Nevada Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

• MU:Cr1.3.1

  Explore and improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); 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)

• MU:Cr1.3.2

  Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

• MU:Cr2.3.1

  Perform selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent, and describe connection to a specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:Cr2.3.2

  Organize and develop musical ideas using standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic and melodic musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3)

• MU:Cr3.3.1

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal musical ideas, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)

• MU:Cr3.3.2

  Present the final version of personal created music to others, and describe connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• MU:Pr4.3.1

  Sing and play instruments to age-appropriate literature.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

• MU:Pr4.3.2

  Select, describe and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• MU:Pr4.3.3

  Listen to, sing, perform, and respond or move to the structure in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

• MU:Pr4.3.4

  Analyze selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and melodic phrases using iconic and standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• MU:Pr4.3.5

  Describe how context (such as personal and social) can inform a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr5.3.1

  Demonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• MU:Pr6.3.1

  Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU:Pr6.3.2

  Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context and venue.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)

• MU:Re7.3.1

  Demonstrate and describe how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• MU:Re7.3.2

  Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as personal and social).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• MU:Re8.3.1

  Demonstrate and describe how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• MU:Re9.3.1

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:Cn10.3.1

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

• MU:Cn11.3.1

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)

• MU:Cn11.3.2

  Listen to, sing, perform, and/or respond to concepts in music from a variety of cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)