Washington DC Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Listen to, analyze, and evaluate music 6

• K.1.E1

  Respond to music with movement: employ large body movement; demonstrate various locomotor and non-locomotor movements; use movement to enhance music, stories, and poems; and use the to illustrate moods and contrasts in music.

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

• K.1.E2

  Demonstrate awareness of the elements of music and changes in their use (e.g., steady beat, high and low sounds, same/different phrases).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• K.1.L1

  Recognize when music changes from one section to a contrasting section.

• K.1.L2

  Identify classroom instruments sight and sound.

• K.1.L3

  Distinguish between tone colors: voices versus instruments; men's versus women's versus children's voices.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)

• K.1.L4

  Recognize and demonstrate elements of music: fast/slow, high/low, long/short, loud/soft.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

Sing and perform on instruments alone and with others 8

• K.2.P1

  Use body percussion and classroom instruments to accompany songs and chants while demonstrating a steady beat.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)

• K.2.P2

  Perform rhythmic patterns that include long and short sounds and silences.

• K.2.P3

  Match movement to rhythm patterns.

• K.2.S1

  Sing simple songs from memory individually and in groups.

• K.2.S2

  Demonstrate the difference between singing voice and a speaking voice.

• K.2.S3

  Imitate two pitch (sol-mi) patterns.

• K.2.S4

  Demonstrate steady beat singing.

• K.2.S5

  Use the singing voice to echo short melodic patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

Improvise, arrange, and compose music 3

• K.3.1

  Imitate sounds made with the voice.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9)

• K.3.2

  Use the voice (singing and speaking) to create accompaniments for songs, recorded selections, stories, and poems.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• K.3.3

  Create accompaniments to stories using the voice or a variety of instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); 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); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)

Read and notate music 3

• K.4.1

  Recognize symbolic representations patterns for high/low, fast/slow, long/short, and soft/loud sounds.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)

• K.4.2

  Echo-clap/tap short steady patterns while following notation.

• K.4.3

  Recognize and produce through clapping whole, half, quarter and eighth notes.

Connect music to other art forms and subject areas 5

• K.5.H1

  Discuss and interpret characteristics of music heard in the home and community.

• K.5.H2

  Identify family members and friends who sing or play instruments.

• K.5.H3

  Sing songs and play singing games from various cultures.

• K.5.S1

  Participate in activities that explore relationships between music and other arts through drawing, drama, movement, dance, and storytelling.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• K.5.S2

  Participate in music activities that involve sharing, taking turns, and other ways of demonstrating good citizenship.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: What note is it? (K, Wk 29); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)