North Carolina Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

Connect 5

• 3.CN.1.1

  Describe music found in the local community or region.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3)

• 3.CN.1.2

  Compare elements of music with elements of other disciplines.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19); Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26)

• 3.CN.1.3

  Describe personal emotions evoked by a variety of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22)

• 3.CN.2.1

  Identify music careers in the local community.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3)

• 3.CN.2.2

  Describe how music has changed over time with the introduction of new technology.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Skips (2, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

Create 4

• 3.CR.1.1

  Improvise stylistically appropriate responses to given rhythmic or melodic phrases.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Sixths Part I (3, Wk 24); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• 3.CR.1.2

  Notate 4-8 measures of original rhythmic ideas and melodic ideas using iconic or standard notation that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms and pitches.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 10)

• 3.CR.2.1

  Arrange an existing piece by changing one or more musical elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)

• 3.CR.2.2

  Identify music that can be used by everyone fairly. PRESENT (PR)—Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

Present 6

• 3.PR.1.1

  Improve compositions and musical skills by applying formal or informal feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• 3.PR.1.2

  Read iconic or standard notation to sing or play music using any pentatonic scale, and whole note, dotted half note, whole rest, and beamed sixteenth note rhythms in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34)

• 3.PR.1.3

  Sing or play partner songs.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

• 3.PR.1.4

  Demonstrate the meaning of symbols and terminology for a variety of tempos, articulations, forms, and dynamics when performing music.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8)

• 3.PR.2.1

  Compare, with guidance, music to perform and the production elements needed to support a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Recorder King/Queen 1 - Let Us Play Low C & D (4, Wk 23); Skips (2, Wk 8); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26)

• 3.PR.2.2

  Identify how audience and performer etiquette changes based on the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

Respond 5

• 3.RE.1.1

  Identify symbols and terminology for a variety of tempos, articulations, forms, and dynamics in aural and written musical works.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• 3.RE.1.2

  Infer meaning from musical works using musical vocabulary.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• 3.RE.1.3

  Identify a variety of instruments and voices by sound, including folk and orchestral instruments.

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

• 3.RE.2.1

  Contrast individual preferences for particular works or genres of music with preferences of peers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); C Major & G Major Chords (1, Wk 20); Major Chords (2, Wk 16)

• 3.RE.2.2

  Apply specific criteria to construct respectful feedback about music and composition.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)