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Ohio Grade 1 Music Standards
Every Grade 1 standard from the Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts: Music (2024), grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 1 has 20 music standards in Ohio: Creating (3); Performing (6); Responding (8); Connecting (3).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 19 of 20 of them.
| Official name | Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts: Music (2024) |
|---|---|
| Published by | Ohio Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2024 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 1 |
| Standards on this page | 20 |
| Code format | 1.1CR |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | education.ohio.gov |
The Grade 1 standards
Creating 3
1.1CRImprovise short rhythmic and melodic patterns using a variety of sound sources.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)
1.2CRCompose simple, four-beat rhythms using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests using standard and iconic notation and a variety of sound sources.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
1.3CRCompose bitonic, tritonic, or trichordal melodies (s-m; s-m-l or d, r, m) in treble clef in a variety of tonal centers.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Skips (2, Wk 8); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
Performing 6
1.1PERead and perform simple four-beat rhythms using eighth notes, quarter notes, and quarter rests.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
1.2PERead and perform bitonic, tritonic, or trichordal melodies (s-m; s-m-l or d, r, m) in different tonal centers.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
1.3PESing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music of various styles, composers, and cultures with accurate pitch and rhythm.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)
1.4PEWith limited guidance, play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others, and demonstrate proper techniques.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)
1.5PEDemonstrate call and response songs that include a steady beat, rhythm, and meter.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)
1.6PEMaintain a steady beat independently against a different rhythm and maintain a rhythm independently against a steady beat.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2)
Responding 8
1.1REWith guidance, listen to music of various styles, composers, periods, and cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32)
1.2REExplore selected musical instruments aurally and visually.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9)
1.3REIdentify elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
1.4RERespond to music using movement, dance, drama, or visual art.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3)
1.5REShare observations and opinions about personal musical experiences and musical selections of various styles, composers, periods, and cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
1.6REWith guidance, follow and respond to the cues of a conductor.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
1.7RERecognize how music is used for a variety of occasions in various cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
1.8REWith limited guidance, identify patterns of the same and different sections and phrases (AB, ABA, ABAB, ABAC) in a repertoire (simple poems, songs, folk dances).
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); F Major Chord (1, Wk 24); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)
Connecting 3
1.1COExplore how music communicates feelings, moods, images, and meaning.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
1.2COAttend music performances demonstrating appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of music performed.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26)
1.3COConnect concepts shared between music, other art forms, and other subject areas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); C & D (K, Wk 31); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4)
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The Ohio Grade 1 music standards checklist
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