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West Virginia Grades 3–5 Music Standards
Every Grades 3–5 standard from the West Virginia Music Content Standards and Objectives (Policy 2520.9, 2018), grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grades 3–5 has 50 music standards in West Virginia: Standard 1 (top-level) (1); Standard 1 (15); Standard 2 (19); Standard 3 (top-level) (1); Standard 3 (5); Standard 4 (top-level) (1); Standard 4 (8).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 45 of 50 of them.
| Official name | West Virginia Music Content Standards and Objectives (Policy 2520.9, 2018) |
|---|---|
| Published by | West Virginia Board of Education |
| Adopted | 2018 |
| Grades on this page | Grades 3–5 |
| Standards on this page | 50 |
| Code format | MU.S.GM3-5.1 |
| Organized by | Standard 1 (top-level), Standard 1, Standard 2, Standard 3 (top-level), Standard 3, Standard 4 (top-level) |
| Official source | wvde.us |
The Grades 3–5 standards
Standard 1 (top-level) 1
MU.S.GM3-5.1Sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music; and perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: 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)
Standard 1 15
MU.O.GM3-5.1.01Expand singing songs in major and minor keys.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.02Sing or perform an ostinato.
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)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.03Sing two part round and partner songs.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Steps (2, Wk 5); Skips (2, Wk 8)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.04Perform syncopated patterns.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds and Thirds Review (3, Wk 13); Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11); Thirds Part II (3, Wk 12); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.05Perform rhythmic patterns from notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.06Play melodic patterns from notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.07Play chords to harmonize melody.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.08Accompany singing on a variety of classroom instruments.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.09Perform rhythmic and melodic patterns to add special effects to songs.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Simple Songs Review (2, Wk 28); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.10Demonstrate presto, moderato, andante, and largo through movement.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.11Demonstrate ritardando and accelerando and a tempo through movement.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.12Perform music containing crescendo and diminuendo.
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); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.13Communicate ABA form through movement.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.14Communicate rondo form through movement.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.1.15Sing or play instruments, following the cues of a conductor.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)
Standard 2 19
MU.O.GM3-5.2.01Identify aurally and visually orchestra, band and folk instruments.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.02Distinguish between an orchestra and a band.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.05Read notation for songs.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.06Read rhythmic notation in 3/4 meter.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.07Identify a treble clef.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.08Identify bass clef.
MU.O.GM3-5.2.09Identify notes on the treble clef staff by letter name.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.10Identify use of sharps and flats.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.11Manipulate/notate notes for the major scale.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6); Pipes in C Major (PK, Wk 11); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (PK, Wk 15)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.12Identify pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff dynamics.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.13Recognize the symbols for crescendo and diminuendo.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Hand Signs (K, Wk 27)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.14Identify the four vocal parts: soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Singing (2, Wk 21)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.15Identify and demonstrate staccato and legato.
MU.O.GM3-5.2.16Identify and demonstrate fermata.
MU.O.GM3-5.2.17Identify ritardando, accelerando and a tempo.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); C & D (K, Wk 31)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.18Identify and demonstrate first and second endings.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Fourths Part II (3, Wk 15); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.19Identify and demonstrate D.C. al Fine and D.S.
MU.O.GM3-5.2.20Identify ABA form.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15)
MU.O.GM3-5.2.21Evaluate their own musical performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
Standard 3 (top-level) 1
MU.S.GM3-5.3Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments; and compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
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); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
Standard 3 5
MU.O.GM3-5.3.01Improvise music questions and answers.
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); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)
MU.O.GM3-5.3.02Compose a piece using different dynamic levels.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Skips (2, Wk 8)
MU.O.GM3-5.3.03Given a theme, create variations on that theme.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.3.04Compose a song in ABA form.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)
MU.O.GM3-5.3.05Compose a piece using rondo form.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)
Standard 4 (top-level) 1
MU.S.GM3-5.4Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts understand music in relation to history and culture.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)
Standard 4 8
MU.O.GM3-5.4.01Collaborate with others in a musical play.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.02Create a visual artwork for a piece of music or create music for visual art.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.04Relate ABA forms in related arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.05Sing and interpret foreign language songs from global cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.06Refine the use of Italian in music terminology.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.07Develop civic literacy by singing West Virginia and patriotic songs.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.09Identify and discuss tone production for instruments and voices.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Recorder King/Queen 1 - Let Us Play Low C & D (4, Wk 23); Fretting Technique (5, Wk 25)
MU.O.GM3-5.4.10Explore musical careers, e.g., conductor, composer, accompanist, etc.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33)
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