Grade 1

Welcome to the 1st Grade music page. First grade is an age to introduce many new concepts in music and review the goals from Kindergarten. 1st graders will begin to play simple borduns on xylophone and begin to read music.

The following goals are important for students in 1st grade to achieve by the end of the school year.

Rhythm goals

Fast/slow

Steady beat

Beat/no beat

Melody

Up/down

Vocal exploration

High/low

Form

Same/different

Instruments

Voices

Singing

Whispering

Speaking

Shouting

Xylophone

Mallets

Alternating hands

Hands together

Movement

Self space

Circle

Big/little

Fast/slow

Beat/no beat