grade 1 s&s-grid

Elementary Music Curriculum Outline – Grade 1 Outcomes added to Grade one are in bold

Singing/Saying Student Demonstrates:

Playing Instruments Student Demonstrates:

Creating/Improv. Student Demonstrates:

Reading/Writing Student Demonstrates:

Listen/Analyze Student Recognizes:

Vocabulary Student Recognizes::

Mi Sol (La) Pitch • Accurate use of singing voice

• High & Low

• Higher (la)

• Singing vs. speaking voice

• Melodic patterns

• Tonal Center (sol-based)

• Vocal exploration

• Pitched vs. Unpitched

• High & Low

• Higher (la)

• 2-line staff

• Line vs. space

• Higher (la)

• High & Low

• Mi, Sol, La

• Higher

• pitch

• staff

q qr Q Rhythm/Meter

• Rhythmic speech • Beat competency

• Long & Short

• Walk & Jogging

• Rhythm

• Duple vs. Triple

• Long & Short

• Walk & Jogging

• Language and rhythm

• dotting rhythm &

language

• Beat

• Beat vs. rhythm

• Duple vs. Triple

• Beat

• Rhythm

• Quarter n ote

• 2-8th notes

• Quarter rest

• Walk & Jogging

Harmony

• song ostinati

• poetry ostinati

• chord bordun

• quarter note ostinati

• quarter note ostinati • Melody alone vs.

accompanied

• Melody

• Chord Bordun

Form • Introduction

• Elemental forms (aaab,

aaba, abab, abba, abac)

• Form

Expressive

Qualities

• Loud & Soft

• Fast & Slow

• expressive speech

• Loud & Soft

• Fast & Slow

• High & Low

• Sound exploration

(pitched and unpitched) • Loud & Soft

• Fast & Slow

• High & Low

• Tone Color

• Multicultural works

• Historical works

• Popular works

Movement • skip/walk/hop beat while

singing

• Mallet technique

(pinch/grab)

• skip/walk/hop/etc to beat

• self vs. shared space

• levels

• walk & jogging

• Traveling vs. stationary

• Pathway

• self vs. shared space

• levels

• walk & jogging

• Traveling vs. stationary

• Pathway

Grade One PPP Page 1 of 1

Week P / P / P Sing/ Say Read Improvise/

Create

Write

Notation Move

Play Inst. (or Games)

Listen /

Watch

Prep - Beat,

Measure line

Present - Assigned Seats

• The Wheels on

the Bus

• 1-2 Numbers • Beat Placement • • Self Space • Body

Percussion:

Beat

• Bus Song

• Poem 2,4,6,8

• Echo - clap 4 beats (tempo)

Week 1

Trimester 1

(Sept) Prep - Beat,

Repeat/Copy Present -

Measure line

• Bus Song

• 2, 4, 6, 8

• 1-2 Numbers

with measure lines (8 beats)

• Beat Placement,

1-2 Numbers

• • Self Space, Bus

Actions, Beat- Side

• Body

Percussion: Word Cues,

• Beat

• Hickity Tickity

• Echo clap rhythm

• Poem - Oliver Twist

Prep - Ostinato Present -

Repeat=Copy

• Bus Song; • Hickety Tickity;

• 2, 4, 6, 8; • Oliver Twist

• 1-2 Numbers with measure

lines whole class and

partner

• Imp. 1-2 Numbers

measure ; A/B Beat

Placement


lines (8 beats) on

whiteboards

• Self Space, Bus Actions, Beat-

Side/ Walk in place

• Body Percussion:

Word Cues, • Beat

• Rhythm Sticks: Word Cues

• A hunting we... • Echo- "walk"

tempo

Week 2

Trimester 1

Present - Beat; Board Reading;

White Board Materials

• 2, 4, 6, 8; • A hunting we

will go; • Oliver Twist

• 1-2 Numbers with partner

for teacher

• Imp - Beat placement


lines (8 beats) on

whiteboards

• Self Space, Beat- Side/

Walk in place - around

• • Beat - Classical Piece;

• Echo- "walk" tempo respond

to drum

Prep - Solo

Present - Ostinato;

High/Low signs

• 2, 4, 6, 8 (solo

phrase) • A hunting;

