short songs as a group with others, in formal and/or informal settings.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fabulous F (K, Wk 10); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• ME.B.D1.K

  With substantial guidance, explore the concept of audiation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2)

• ME.B.D2.K.a

  With guidance, explore vocal flexibility and songs within an appropriate vocal range.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• ME.B.D2.K.b

  With guidance, use movement to explore pulse in duple and triple meter.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• ME.B.D2.K.c

  With guidance, explore music opposites (e.g., loud/soft, high/low, fast/slow, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• ME.B.F1.K

  Demonstrate taking turns and active listening skills.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Do Re Mi Intro (PK, Wk 16); Mary Had a Little Lamb (PK, Wk 17); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)

• ME.B.F2.K

  With guidance, perform songs and poems as a group and respond to teacher cues (i.e., my turn-your turn, start-stop, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hand Signs (K, Wk 27); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

Creating 3

• ME.B.E1.K

  With guidance, explore vocal and instrumental sounds.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Singing (2, Wk 21); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2)

• ME.B.E2.K

  Explore visual and kinesthetic representations of sound.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hello Am Chord Part III (5, Wk 15); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (PK, Wk 15); Mi Sol La Intro (PK, Wk 21)

• ME.B.E3.K

  With guidance, explore ways to change a familiar song or poem.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Major Chords (2, Wk 16); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)