1st Grade Curriculum

Rhythm

• Steady beat vs. rhythm

• Quarter note

• Paired eighth notes

• Quarter rest

• Music is organized into groups

Melody

• High, middle, and low sounds

• La-sol-mi patterns

• Curwen hand signs for la-sol-mi

Harmony and Texture

• The difference between a single layer and multiple layers

Tone Color

• Instruments that are struck, shaken, or scraped are called percussion instruments

• The names of several percussion instruments

Form

• Same or different

• AB patterns

Expression

• Music communicates mood or feeling

• Music can be fast or slow

• Music that is loud is labeled f forte

• Music that is soft is labeled p piano

Cultural Connection

• Music is a part of everyone's culture

Benchmark Assessments:

• Steady beat vs. rhythm

• Identify, read and perform rhythms using quarters and paired eighths

• Improvise/compose using quarters and paired eighths

• Match pitches of the mi-sol-la interval

• Demonstrate the knowledge of mi-sol-la intervals on modified staff

• Create and perform mi-sol-la melodies

• Perform an ostinato using body percussion and classroom instruments

• Identify classroom percussion instruments

• Identify, perform, and create AB form

• Describe and demonstrate the mood or feeling of the music

• Identify and demonstrate the tempo of the music as fast or slow

• Identify the music as being either forte f or piano p