• oliver: • Hickity Tickity

• Teacher created

- 16 beat - aaab (WB)

• Class variations

of teacher example (WB)

• • Beat- Side/

Walk in place - around

• **learn/play

Oliver game

• Beat - Classical

Piece ; • Here We Sit;

• Echo - High/Low Week 3

Trimester 1

Prep - pencil/paper

work; Present -

Solo and Form

• A hunting; • Oliver (solo

phrase)

• Here We Sit; • Bus Song

• Teacher created 1-2 Numbers -

8 beat - aaab

(WB)

• Class improv of 4 beat of

teacher

example (WB)

• 16 bt 1-2 numbers form

aaab

• Direction: Forward and

Backward

• **learn/play hunting we will

go game

• Poem -Star Light;

• Echo- "walk"

tempo respond to drum

Prep - Rhythm (walk/jogging);

Present - Rhythm;

Pencil/paper

• Star Light; • Here We Sit;

• Oliver Twist; • 2, 4, 6, 8;

• Hickity Tickity

• song/poem order by

picture (WB)

• Reorder song/poem

order by picture

• Write song/poem

picture order on 1/4 sheet

for home

• Direction: Circle and Curvy

• Rhythm Sticks - play rhythm

and beat

• Poem - Higgilty Piggilty; Beat -

Classical Piece: Echo -

High/Low Week 4

Trimester 1

Prep - Rhythm

(walk/jogging - first names);

Poem Ostinatos

• Higgilty

Piggilty; • Here We Sit;

• Star Light; • Hickety Tickity

• leaf color

patterns

• FIt name to one

or two sounds • leaf color

patterns

• • Finger play -

walk and jogging

• **learn/play

here we sit

• Echo- "walk and

jogging" tempo respond

to drum; High/Low



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep - Rhythm

(walk/jogging);

Poem Ostinatos; Present - WB, M,

E

• Higgilty

Piggilty;

• Here We Sit; • Star Light

• Teacher created

1-2 Numbers -

8 beat - aaab (WB)

• Beat Ostinato ;

Poem Ostinato

• Dot name • Walk - one

step; Jogging -

two steps

• Beat - common

tempo

• Echo- "walk and

jogging"

tempo respond to drum

Week 5

Trimester 1

(October)

Prep - Rhythm

(walk/jogging); Arranging; Poem

Ostinato

All known

songs/poems

• song/poem

order by picture (WB);

Rhythm Feet (walk/jogging)

• • • Walk - one

step; Jogging - two steps

• **play A

Hunting We Will Go

• Echo- "walk and

jogging" tempo respond

to drum

Prep - Dotting; Present - Arr.

Send home poem check

• All Poems • A hunting;

• Here we sit

• poem order by picture (WB);

Words- "walk and jogging"

• Arrange phrases; Echo-

"walk and jogging"

• Rhythm Dotting • Beat vs. Words (walk/jogging)

• • Beat – vivaldi “autumn” &

sat night fever;

• Echo- "walk and jgng"

Week 6

Trimester 1

Prep - Poem Ostinato; 2 pt

speech

• Star Light; • Sally;

• 2,4,6,8

• Rhythm Feet (walk/jogging)

• Partner Phrase Arrangement

• Partner Phrase Arrangement

(WB); • perform for

Class/Teacher

• Beat vs. Words (walk/jogging)

• Beat vs. Words (rhythm

sticks)

• Secret Poem; Sally grt Sun

Prep - Rhythm

Dotting; Present -

Rhythm

• Star Light;

• Sally

• 2 pt ost/poem

by picture (WB)

• Phrase Ostinato • Partner Phrase

Arrangement (WB);

• perform for Class/Teacher

• Sally Phrase

movement

• **learn/play

Sally Go 'Round the

Sun

• Echo -

High/Low

Week 7

Trimester 1

Present - Rhythm Dotting

All Poems/Songs;

Focus - 2,4,6,8

• 2 pt ost/poem by picture

(WB)

• Partner Poem/Ostinato

Picture (WB)

• Partner Poem/Ostinato

Picture (WB) ;

• Dot - 2, 4, 6, 8

• • **play Sally Go Round the Sun

•

Prep - Orff Instrument

Names Present - High/Low "tree"

