North Carolina Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Connect 5

• 5.CN.1.1

  Describe styles and musicians who have influenced, or been influenced by, the customs and traditions of indigenous and other cultural groups in the United States.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• 5.CN.1.2

  Describe how other disciplines inspire, and can be a part of, music creation or performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• 5.CN.1.3

  Identify how music is used in the media to evoke emotions.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Theory Part IV (5, Wk 33); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 5.CN.2.1

  Identify the characteristics and behaviors of musicians that connect to college, career, and post-secondary skills.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• 5.CN.2.2

  Cite examples of musical works or musicians that were innovative for their time.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

Create 4

• 5.CR.1.1

  Improvise a 4-12 measure melody over a changing harmonic accompaniment.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); 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); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• 5.CR.1.2

  Notate or record original rhythmic ideas and melodic ideas using several voices or instruments that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms and pitches.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder King/Queen 1 - Let Us Play Low C & D (4, Wk 23)

• 5.CR.2.1

  Accompany an existing melody with an original rhythmic or melodic ostinato.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)

• 5.CR.2.2

  Cite artists correctly when utilizing or adapting their original music. PRESENT (PR)—Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fretting Technique (5, Wk 25); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Dragon 5 - Let Us Play F# (4, Wk 32)

Present 6

• 5.PR.1.1

  Improve compositions and musical skills by applying feedback from peers or self based on student-generated criteria.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• 5.PR.1.2

  Read standard notation to sing or play music using any major or minor key, and syncopation in 2/4, 3/4, or common time meters, including rhythms in 6/8 meter.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• 5.PR.1.3

  Sing or play songs with two-part harmony.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); G Major Chord (1, Wk 22)

• 5.PR.1.4

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Thirds Part II (3, Wk 12)

• 5.PR.2.1

  Compare music to perform and the production elements needed to support the context and purpose of a performance, working collaboratively.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Upbeat (1, Wk 2); C & G (K, Wk 33); Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5)

• 5.PR.2.2

  Evaluate the etiquette of the audience and performers in a variety of contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

Respond 5

• 5.RE.1.1

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)

• 5.RE.1.2

  Speculate on the composer's purpose in choosing specific qualities for a musical work using musical vocabulary.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• 5.RE.1.3

  Analyze the timbres of a variety of instruments and voices within a musical work.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); What note is it? (K, Wk 30)

• 5.RE.2.1

  Defend personal preferences for particular musical works.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22)

• 5.RE.2.2

  Evaluate musical performances and compositions using student-generated criteria.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5)