Utah Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Creating 4

• K.M.CR.1

  Explore music concepts of steady beat, timbre, and melody, and generate musical ideas using limited tone sets and simple meters.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• K.M.CR.2

  Demonstrate favorite musical ideas and state personal reasons for choosing them.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello C (PK, Wk 1)

• K.M.CR.3

  Organize musical ideas using iconic notation or recordings.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• K.M.CR.4

  Apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

Performing 4

• K.M.P.1

  Identify and discuss basic elements in music to be performed, and state personal interest in various performance pieces.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Bye Bye Baby Bunting (PK, Wk 24)

• K.M.P.2

  Explore the effects of various timbres, dynamic levels and tempos using voice, movement, and simple instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• K.M.P.3

  Develop these skills and concepts essential to music performance: a. Explore the range and various qualities of the voice. b. Sing a variety of simple songs in tune. c. Sing and identify two-note melodic patterns. d. Perform a rhyme or song with teacher accompaniment. e. Perform steady beat with body percussion or un-pitched percussion. f. Perform beat versus rhythm. g. Perform and identify one sound per beat and two sounds per beat. h. Perform music with expression. i. Respond to the conductor to start, stop, and stay together. KINDERGARTEN | 4 .

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• K.M.P.4

  Demonstrate appropriate practice and performance behavior.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5)

Responding 4

• K.M.R.1

  Listen to and interact with a variety of contrasting music while recognizing steady beat, repeating patterns, and expressive elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• K.M.R.2

  Describe feelings conveyed by a music selection and identify elements in a music selection that elicit feelings.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• K.M.R.3

  Show feelings conveyed by music through movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3)

• K.M.R.4

  Identify which of two strongly contrasting selections of music is the favorite, and tell why by naming the element or feeling.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

Connecting 4

• K.M.CO.1

  Sing folk songs and singing games from other cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• K.M.CO.2

  Describe how music relates to personal and social experience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); 1 8, They’re Great (PK, Wk 9); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)

• K.M.CO.3

  Share a favorite song learned at home or describe a family musical tradition.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• K.M.CO.4

  Explore and demonstrate learning in another content area through music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)