Arts Curriculum Guide

Music

Grade 1

Grade 1
Music
1

 

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Assessment

 

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  Differentiate between steady beat/no beat. - Demonstrate body percussion.

- Demonstrate beat through body movement.

- Demonstrate and provide rhythm instruments.

- Echo body percussion through pat, clap, stamp, walk, gallop, skip, bend, sway, march.

- Move, sing, play instruments to music contrasting beat/ no beat.

- Play steady beat on rhythm instruments.

Teacher observation.

 

Movement creative and directed. - Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth Philips

- Chimes of Dunkirk
New England Dancing Masters
21 West St. Brattleboro, VT 05301

 

Grade 1
Music
2

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

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  Identify and imitate the rhythm within a beat. - Chant.

- Demonstrate and provide rhythm instruments.

- Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings.

 

- Play steady beat on rhythm instruments.

- Use puppets to show rhythym of the words.

- Use sticks to play rhythm with steady beat on drum.

 

Teacher observation. - Performances and plays.

- Listening to live perfomances.

- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- John Langstaff songbooks and videos

Grade 1
Music
3

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

Instructional Strategies
(The teacher may...)

 

Learning Activities
(The student may...)

 

Assessment

 

Extension
(The student will...)

 

Resources

 

  Sing with and without accompaniment. Introduce and demonstrate songs, provide listening examples and movement activities to demonstrate concepts. - Explore vocal techniques: whisper, speak, call, sing.

- Perceive and respond to sectional changes in music.

- Show phrases through movement.

- Sing songs with verse/refrain.

- Listen for same/different parts of music.

 

Teacher observation. Create vocal and/or instrumental improvisations. - Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music by Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Song Stories such as:
- Cross Country Cat-
Millbury Book
- Eency Weency Spider
- Teddy Bear
- Old Lady Who
Swallowed a Fly
Grade 1
Music
4

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

Instructional Strategies
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Learning Activities
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Extension
(The student will...)

 

Resources

 

  Recognize the solfege syllabes so, mi, la.

 

Demonstrate concepts through singing and hand movements. - Use hand signals for so, mi, la.

- Echo sing.

- Sing alone, in small and large groups.

- Listen for pitch.

 

Teacher observation. Create vocal and/or instrumental improvisations. - Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Popplers
4924 Highway 2 West
P.O.Box 14238
Grand Forks, ND 58208-4328

 

Grade 1
Music
5

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

Instructional Strategies
(The teacher may...)

 

Learning Activities
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Extension
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  Identify melodic direction. Introduce and demonstrate songs, provide listening examples and movement activities to demonstrate concepts.

 

- Perceive and respond to sectional changes in music.

- Show melodic direction through movement of hands or other body parts.

- Play xylophones.

Teacher observation. - Creative and directed movement.

- If the melody goes up, the body goes up, etc.

- Draw melodic direction.

- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Music for Little People by John Feirerabend

- John Langstaff songbooks and videos

 

Grade 1
Music
6

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

Instructional Strategies
(The teacher may...)

 

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(The student may...)

 

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Extension
(The student will...)

 

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Recognize music forms:
- introduction
- phrase
- repetition/contrast
- verse/refrain
- solo/chorus

 

Use visual cues to demonstrate musical forms.

 

- Perceive and respond to sectional changes in music.

- Show phrases through movement.

- Sing songs with verse/refrain.

- Listen for same/different parts of music.

 

Teacher observation. Create new lyrics for known melodies. - Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth Philips

 

Grade 1
Music
7

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

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(The student may...)

 

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Identify expressive qualities:
- fast/slow
- loud/soft
- smooth/detached
- crescendo
- decrescendo

 

- Create experiences with identify specific expressive qualities.

- Reinforce through movement, listening and creating exercises.

- Identify sounds of train starting, rain storm, parade.

- Accompany stories with fast/slow sounds.

- Use voice, instruments and movement to articulate emotions.

- Use voice or instruments to dramatize a story or poem.

Teacher observation. - Create simple dramatizations.

- Give performances and produce plays.

- Listen to live performing groups.

- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth Philips

 

Grade 1
Music
8

 

Outcome
(The student will...)

 

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Identify specific vocal timbres:
- vocal
- instrumental
- environmental
- Share experiences that will help students identify specific vocal timbres or environmental sounds (recordings, performances).

- Reinforce through movement, listening and creating exercises.

- Identify visuals that correspond to male voice, female voice, child's voice, environmental sounds and instruments.

- Show understanding by moving to specific instrumental cues.

Teacher observation. - Adapt 20 Questions game format to listening exercises with various vocal timbres or environmental sounds to identify.

- Use a screen to hide instruments for identification exercises.

 

- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn

- Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill

- Instrumental recordings

 

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