Sing Secret Song

Focus - 2,4,6,8

• 4-beat Rhythm Dots

• • • Walk/Jogging; transfer to

knee; transfer to instrument

• Mallet technique -

"pinch/grab" Alternate –

• Jump - Slide

• Mallet technique -

"pinch/grab" Alternate –

• Jump - Slide Week 8

Trimester 1

Present -

Instrument names; Moving

to a new instrument

• Hunting we will

go; • Sally;

• Here We Sit

• • walk and

jogging for instrument

transfer

• • • Mallet

technique - "pinch/grab"

Alternate - Jump - Slide

• Mallet


Alternate - Jump - Slide



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep -

Antiphoning

Sing all songs • Walk/Jogging

(WB); clap

word rhythm

• B section of

aaba using

walk/jogging

• Dot rhythm

(WB) from

teacher speech (walk/jogging)

• Skip, Walk,

Hop, Jump

• • Beat - Opera

Piece; Echo -

High/Low

Week 9

Trimester 1

(November) Evaluation Here we sit. • Walk/Jogging

(clap)

• • • • No Grade •

Prep - Antiphoning

All poems • walk and jogging dots

(16 Beats); 2 pt

poem/ostinato

• speak walk/jogging

• partner dotting walk/jogging

• partner move to written group

work

• • One Bear Out Tonight

(high/low signs)

Week 10

Trimester 1 Present -

Antiphoning (self; partner)

One Bear Out

Tonight

• Read 16 beat

walk/jogging dots figure out

form

• Group, 8-beat,

walk/jogging composition

then individual comps

• Teacher writes

group comp; Students write

their own comps

• • • Echo -

High/Low

Evaluation, Grade, and send

home to parents

One Bear Out Tonight

• Read 16 beat walk/jogging

dots

• Form guide - aaab, abab,

aaba

• Students continue to

write their own Compositions

• • Clap/say rhythm in walk

and jogging language for

teacher

•

Week 11

Trimester 1 Present - walk

and jogging legs

All Songs/Poems • read dots - add

stems - read again

• • • Hands to show

pitch height.

• **learn/play

game for One Bear

• Echo -

High/Low; Beat/ostinato -

Classical Choral Piece

Present -

Instrument Letter Names

Poem:

• Star Light; • 2, 4, 6, 8

• read 4 beats

transfer to instruments

• improv - walk

and jogging language for

transfer

• • rhythm fingers,

knees, feet

• Mallet


Alternate - Jump - Slide -

Beat/Rthm

• Mallet



Beat/Rthm Week 12

Trimester 1

(end) Present - Playing

Beat vs. Rhythm

• Here We Sit;

• Sally Go Round the Sun;

• A Hunting; • Poem –

• Oliver Twist

• • • • step the beat;

clap the rhythm

• Mallet



Beat/Rthm

• Mallet



Beat/Rthm



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

A Hunting We

Will Go

• 16 Beat rhythm

- use child

names, colors, etc.

• improv - colors

and names

• dictation -

names and

colors

• Hands to show

pitch height.

• **play Here We

Sit

• Snail, Snail

(high/low

signs)

Week 13

Trimester 2

(December) Present -

Rhythm Note Names

Snail, Snail • 16 Beats

quarter/eighths

• Erase one line

for improv

• • Skip, Walk,

Hop, Jump

• • Echo -

High/Low; Beat/ostinato -

Folk Piece

Snail, Snail • 16 Beats quarter/eighth

s

• Group 16 Beats quarter/eighth

s

• Teacher writes group comp;

Students write their own

comps

• Partner - Skip, Walk, Hop,

Jump

• • Secret Song

Week 14

Trimester 2 Evaluation,

Grade, and

send home to

parents

One Bear Out

Tonight

• 16 Beats

quarter/eighths

• Form guide -

aaab; abab; aaba; abac

• Students

continue to write their own

Compositions

• • Clap/say

rhythm in du and du-de

language for teacher

• Echo -

High/Low; Watch

“Mousecracker” pt. 1

Prep - quarter rest

Johnny Caught A Flea;

• Secret song rhythm - One

Bear

• rhythmic ostinato (4

beat)

