Minnesota Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Create 3

• 3.4.2.2.1

  Create or improvise melodic phrases using specified tonalities.

  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); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

• 3.4.2.3.1

  Organize chosen musical phrases into a short composition using a system of notation or recording technology.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

• 3.4.2.4.1

  Revise a musical composition as a group using feedback from others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30)

Perform 2

• 3.4.3.5.1

  Apply developing vocal and instrumental skills to improve performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Singing (2, Wk 21); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)

• 3.4.3.6.1

  Perform music by accurately responding to musical terms.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)

Respond 2

• 3.4.4.7.1

  Identify and describe elements that create contrasting performances of the same musical selection.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Melodies with Frere Jacques (5, Wk 29); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• 3.4.4.8.1

  Apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical selections or performances, citing specific elements and characteristics.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23)

Connect 2

• 3.4.5.9.1

  Describe emotions experienced when performing or listening to a musical selection and relate it a personal experiences.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• 3.4.5.10.1

  Compare and contrast cultural uses of music from different time periods and places.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)