Tennessee Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

• 3.GM.Cr1.A

  Use pitch and rhythm to improvise vocal, instrumental, and/or movement ideas within a context (such as question and answer phrases or a simple accompaniment/ostinato).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• 3.GM.Cr1.B

  Use parameters such as improvising/composing a 2-4 measure musical idea, a pentatonic melody, or a rhythm pattern using limited note values to generate musical ideas.

• 3.GM.Cr2.A

  Using musical ideas to be performed, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• 3.GM.Cr2.B

  Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to sequence and document personal musical ideas (such as grade-appropriate rhythm/melodic pattern, introduction, coda, interlude, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 3.GM.Cr3.A

  Interpret and apply feedback, using vocabulary such as introduction, sequence, interlude, coda, and grade-appropriate musical characteristics, to revise personal music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• 3.GM.Cr3.B

  Demonstrate a final version of personal musical ideas using created vocal, instrumental, or movement pieces through performance.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12)

• 3.GM.P1.B

  Demonstrate understanding of the structure and elements of music (such as rhythm or melodic direction) in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)

• 3.GM.P1.C

  Describe how context (such as personal and social) can inform a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• 3.GM.P1.D

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• 3.GM.P2.A

  Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy of solo/ensemble rehearsals/performances.

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

• 3.GM.P2.A

  Rehearse to refine technical accuracy, expressive qualities, and identified performance challenges.

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

• 3.GM.P3.A

  Sing, alone and with others, with expression and skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Singing (2, Wk 21); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• 3.GM.P3.B

  Using body percussion or instruments, perform instrumentally (pitched/unpitched), alone and with others, with expression and skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

• 3.GM.P3.D

  Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, and evaluate student behavior during a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• 3.GM.R1.A

  Demonstrate and describe how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes (such as how music listening is influenced by interests, experience, and context).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• 3.GM.R1.B

  Using movement, manipulatives, and/or pictorial representation, demonstrate and describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as different sections, selected orchestral, band, folk, or ethnic instruments).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Skips (2, Wk 8); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• 3.GM.R2.A

  Demonstrate and describe how music concepts are used by performers to reflect intent (such as describing the mood of a piece of music using descriptive adjectives or demonstrating an understanding of how dynamics and tempo affect the mood of a piece through drawing, writing, or discussing).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)

• 3.GM.R3.A

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria; discuss a music selection or performance using grade-appropriate music vocabulary and teacher-given criteria.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• 3.GM.Cn1.A

  Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music (such as identifying pieces of music that are important to one’s family or how music is used in daily life).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• 3.GM.Cn2.A

  Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and/or daily life (such as understanding the science of sound).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)