Music: Grade 1

Singing - Students will sing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specific guidelines.

Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand music between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Historical and Cultural Connections - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Develop skill in singing a variety of children's songs.

Reproduce high, middle, and low pitches vocally.

Reproduce upward and downward directions vocally.

Reproduce and maintain a steady beat.

Perform short rhythm patterns.

Reproduce upward and downward directions of melodies.

Create musical sounds to accompany songs, poems, and/or stories.

Improvise, vocally, sounds and/or short melodic fragments.

Improvise creative movement within a musical context.

Compose short beat/rhythm patterns.

Compose short melodies using limited pitches.

Demonstrate an understanding of symbols which represent beat and rhythm patterns.

Demonstrate an understanding of symbols which represent melodic patterns.

Identify the form of simple pieces of music.

Recognize the differences in tone color of voices and classroom instruments.

Recognize expressive qualities in selected pieces of music.

Recognize same and different in simple rhythmic and melodic patterns and/or phrases.

Evaluate musical performances based on an age-appropriate criteria.

Develop and evaluate appropriate audience behaviors during a performance.

Identify connections between music and dance, theatre, and/or visual arts.

Identify connections between music and language arts.

Experience music from various historical periods and cultures.