New York Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Creating 6

• MU:Cr1.1.5a

  Generate rhythmic and melodic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

• MU:Cr1.1.5b

  Generate musical ideas and phrases within specific tonalities and meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Cr2.1.5a

  Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for arrangements or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:Cr2.1.5b

  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:Cr3.1.5a

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback, and describe the rationale for changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• MU:Cr3.2.5a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Surf Chords (5, Wk 6); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8)

Performing 11

• MU:Pr4.1.5a

  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 their own and others’ technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18)

• MU:Pr4.2.5a

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• MU:Pr4.2.5b

  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:Pr4.2.5c

  Explain how context (such as social, cultural, and historical) informs performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• MU:Pr4.3.5a

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

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

• MU:Pr5.1.5a

  Apply established and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• MU:Pr5.1.5b

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

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

• MU:Pr5.1.5c

  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:Pr6.1.5a

  Perform music with expression, technical accuracy, and interpretation.

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

• MU:Pr6.1.5b

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

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

• MU:Pr6.1.5c

  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:Re7.1.5a

  Demonstrate and explain 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: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27)

• MU:Re7.2.5a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

• MU:Re8.1.5a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

• MU:Re9.1.5a

  Apply established criteria to evaluate musical works and performances, explaining appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

Connecting 6

• MU:Cn10.1.5a

  Create musical ostinati and/or motifs 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:Cn10.1.5b

  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:Cn10.1.5c

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

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

• MU:Cn10.1.5d

  Identify how sound is created on a variety of instruments and other sound sources.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• MU:Cn11.1.5a

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• MU:Cn11.1.5b

  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)