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New Mexico Grade 1 Music Standards
Every Grade 1 standard from the New Mexico Music Content Standards (K-5), grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 1 has 18 music standards in New Mexico: Creating (6); Performing (8); Responding (4).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 18 of 18 of them.
| Official name | New Mexico Music Content Standards (K-5) |
|---|---|
| Published by | New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) |
| Adopted | 2022 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 1 |
| Standards on this page | 18 |
| Code format | MU:Cr1.1.1a |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | web.ped.nm.gov |
The Grade 1 standards
Creating 6
MU:Cr1.1.1aWith limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.
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); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
MU:Cr1.1.1bWith limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11)
MU:Cr2.1.1aWith limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU:Cr2.1.1bWith limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
MU:Cr3.1.1aWith limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
MU:Cr3.2.1aWith limited guidance, 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); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)
Performing 8
MU:Pr4.1.1aWith limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
MU:Pr4.2.1aWith limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
MU:Pr4.2.1bWhen analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
MU:Pr4.3.1aDemonstrate and describe music’s 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); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
MU:Pr5.1.1aWith limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)
MU:Pr5.1.1bWith limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)
MU:Pr6.1.1aWith limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)
MU:Pr6.1.1bPerform 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)
Responding 4
MU:Re7.1.1aWith limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU:Re7.2.1aWith limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)
MU:Re8.1.1aWith limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators’/ performers’ expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
MU:Re9.1.1aWith limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)
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The New Mexico Grade 1 music standards checklist
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