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Ohio Grade 3 Music Standards
Every Grade 3 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 3 has 20 music standards in Ohio: Creating (3); Performing (6); Responding (8); Connecting (3).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 16 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 3 |
| Standards on this page | 20 |
| Code format | 3.1CR |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | education.ohio.gov |
The Grade 3 standards
Creating 3
3.1CRImprovise simple rhythmic and melodic phrases in simple forms (question and answer or alternating phrases) using a variety of sound sources.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
3.2CRCompose using known rhythms, sixteenth notes, and dotted half notes in simple duple, triple, and quadruple meters using phrase and large- form, standard and iconic notation, and a variety of sound sources.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 10); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16)
3.3CRCompose using extended pentatonic melodies in treble clef in a variety of tonal centers.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
Performing 6
3.1PERead and perform using known rhythms, dotted half notes, and sixteenth notes in simple duple, triple, and quadruple meters.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Beet & Passionfruit (2, Wk 13)
3.2PERead and perform do or la extended pentatonic melodies in treble clef in different tonal centers.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16)
3.3PESing (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: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Singing (2, Wk 21); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9)
3.4PEPlay a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others while demonstrating consistently proper techniques.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Skips (2, Wk 7); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
3.5PEDemonstrate rounds and canons.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Guava Review (2, Wk 12); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)
3.6PEMaintain two or more simple, four- and eight-beat rhythmic ostinati against at least one separate part.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Guava Review (2, Wk 12)
Responding 8
3.1REListen to, discuss, and explore the music of various styles, composers, periods, and cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
3.2REIdentify families of instruments aurally and visually.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2)
3.3REDistinguish elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello C (K, Wk 5); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)
3.4REInterpret music through movement, dance, drama, and visual art.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20)
3.5REExplain personal preferences for musical selections using selected music vocabulary.
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)
3.6REFollow and respond to grade-appropriate cues of a conductor.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35); What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)
3.7REExplore how music is celebrated and supported within the community.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)
3.8REIdentify and respond to simple music forms.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Hand Signs (K, Wk 27)
Connecting 3
3.1COExpress how elements of music communicate feelings, moods, images, and meaning.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5)
3.2COAttend and describe music performances demonstrating appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of music performed.
3.3COCompare and contrast the use of similarly named elements in music and other subject areas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)
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The Ohio Grade 3 music standards checklist
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