New York Grade 1 Music Standards

The Grade 1 standards

Creating 6

• MU:Cr1.1.1a

  With 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:Cr1.1.1b

  With 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:Cr2.1.1a

  With 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:Cr2.1.1b

  With limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3)

• MU:Cr3.1.1a

  With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine 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:Cr3.2.1a

  With limited guidance, present a final version of musical ideas for a specific purpose to peers or an informal audience that conveys expressive intent for a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

Performing 10

• MU:Pr4.1.1a

  With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge of, and purpose of varied musical selections provided by the teacher.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr4.2.1a

  With limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music 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 Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)

• MU:Pr4.2.1b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns, using iconic or standard notation, as appropriate to the musical tradition.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)

• MU:Pr4.3.1a

  Demonstrate 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:Pr5.1.1a

  With 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:Pr5.1.1b

  With 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:Pr5.1.1c

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)

• MU:Pr6.1.1a

  With 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:Pr6.1.1b

  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:Pr6.1.1c

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)

Responding 4

• MU:Re7.1.1a

  With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence selection of teacher-provided music 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:Re7.2.1a

  With 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:Re8.1.1a

  With 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:Re9.1.1a

  With 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)

Connecting 6

• MU:Cn10.1.1a

  Explore and imitate sounds found in the environment.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Hi High C (K, Wk 11)

• MU:Cn10.1.1b

  Imagine and describe places, times, and reasons for making and listening to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)

• MU:Cn10.1.1c

  Illustrate musical ideas through movements (such as dramatizations of books or stories).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)

• MU:Cn10.1.1d

  Manipulate music concepts (such as tempo, dynamics, and articulations) in order to express ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• MU:Cn11.1.1a

  Perform folk music from a variety of cultures and discuss the music’s culture of origin.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)

• MU:Cn11.1.1b

  With limited guidance, state preferences for varied musical styles and repertoire.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)