Music: Grade 1

Sing complete songs within an octave range and play simple rhythmic accompaniment.

Using a variety of melodic and rhythmic instruments, create dramatizations of songs, poems, and stories.

Listen and respond to a variety of musical styles.

Using simple vocabulary, describe the elements present in a high-quality performance.

Recognize and identify basic music notation and symbols.

Know that factors influence musical compositions.

Respond to music through expression of moods, ideas, and feelings.

Recognize the message of the music in relation to other subject areas.

Identify and discuss the various places that music is heard.

Music, Beginner Keyboard

Strings, Beginner and Intermediate Level

Sing and play alone and with others a variety of songs using appropriate techniques and dynamics.

Sing with accurate pitch and rhythm.

Sing music from a variety of sources.

Sing and chant ostinatos, and call and responses.

Play a steady beat.

Improvise short melodies by using set rhythmic patterns on pitched instruments.

Improvise rhythms and accompaniments by playing instruments.

Distinguish between qualities of music such as soft and loud, low and high, fast and slow, same and different, and tone colors.

Improvise a response to the beat and tempo of various music examples with appropriate movements or dramatization.

Identify the sound of brass, string, woodwind, percussion, and keyboard instrument families.

Identify musical elements that relate to a successful performance.

Recognize differences in the quality of a vocal or choral performance.

Discriminate between different types of performances such as vocal, choir, band, and solo instruments.

Recognize music symbols and traditional terms that demonstrate rhythm notation (i.e., quarter note, quarter rest, and eighth note).

Identify basic dynamic notation such as p and f.

Recognize the staff.

Listen to music from various cultures and ethnic groups.

Describe music performances from various cultures.

Identify and describe roles of musicians in daily life.

Experience instruments and timbres of instrument families from various cultures.

Perform songs in the languages of various cultures.

Explain feelings expressed by specific examples of music.

Express the idea or story of a music selection through movement, dance and dramatization (role-play).

Respond to music by painting, drawing a picture, or dictating a story.

Interpret ideas and stories contained in the language of songs and relate them to the appropriate subject area (e.g., reading, math, science).

Identify word patterns and rhymes within a song text.

Recognize the sequential arrangement of sections in a work of music.

Describe and illustrate various ways that people make music.

Identify the presence and uses of music in everyday life.

Recognize differences that exist in various styles/genre of music.

Identify a variety of musical careers.

Play a variety of music selections alone or in groups.

Create and perform music using simple melodies and rhythms.

Listen to, describe, and respond to short works of music.

Describe qualities of successful keyboard performances.

Recognize and identify music notation and symbols.

Recognize that music reflects the culture, time, and place of its origin.

Experience a variety of moods and feelings expressed by different keyboard selections.

Recognize connections between music, the other arts, and other subject areas.

Recognize ways that music and musicians are encountered in everyday life.

Sing and play a variety of music selections alone or in groups.

Create and perform music using simple melodies and rhythms.

Listen to, describe, or respond to short works of music.

Describe qualities of successful string performances.

Recognize and identify music notation and symbols.

Recognize that music reflects the culture, time, and place of its origin.

Experience a variety of moods and feelings expressed by different string repertoire.

Recognize connections between music, the other arts, and other subject areas.

Recognize ways that music and musicians are encountered in everyday life.

Use proper posture and hand position while sitting at the keyboard.

Demonstrate understanding of high, medium, and low pitch ranges in selected keyboard repertoire.

Create melodic motives on the keyboard to illustrate up and down.

Improvise a composition using staccato and legato melodies.

Describe characteristics of a melody or rhythm used in a keyboard composition.

Describe basic elements of form in music.

Identify expressive qualities of a keyboard performance: soft, loud, fast, slow, etc.

Evaluate accuracy of rhythm, melody, and style in keyboard performances.

Recognize music symbols that demonstrate rhythmic notation and values (i.e., quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note bar lines, and measures).

Know the letter names of line and space notes on treble and bass clefs.

Demonstrate knowledge of music symbols/icons by playing on the keyboard.

Listen to and perform music from various cultures, and ethnic groups.

Understand the role of music and musicians in selected cultures, times, and places.

Compare and contrast emotions or moods expressed when listening to or performing specific examples of music.

Know that keyboard selections can convey various ideas or stories.

Compare ways a composer uses dynamics to tell a musical story with the way an author, a painter, a mime, or a dancer tells a story.

Analyze the sequential arrangement of phrases or sections in a work of music compared to the order of events in a story.

Know various ways that people make music.

Analyze the presence, use, and effect of music in everyday life.

Demonstrate beginning knowledge of a variety of music styles.

Compare and contrast the qualifications for various musical careers.

Use proper posture and hand position while holding stringed instrument.

Demonstrate understanding of high, medium and low pitch ranges in selected stringed repertoire.

Identify and play scales.

Create melodic motives on the instrument to illustrate up and down.

Improvise a composition using staccato and legato melodies.

Describe characteristics of a melody or rhythm used in a string composition.

Describe basic elements of form in music.

Identify expressive qualities of a string performance: soft, loud, fast, slow, etc.

Evaluate accuracy of rhythm, melody, and style in stringed performances.

Recognize music symbols that demonstrate rhythmic notation (i.e., quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note).

Know the letter names of line and space notes on treble and bass clefs.

Identify note/rest values, bar lines and measures.

Demonstrate knowledge of music symbols/icons by playing on respective stringed instrument.

Listen to and perform music from various cultures, and ethnic groups.

Understand the role of music and musicians in selected cultures, times, and places.

Compare and contrast emotions or moods expressed when listening to or performing specific examples of music.

Know that stringed selections can convey various ideas or stories.

Compare ways a composer uses musical elements to tell a musical story like the way an author, a painter, a mime, or a dancer tells a story.

Compare ways music and other subjects are related.

Know various ways that people make music.

Analyze the presence, use, and effect of music in everyday life.

Demonstrate beginning knowledge of a variety of music styles.

Compare and contrast the qualifications for various musical careers.