1st Grade music class meets for 50 minutes every third day, on a rotating schedule with PE & Art. 1:50-2:40 M, T, Th, F. Wednesdays:
Red Day:
Blue Day:
Green Day:
Click here to see the Red/Blue/Green calendar
1st Grade Plan for the Year
Music Elements:
Dynamics, Tempo, (faster/slower; louder/softer),
AB form, pitched and non-pitched instruments
Reading music, 3-pitch patters; quarter note and paired eighth rhythms
Steady beat in different meters
We will use the district keyboards
Music Composition
Compose and arrange phrases to accompany a story, rhyme or poem
improvise patterns
Expression of Music
Perform songs in tempo with a steady beat
Perform songs using dynamics
Evaluate and refine your performance
Music Connections
Expressive elements that impact thought and emotion
Describe mood of music that is written for a purpose (lullaby, march, celebration song, etc.)