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Minnesota Kindergarten Music Standards
Every Kindergarten standard from the Minnesota 2018 K-12 Academic Standards in the Arts: Music, grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Kindergarten has 9 music standards in Minnesota: Create (3); Perform (2); Respond (2); Connect (2).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 8 of 9 of them.
| Official name | Minnesota 2018 K-12 Academic Standards in the Arts: Music |
|---|---|
| Published by | Minnesota Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2018 |
| Grades on this page | Kindergarten |
| Standards on this page | 9 |
| Code format | 3.0.2.2.1 |
| Organized by | Create, Perform, Respond, Connect |
| Official source | education.mn.gov |
The Kindergarten standards
Create 3
3.0.2.2.1Improvise musical sounds in response to teacher cues.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
3.0.2.3.1Choose a musical sound to share.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6)
3.0.2.4.1Change selected musical sounds using teacher feedback.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
Perform 2
3.0.3.5.1Demonstrate moving, singing, and playing instruments with others.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)
3.0.3.6.1Make a musical choice while singing, playing instruments, or moving to explore the effects of musical elements. For example: High/low; loud/soft; fast/slow.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)
Respond 2
3.0.4.7.1Identify musical opposites while listening to and interacting with a variety of music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Steps (2, Wk 6)
3.0.4.8.1Identify which of two contrasting musical selections is preferred, and tell why.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
Connect 2
3.0.5.9.1Sing or play instruments using a familiar song that you have learned.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder Dragon 1 - Let Us Play F (4, Wk 28)
3.0.5.10.1Sing, play instruments, or listen to music from various cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Semitones (3, Wk 32)
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The Minnesota Kindergarten music standards checklist
Every standard on this page as a one-page-per-grade PDF with a box to tick, ready for your curriculum map, your evaluation binder, or the next time someone asks “how is this standards-aligned?”
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