1st Grade
March
February 28 - March 10, 2024
Topic: Strong and Weak Beats, Ostinatos, Verse and Refrain, Steady Beat, Movement
Standards Taught:
1b: Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics
2a: Maintain a steady beat/tempo
6b: Describe music by moving to it and answering questions about it
6c: Use appropriate terms to explain music
8b: Identify ways music relates to language arts and social studies
Learning Targets:
1. Students will be able to find, show, and maintain a steady beat while listening to a piece of music.
2. Students will be able to identify verse and refrain.
3. Students will sing songs from memory.
4. Students will perform a ribbon dance to show the different parts of a piece of music (steady beat, high and low sounds, loud and soft, etc.)
5. Students will do a ribbon exercise where they will demonstrate different ribbons movements and levels while listening to a piece of music.
6. Students will sing using their singing voices.
7. Students will match pitch.
Classroom Activities:
Welcome
Beat Buddies
- Steady Beat
Review
"Little Fishes"
"Bananas"
New Songs
"This Land was Made for You and Me"
- Strong and weak beats
- Moving to music
- Social Studies
"6 Little Ducks"
- Nature sounds
- Singing voices
- Matching pitch
"Brush Your Teeth"
- Ostinatos
- Moving to music
- Singing voice
"When the Train Comes Along"
- Verse and Refrain
- Moving to create appropriate movements for two different sections
- Use ribbons?
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
- Fast and slow tempos
- Moving to music
"Miss Susie Anna Sue"
- Steady Beat
- Singing voice
- Matching pitch
Spring Performance Piece
- Continue working on, memorizing spring performance song and movements
Ribbons
- Synchronized Clock Song with Ribbons
- Steady beat, moving to music, showing what you hear
Ribbon Movement Activity
- Follow the movements that pop up on the board
- Explore different movements and levels that go with the music
If more time is needed, music game
Topic: World Music
Standards Taught:
1c: Sing songs from diverse cultures.
2b: Perform on instruments
6e: While listening to music, move to show a prominent feature of the music.
8b: Identify ways music relates to other school subjects.
9a: Listen to and identify music from different cultures.
9c: Identify uses of music in everyday life.
Learning Targets:
1. Students will listen and learn music/songs from Ireland, Scotland, Russia, Australia, Africa, Brazil, and France.
2. Students will perform a folk dance from Ireland and Russia.
3. Students will perform on African Drums.
4. Students will hear a folk story from Brazil.
5. Students will sing a song in French.
6. Students will learn about each of the countries we are learning music from in class and be able to identify key facts from each place.
7. Students will move to show what they hear in the music.
8. Students will sing using their singing voices.
9. Students will perform songs from memory.
10. Students will be able to find and maintain a steady beat while listening to a piece of music.
Classroom Activities:
Welcome
Beat Buddies - finding and maintaining a steady beat
Review
- "Little Red Caboose"
- "6 Little Ducks"
- "Apples and Bananas"
- "Miss Susie Anna Sue"
Spring Showcase - singing songs from memory and performing
- "Never Smile at a Crocodile"
- "All the Way Around the World"
- "Over the Deep Blue Sea"
World Music
Ireland
- Show powerpoint
- Play Irish Music example and Irish dance example
- Saint Patrick's Day line dance (moving to music)
Australia
- Show powerpoint
- Kookaburra
Scotland
- Show powerpoint
- Three Crows folk song
Russia
- A Spring Dance
- Khorovod
Brazil
- Talk about the Amazon Rain Forest
- Kabungo Beast of the Forest
France
- Show powerpoint
- Frere Jacques
- Xylophones?
Africa
- Talk about drums
- Play easy African Rhythms on drums
If more time is needed, play music game (Echo, Cookoo, Music Four Corners)