Utah Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Creating 6

• 4.M.CR.1

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas.

  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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 4.M.CR.2

  Explain the connection of musical ideas to specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14); Hand Signs (K, Wk 27)

• 4.M.CR.3

  Generate musical ideas using specific tonalities, meters and simple chord changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30); Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32)

• 4.M.CR.4

  Select and demonstrate musical ideas to express intent while connecting to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Sixths Part I (3, Wk 24)

• 4.M.CR.5

  Organize personal musical ideas using iconic notation or recordings to combine and/or sequence personal rhythmic and melodic ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• 4.M.CR.6

  Evaluate and refine work; apply teacher-provided criteria and collaboratively developed guidelines and feedback; and present the final version of created music and describe connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

Performing 11

• 4.M.P.1

  Explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, purpose, context and knowledge and skills.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)

• 4.M.P.2

  Explore the effects of various dynamic levels, tempos, and articulations.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24)

• 4.M.P.3

  Discuss and explore, with guidance, expressive elements in music to be performed.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Singing (2, Wk 21); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26)

• 4.M.P.4

  Sing folk, traditional, and call-and-response songs in tune, with good vocal tone and clear diction.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12)

• 4.M.P.5

  Respond to visual representations of melodic contour and simple melody patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Fa Sol La Part IV (1, Wk 18)

• 4.M.P.6

  Perform two- and three-part pentatonic rounds, partner songs and rhythmic or pentatonic ostinatos.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 4 - Acka Backa (4, Wk 15)

• 4.M.P.7

  Perform and identify rhythm patterns in two-, three-, and four-beat meters using body percussion, voice and simple instruments.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• 4.M.P.8

  Respond with body percussion, voice, or simple instruments to visual representation of rhythm patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3)

• 4.M.P.9

  Respond to musical terms and markings for tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Guava Review (2, Wk 12)

• 4.M.P.10

  Demonstrate persistence and cooperation in refining performance pieces.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Major Chords (2, Wk 16)

• 4.M.P.11

  Perform music with expression, technical accuracy and appropriate interpretation; watch and respond to the conductor to perform dynamics and start, stop, and stay together; and demonstrate performance decorum.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

Responding 8

• 4.M.R.1

  Listen to and interact with a variety of contrasting music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Steps (2, Wk 6); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• 4.M.R.2

  Recognize form, meter, beat versus rhythm, timbre, mood, dynamics, tempo, melody, texture and harmony/tonality.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32)

• 4.M.R.3

  Demonstrate audience etiquette appropriate for the context and venue.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• 4.M.R.4

  Describe feelings or imagery conveyed by a music selection.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• 4.M.R.5

  Identify and describe elements that make contrasting music selections different from each other.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Singing (2, Wk 21); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• 4.M.R.6

  Explore/express feelings conveyed by a music selection through movement or drawing.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

• 4.M.R.7

  Compare personal interpretation of a music selection with composer’s intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 9); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3)

• 4.M.R.8

  Describe elements and characteristics evident in a meaningful, enjoyable, well-performed piece of music, and apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

Connecting 3

• 4.M.CO.1

  Describe how music relates to personal, social, emotional, and intellectual development.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• 4.M.CO.2

  Draw upon interests, knowledge, and skills developed to inspire and inform the creation, performance, and appreciation of music, and deepen understanding of another content area through music.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31)

• 4.M.CO.3

  Experience and explore music which connects us to history, culture, heritage, and community, and identify connections between a music genre and cultural or historical contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)