New York Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Creating 6

• MU:Cr1.1.4a

  Generate rhythmic and melodic ideas, and describe connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• MU:Cr1.1.4b

  Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• MU:Cr2.1.4a

  Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an arrangement and composition to express intent, and describe connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13)

• MU:Cr2.1.4b

  Use standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Cr3.1.4a

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively selected criteria and feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:Cr3.2.4a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Surf Chords (5, Wk 6); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

Performing 11

• MU:Pr4.1.4a

  Demonstrate and explain how the music that they selected to perform (from teacher- or student- provided options) is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, context, and technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr4.2.4a

  Demonstrate knowledge of the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• MU:Pr4.2.4b

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:Pr4.2.4c

  Explain how context (such as social and cultural) informs a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:Pr4.3.4a

  Demonstrate and identify the context and how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions (such as dynamics and tempo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26)

• MU:Pr5.1.4a

  Apply established or collaboratively selected criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4)

• MU:Pr5.1.4b

  Identify and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies and show readiness to present.

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

• MU:Pr5.1.4c

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

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

• MU:Pr6.1.4a

  Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr6.1.4b

  Perform appropriately for the audience, venue, context, and genre, demonstrating performance decorum.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• MU:Pr6.1.4c

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

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

Responding 4

• MU:Re7.1.4a

  Demonstrate and describe how selected music (from teacher or student- provided options) connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27)

• MU:Re7.2.4a

  Demonstrate and describe how responses to music are informed by the use of the elements of music and by context (such as social and cultural).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Sixths Part I (3, Wk 24)

• MU:Re8.1.4a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

• MU:Re9.1.4a

  Apply established criteria to evaluate musical works and performances, describing 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); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

Connecting 6

• MU:Cn10.1.4a

  Create musical ostinati and/or sounds to accompany or portray events, a story, or to illustrate an abstract idea.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15)

• MU:Cn10.1.4b

  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:Cn10.1.4c

  Perform folk dances from a variety of time periods and/or cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• MU:Cn10.1.4d

  Manipulate music concepts in order to express ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)

• MU:Cn11.1.4a

  Perform folk music from a variety of cultures and identify the music’s role(s) and meaning in its culture of origin.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• MU:Cn11.1.4b

  Document and preserve musical ideas or insights from varied musical styles and repertoire, using standard notation as appropriate to the musical tradition.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)