Michigan Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Performing 11

• ART.M.I.2.1

  Use developmentally appropriate singing voice and physically show melodic contour.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5)

• ART.M.I.2.2

  Sing and play from memory songs representing various cultures and genres.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• ART.M.I.2.3

  Sing and play expressively with phrasing and appropriate dynamics.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14)

• ART.M.I.2.4

  Sing an ostinato.

• ART.M.I.2.5

  Respond to the cues of the conductor for dynamic levels and 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.2.6

  Play melodic instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9); C & D (K, Wk 31)

• ART.M.I.2.7

  Expand the complexity of patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); C & G (K, Wk 33); Beet & Avocado (PK, Wk 26)

• ART.M.I.2.8

  Play instrumental parts independently.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• ART.M.I.2.9

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25)

• ART.M.I.2.10

  Use a system to read pitch notation for a pentatonic scale.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2)

• ART.M.I.2.11

  Know and use beginning vocabulary for articulation and tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 2 - G to D Five Note Scale (4, Wk 19); Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

Creating 6

• ART.M.II.2.1

  Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, rhythmic and melodic ostinati accompaniments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• ART.M.II.2.2

  Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, answers that are rhythmic and melodic.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• ART.M.II.2.3

  Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, rhythmic variations for a familiar song.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• ART.M.II.2.4

  Create a pentatonic instrumental song.

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

• ART.M.II.2.5

  Use a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing, arranging, and improvising appropriate to 2nd grade.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)

• ART.M.II.2.6

  Add vocal, instrumental, and physical responses to a selection presented in 2nd grade.

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

Analyzing in Context 6

• ART.M.III.2.1

  Identify phrases, verse, and refrain when presented aurally.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 16); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• ART.M.III.2.2

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• ART.M.III.2.4

  Introduce music vocabulary to describe the qualities of music of various.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20)

• ART.M.III.2.5

  Identify the timbre of instrument families.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• ART.M.III.2.6

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 11)

• ART.M.III.2.7

  Support personal aesthetic response to musical works and styles.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

Analyzing in Music 3

• ART.M.IV.2.1

  Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of several different styles presented in 2nd 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.2.2

  Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures using music performed and presented in 2nd grade.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• ART.M.IV.2.3

  Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 2nd 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.2.1

  Observe and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 2nd grade arts.

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

• ART.M.V.2.2

  Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the 2nd grade curriculum.

  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.2.3

  Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

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