Grade 1 Music

Fall Semester

Students will identify the known five voices and adult/children singing voices. 

Students will sing tunefully independently or in groups.

Students will practice vocal exploration. 

Students will explore new musical ideas using their singing voice.

Students will experience melodic patterns, including three tones from the pentatonic scale (so, mi, la).

Students will perform music using dynamics forte/piano.

Students will distinguish between same/different, higher/lower, and louder/softer in musical performances. .

Students will experience rhythmic patterns, including quarter note, paired eighth notes, and quarter rest.

Students will perform simple part-work including beat versus rhythm. 

Students will identify the steady beat in short musical excerpts from various periods of time in history and diverse cultures. 

Students will distinguish between same/different, beat/rhythm, and faster/slower in musical performances.

Students will identify visually and aurally the instrument families.

Students will play classroom instruments including rhythmic and melodic patterns independently or in groups.

Students will play classroom instruments from diverse cultures and styles, independently or in groups.

Students will move alone or with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross and fine locomotor and non-locomotor movement. 

Students will perform simple part-work, including beat versus rhythm, rhythmic ostinato, and vocal exploration. 

Students will identify and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior during live or recorded performances. 

Students will respond verbally or through movement to short musical examples.

Spring  Semester

Students will identify the known five voices and adult/children singing voices.

Students will sing tunefully including melodic patterns independently or in groups.

Students will sing songs from diverse cultures and styles, independently or in groups.

Students will sing songs and play musical games, including rhymes, patriotic events, folk music, and seasonal music.

Students will use basic music terminology in describing changes in dynamics, including forte/piano. 

Students will read, write, and reproduce melodic patterns, including three tones from the pentatonic scale (so, mi, la).

Students will perform simple part-work including beat versus rhythm and rhythmic ostinato. They will perform music using tempo, including allegro/largo..

Students will create short, melodic patterns using known pitches. 

Students will explore new musical ideas using their singing voice.

Students will distinguish between same/different, higher/lower, louder softer, and simple patterns in musical performances.

Students will use basic music terminology in describing changes in tempo, including allegro/largo.

Students will read, write, and reproduce rhythmic patterns, including quarter note, paired eighth notes, and quarter rest.

Students will perform simple part-work including and vocal exploration.

Students will perform music using dynamics, including forte/piano.

Students will create short, rhythmic patterns using known rhythms. 

Students will distinguish same/different, beat/rhythm, faster/slower, and simple patterns in musical performances.

Students will identify visually and aurally the instrument families. 

Students will play classroom instruments, including rhythmic and melodic patterns, independently or in groups. 

Students will play classroom instruments from diverse cultures and styles, independently or in groups.

Students will explore new musical ideas using classroom instruments.

Students will identify and label repetition and contrast in simple songs such as ab, aaba, or abac patterns.

Students will move alone or with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross and fine locomotor and non-locomotor movement.

Students will identify the steady beat in short musical excerpts from various periods of times in history and diverse cultures. 

Students will identify simple interdisciplinary concepts relating to music.

Students will identify and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior during live or recorded performances. 

Students will recognize known rhythmic and melodic elements in simple aural examples using known terminology.

Students will respond verbally or through movement to short musical examples.