Washington DC Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Listen to, analyze, and evaluate music 8

• 2.1.E1

  Respond to music with movement: perform traditional folk dances (choreographed and non-choreographed), and interpretive movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9)

• 2.1.E2

  Create movements to music reflect the pitch, tempo, and dynamics in music.

• 2.1.E3

  Develop an opinion, contribute, take turns to discuss music in terms of likes and dislikes.

• 2.1.L1

  Recognize musical forms such as and unlike melodic phrases; music in two- part (AB) form; and the beginning and ending of phrases.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)

• 2.1.L2

  Identify selected orchestral and instruments by sight and sound.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); C & D (K, Wk 31); C & G (K, Wk 33)

• 2.1.L3

  Distinguish between accompanied unaccompanied vocal music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Surf Chords (5, Wk 6)

• 2.1.L4

  Recognize sudden and gradual changes in music, especially the dynamics and tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); C Major Scale (PK, Wk 32); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6)

• 2.1.L5

  Use music terminology to identify describe melody patterns that move upward, downward, and remain the same, and demonstrate different patterns vocally, instrumentally, and with movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

Sing and perform on instruments alone and with others 8

• 2.2.P1

  Perform rhythmic ostinatos single-chord accompaniments on classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3)

• 2.2.P2

  Perform and match notated rhythm patterns.

• 2.2.P3

  Play instruments to demonstrate awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28)

• 2.2.S1

  Sing a variety of songs in various keys, meters, and genres, alone and with a group, with accuracy in rhythm and pitch, from memory.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 16); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 2.2.S2

  Develop a repertoire of songs, including those with and without accompaniment, with and without harmony, and songs with ostinatos and meter in 2 and 3.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)

• 2.2.S3

  Match single pitches and groups pitches played on the piano, individually, and in groups.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4)

• 2.2.S4

  Read lyrics containing more than verse and including words divided into syllables.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26)

• 2.2.S5

  Sing in a two-part ensemble.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3)

Improvise, arrange, and compose music 3

• 2.3.1

  Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments, using voice, body percussion, or classroom instruments.

• 2.3.2

  Improvise accompaniments ostinatos (melodic, rhythmic) to enhance songs, stories, and poems (e.g., match sounds with visuals/images to create improvisations inspired by an event, poem or story).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Chord Progressions Part II (5, Wk 19); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20)

• 2.3.3

  Compose and arrange simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments using voice, body percussion, or classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

Read and notate music 3

• 2.4.1

  Notate rhythm patterns using traditional notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3)

• 2.4.2

  Read (using rhythmic solfege) sets of simple rhythms that use the quarter rest with quarter, half, and eighth note patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16)

• 2.4.3

  Read (sing) easy melodic patterns using letters (e.g., A, B, C, D, E, F, G) and also using solfege syllables (e.g., do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

Connect music to other art forms and subject areas 6

• 2.5.H1

  Interpret holiday songs.

• 2.5.H2

  Identify the uses of music in various cultures and time periods.

• 2.5.H3

  Listen to a variety of folk music (e.g., American, African, Latin, Asian), identify the artists, and describe their similarities and differences in terms of rhythm, mood, tom instruments and tone color.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• 2.5.H4

  Recognize and talk about music celebrations of the cultures represented in the school population.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• 2.5.S2

  Interpret song lyrics/describe sounds of classroom instruments.

• 2.5.S3

  Interpret patterns and model properties of numbers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)