Washington DC Pre-K Music Standards

The Pre-K standards

Listen to, analyze, and evaluate music 3

• PK.1.E1

  Respond through movement to music of various tempos, meters, dynamics, modes, genres, and styles.

• PK.1.E2

  Use own vocabulary to describe voices, instruments, and music of various genres, styles, and periods from diverse cultures.

• PK.1.L1

  Identify various sound sources (e.g., voices: singing, speaking, whisperings, shouting; body: clapping, tapping; environment: animal sounds, wind, rain, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)

Sing and perform on instruments alone and with others 4

• PK.2.P2

  Use a variety of instruments and other sound sources to create musical sounds.

• PK.2.P3

  Move or use body percussion to demonstrate awareness of beat and tempo.

• PK.2.S1

  Use voices expressively to speak, chant, and sing (imitate sounds of animals and sounds in the home and neighborhood).

• PK.2.S2

  Sing a variety of simple songs in various keys, meters, and genres, alone and with a group, becoming increasingly accurate rhythm and pitch.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

Improvise, arrange, and compose music 3

• PK.3.1

  Improvise and arrange songs to accompany play activities.

• PK.3.2

  Improvise and arrange instrumental accompaniments to songs, recorded selections, stories, and poems.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• PK.3.3

  Use classroom instruments to imitate and make sounds.

Read and notate music 2

• PK.4.1

  Make up physical movements to illustrate the “high & low,” “up & down,” and “long & short”.

• PK.4.2

  Recognize whole, half, and quarter notes.

Connect music to other art forms and subject areas 3

• PK.5.H1

  Use appropriate movements to respond to music from various historical periods and cultures.

• PK.5.H2

  Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures.

• PK.5.S1

  Identify different kinds of music that can be heard in daily life.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)