Michigan Grade 1 Music Standards

The Grade 1 standards

Performing 10

• ART.M.I.1.2

  Sing and play from memory songs representing several cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)

• ART.M.I.1.3

  Sing and play expressively with phrasing and interpretation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• ART.M.I.1.4

  Sing a melody in a small group.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• ART.M.I.1.5

  Follow cues of the conductor for expressive qualities.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• ART.M.I.1.6

  Play a variety of rhythmic instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Steps (2, Wk 6); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12)

• ART.M.I.1.7

  Replicate longer rhythmic and melodic patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• ART.M.I.1.8

  Play instrumental parts in a group while other students sing or recite rhymes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• ART.M.I.1.9

  Use a system to read quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• ART.M.I.1.10

  Use a system to read four or more pitches (sol, mi, la, do).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Hello Bells (K, Wk 4); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22)

• ART.M.I.1.11

  Perform a variety of expressions of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)

Creating 6

• ART.M.II.1.1

  Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, an accompaniment for a selection with pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments and voices.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); 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); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

• ART.M.II.1.2

  Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, an answer to a rhythmic question.

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

• ART.M.II.1.3

  Create vocal and rhythmic embellishments for a song or rhyme.

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

• ART.M.II.1.4

  Create a song about community.

  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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• ART.M.II.1.5

  Use a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing arranging and improvising appropriate to 1st grade.

  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); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Steps (2, Wk 6)

• ART.M.II.1.6

  Add vocal, instrumental, and physical responses to a selection presented in 1st grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

Analyzing in Context 6

• ART.M.III.1.1

  Identify call and response, solo, chorus, and ABA when presented aurally.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)

• ART.M.III.1.2

  Use invented or standard notation to transcribe increasingly difficult rhythms and melodies.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• ART.M.III.1.4

  Introduce music vocabulary for the elements of music; i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, form.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)

• ART.M.III.1.5

  Identify the timbre of pitched classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• ART.M.III.1.6

  Devise student-created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 11); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)

• ART.M.III.1.7

  Introduce aesthetic responses to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16)

Analyzing in Music 3

• ART.M.IV.1.1

  Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of several different styles presented in 1st grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

• ART.M.IV.1.2

  Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in 1st grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ART.M.IV.1.3

  Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 1st grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)

Valuing Music / Aesthetic Decision Making 3

• ART.M.V.1.1

  Observe and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 1st grade arts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• ART.M.V.1.2

  Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the 1st grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• ART.M.V.1.3

  Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)