1st Grade

Things we learn:

>Singing alone and with others

>Speaking alone from memory

>Quarter notes and rests

>Eighth notes

>Reading rhythms

>Reading melodies (La, Sol, Mi)

>Mallet technique (for xylophones, glockenspiels, metallophones)

>Form

>Dynamics: Loud, Quiet

>Tempo: Fast, Slow

Colorado State Standards and Grade Level Expectations:

Standard 1: Expression of Music

• Perform music that demonstrates learned rhythmic and melodic patterns. (SML; eighth and quarter)

• Perform basic songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, tone, and expressive elements. (steady beat)

• Apply teacher and peer critique and self-reflection to refine individual technique and performance of basic songs.

Standard 2: Creation of Music

• Compose, improvise and arrange short phrases using rhythm and/or pitch. (enhance poems and stories)

Standard 3: Theory of Music

• Identify and demonstrate introductory melodic and rhythmic patterns.

• Identify and demonstrate changes in tempos and dynamics.

• Identify and demonstrate basic form, meter, and timbre elements. (AB form; instrument timbre)

Standard 4: Aesthetic Valuation of Music

• Describe and/or demonstrate how ideas or moods are communicated through music.

• Identify, discuss, and respond to music created for specific purposes.