Minnesota Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Create 3

• 3.2.2.2.1

  Generate rhythmic or melodic patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)

• 3.2.2.3.1

  Preserve personal rhythmic or melodic patterns using a system of notation or recording technology.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28)

• 3.2.2.4.1

  Change selected rhythmic or melodic patterns using feedback from others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27)

Perform 2

• 3.2.3.5.1

  Develop vocal and instrumental skills to perform a variety of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28)

• 3.2.3.6.1

  Perform music with and for others, using technical accuracy and expression.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

Respond 2

• 3.2.4.7.1

  Identify repeating patterns and expressive elements while listening to and interacting with a variety of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• 3.2.4.8.1

  Apply personal preferences in evaluation when listening to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22)

Connect 2

• 3.2.5.9.1

  Identify a part of a musical selection that connects with you personally.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 16); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); C Major Scale (1, Wk 32)

• 3.2.5.10.1

  Sing and play instruments from different genres of music from various time periods and places.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)