First Grade

First Grade Music Curriculum

First graders receive music instruction from a credentialed music specialist one day per week for 4a 0 minutes. Students learn about music through lively activities including listening, singing, and moving to music. Children’s books, manipulatives, and singing games are incorporated into music lessons to help children learn basic music skills:

sing age-appropriate songs from memory
identify and demonstrate the difference between beat and rhythm
match pitch through echoing of short melodic patterns
identify and demonstrate an understanding of rhythms including ta, titi, rest
identify and demonstrate two beat rhythm ostinati
sing simple 2 part rounds
identify and demonstrate an understanding of two beat meter, measure, bar line, double bar line, and repeat sign
identify and demonstrate an understanding of melodic notes so, mi, la
move to music in simple dances and singing games

Christa Gutheinz, Vocal/General Music Specialist
Email: [email protected]