1st Grade

Musical Goals

1st Graders will learn how to:

• Sing independently and in a group

• Keep a steady beat while singing & playing

• Identify, read, and write the rhythm values ta, ti-ti, and rest

• Develop an understanding of meter

• Identify, read, and write the pitches mi, so, and la

• Play various instruments, including boomwhackers, Orff, and percussion

• Move body creatively to music

• Create, arrange, and improvise various rhythmic and melodic patterns

Resources to Use at Home

Videos

• Beethoven's 5th - Dudamel (conductor)

• Marbles and Magnets: Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky

• Russian Dance (from The Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky

• Super Mario Bros - The Melodica Men

Interactive Websites

• Blob Opera

• Bongo Cat

• Chrome Music Lab