1st graders are focusing on:
Reviewing steady beat vs. rhythm
Learning the music words for their first rhythm:
Ta (Quarter note)
Ti ti (Eighth notes)
Identifying tempo with new music words:
Fast = Allegro
Slow = Largo
Identifying dynamics with new music words:
Piano (soft/quiet)
Forte (loud)
Beginning to identify the percussion family as pitched and unpitched instrumentsÂ