First Grade Music Plan

First Grade Music Plan

(Please not that material is subject to change)

This curriculum map is based on Spotlight on Music curriculum and Core Knowledge curriculum

August:

Star Spangled Banner, America, Oh Beautiful, Battle Hymn

of the Republic, The March of the Lions

(Review of Kindergarten Core Songs)

SW ID upward and downward movement

SW ID steady and unsteady beat

SW count 4 beats to music

1.1, 1.2

September:

Frere Jacques, Down in the Valley, Billy Boy

SW ID non pitched/pitched percussion instruments

SW ID four orchestra Families

SW ID instruments found in the Strings Family

1.9, 1.4

October:

She’ll be coming around the mountain, Skip to my Lou, Yankee Doodle

SW ID instruments found in the woodwind family

SW ID instruments found in the brass family

SW ID instruments and classify them into the correct family

SW ID basic instrument set up of the orchestra

1.9, 1.10

November:

Repertoire of December program music

SW ID instruments from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

SW ID music selections from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

SW read a music map telling the story of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12

December:

Repertoire of December program music

SW ID Nursery Rhyme characters from Toyland

SW ID the story of Tom Thumb

SW ID quarter notes, half notes, and eighth notes

1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13

January:

King and I’s “March of the Siamese Children”

SW play rhythms containing quarter, eighth, half notes

SW recognize quarter rests and ‘play’ them accordingly

SW use movement for specific speeds of music

1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

February:

Swing low, sweet chariot, Pick a bale of cotton, There’s a hole in my bucket

SW create rhythms and play them

SW ID notes of a Treble Staff

SW learn Negro Spirituals as part of Black History Month

1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.10

March:

Music from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

SW ID musical movements from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

SW ID voices from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

SW ID music map (story line) from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

SW ID all main characters from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

1.7, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12

April:

Repertoire music for May’s Art and Music Festival

SW ID musical movements from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

SW ID story line from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

SW ID main events from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

1.7, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12

May:

Songs highlighting Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, (Jazz artists), Dry Bones, Down by the Riverside,

Repertoire music for May’s Art and Music Festival

SW ID musical instruments commonly found in jazz music

SW ID characteristic (terms) of jazz music

SW ID music specific to Louis Armstrong (voice and trumpet)

1.7, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13

1.1 sing and play instruments with acceptable tone quality and proper posture, songs in an age-appropriate range 1.2 watch the conductor (S1)

1.3 read and perform rhythmic patterns using quarter notes,

paired eighth notes, and quarter rests (S1, S2)

1.4 create rhythm patterns for introductions and ostinato

accompaniments to familiar songs (S1, S3)

1.5 identify, through movement, simple two-part form (S1, S4)

1.6 respond to duple meter through movement and by using

iconic symbols (S1, S2, S4)

1.7 sing, play, and move to music from different traditions and

cultures (S1, S4)

1.8 improvise simple melodic and rhythmic patterns using vocal sounds

body percussion, movement, and instrument sounds (S3)

1.9 categorize selected classroom instruments by how sound is

produced (S4)

1.10 listen to repertoire of musical examples that represent

varied cultures, styles, and historical periods (S4)

1.11 listen to books and stories about composers, music, and

sound (S4)

1.12 know that a composer is someone who writes music (S4)

1.13 demonstrate appropriate audience behavior (S4)