Nevada Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

• MU:Cr1.2.1

  Explore and improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); 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)

• MU:Cr1.2.2

  Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor) and meter (such as duple and triple).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• MU:Cr2.2.1

  Describe and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Cr2.2.2

  Organize and develop musical ideas using Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• MU:Cr3.2.1

  Interpret, explain and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:Cr3.2.2

  Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

• MU:Pr4.2.1

  With guidance, sing and play instruments to age-appropriate literature.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4)

• MU:Pr4.2.2

  With limited guidance, select and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections. repertoire.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)

• MU:Pr4.2.3

  With limited guidance, listen to, sing, perform, and respond to music concepts (such as pulse and melodic contour selected repertoire.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr4.2.4

  Analyze, classify, or compare and contrast selected music, explaining the connections to specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26)

• MU:Pr4.2.5

  Read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Guava Review (2, Wk 12)

• MU:Pr5.2.1

  Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• MU:Pr5.2.2

  Rehearse, identify and apply strategies to address interpretive, performance, and technical challenges of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr6.2.1

  Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy through singing, performing and/or moving.

  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)

• MU:Pr6.2.2

  Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)

• MU:Re7.2.1

  Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• MU:Re7.2.2

  Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:Re8.2.1

  Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16)

• MU:Re9.2.1

  Critique and apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Cn10.2.1

  Identify and describe how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music. Embedded within:.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:Cn11.2.1

  Describe, classify or explain relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life. Embedded within:.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); What note is it? (K, Wk 30); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18)

• MU:Cn11.2.2

  With limited guidance, listen to, sing, perform, and/or respond to concepts in music from a variety of cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)