North Carolina Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Connect 5

• K.CN.1.1

  Identify the similarities and differences of music representing diverse global communities.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• K.CN.1.2

  Identify how music is used in school and in daily life.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• K.CN.1.3

  Describe how music is used in personal experiences.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)

• K.CN.2.1

  Identify the various roles of individuals that contribute to the creation and production of music, such as singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors, etc.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Fretting Technique (5, Wk 25); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• K.CN.2.2

  Identify music that is created with technology tools.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 6)

Create 4

• K.CR.1.1

  Improvise rhythmic patterns and 2-pitch melodic patterns.

  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); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2)

• K.CR.1.2

  Notate 4-8 beats of original rhythmic ideas using iconic notation that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)

• K.CR.2.1

  Create soundscapes using a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources.

  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); Steps (2, Wk 6); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• K.CR.2.2

  Explain the difference between original and copied musical ideas or works. PRESENT (PR)—Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4)

Present 6

• K.PR.1.1

  Improve musical skills by incorporating feedback from instructors.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C & G (K, Wk 33); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• K.PR.1.2

  Read iconic notation to sing or play melodic patterns with at least two pitches and rhythmic patterns with quarter note and beamed eighth pairs in a variety of meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25)

• K.PR.1.3

  Perform a steady beat in isolation and when singing or playing in unison.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)

• K.PR.1.4

  Demonstrate opposites in tempos, form, texture, and dynamics.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

• K.PR.2.1

  Name the production elements needed to develop formal and informal performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C & G (K, Wk 33); C Major scale note review (K, Wk 34); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Major Chords (2, Wk 16)

• K.PR.2.2

  Identify appropriate audience and performer etiquette.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

Respond 5

• K.RE.1.1

  Identify opposites in tempos, form, texture, and dynamics in aural or written musical works.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

• K.RE.1.2

  Describe emotions evoked by a given musical work.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• K.RE.1.3

  Identify a variety of instruments and vocal timbre types by sound, including sing, speak, whisper, and shout.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)

• K.RE.2.1

  Describe personal preferences for 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)

• K.RE.2.2

  Provide positive feedback for others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)