• • • • Poem - Johnny Caught A Flea;

Song - Good Friends

• Watch “mousecracker

” pt. 2

Week 15

Trimester 2

(January) Prep - quarter

rest

• Johnny Caught

A Flea;

• Good Friends

• Secret song

rhythm - Hear

we sit

• B section

rhythm in

aaab form and B section

mvmt with same form

• • Skip, Walk,

Hop, Jump to

the beat

• hand claps with

partner

• Poem - Five Fat

Turkeys

Prep - quarter rest

• Johnny Caught A Flea;

• Peas Porridge Hot;

• Good Friends

• high/low 4 beat patterns

• 4 beat high/low

improv

• • Jump on the rest

• Hand claps (new partner)

• snail song circle

• Poem - Peas Porridge Hot

Week 16

Trimester 2 Present - quarter

Rest

• Johnny Caught

A Flea; • Peas Porridge

Hot

• 16 Beats

quarter/eighths/rests

• • write quarter

rest - Z & C

• Jump on the

rest

• • Carnival of the

Animals - Cockoo



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Name

Instruments

• Here We sit;

• Peas Porridge

Hot; • 2 4 6 8

• read 4 beats

transfer to

instruments

• • • • Mallet

technique -

"pinch/grab" • Here we sit

song circle

• Echo/play -

Rhythm

Week 17

Trimester 2 Present -

Removal of bars

• Here We sit;


• 2 4 6 8

• • 4 beat melodic

ostinato with fixed quarter

note rhythm

• • • Here we sit

melody - high/low and

c/a:

• Echo - letters

names C & A; b=h story

Prep - high/low dots

Sing all songs; Say all poems

• Starlight Rhythm

• B section of aaba using

quarter/eighths

• Dictation - quarter, eight,

rest

• Skip, Walk, Hop, Jump to

the beat

• • Beat - Opera Piece; Echo -

High/Low

Week 18

Trimester 2

Evaluation-

beat & inst.

names

A hunting we will

go

• 16 Beats


• 4 beat rhythmic

ostinato

• • play a-hunting • xylophone: beat

on chord bordun

• Opera: Der

Holle

All known songs • • 16 Beat group composition;

Individual

• Dictation - quarter, eight,

rest

• Skip, Walk, Hop, Jump to

the beat

• • Discern Rests in songs

Week 19

Trimester 2

(February) Evaluation,

Grade, and

send home to

parents

• 16 Beats


• Form guide -

aaab, abab, abba, aaba,

abac

• Students


Compositions

• • Clap/say

rhythm in du and du-de

language for teacher

•

Prep - high/low

dots; Present - Levels

Song to compare

length with Hot Crossed Buns

• Melody Map • 4 beat high/low

improv

• 4 beat dictation

(WB)

• Partner Hand

Tap (levels)

• Here we sit

high/low & C/A

• Song - Hot

Crossed Buns

Week 20

Trimester 2 Prep - Melodic Ostinato;

Present - high/low dots

• Hot Crossed Buns;

• Oliver Twist (singing high

and low)

• 16 Beats quarter/eighth

s/rests

• 4 beat group melodic

ostinato

• 4 beat melodic dictation

• Levels • Percussion B sections

• Carnival of the Animals -

Aquarium



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep - Sol Mi Hot Crossed

Buns

• Group Creation • Group, 8-beat,

high/low

composition then individual

comps

• • Song form and

movement

• • Song - Song

Circle Left

Week 21


Grade, and

send home to

parents

Circle Left • 16 Beats

high/low/rests

• form guide -

aaab, abab, aaba, abba,

abac

• Students


Compositions

• • Sign and Sing

for the teacher. Trans

to keyboard

•

Prep - Sol-Mi; Present -Melodic

ostinato

• Circle Left; • Peas Porridge

• 16 beat high/low dots

• 4 beat group melodic

ostinato

• 4 beat - high/low

dictation

• Add hand motions to aid

melodic ostinato

• • Beat - Choral Work; Echo -

High/Low

Week 22

Trimester 2 Prep - Sol-Mi Circle Left • • Melodic

"chunks" for ostinatos

• • Mirror Phrase:

Teacher-Group,

Student-Group;

Partners

• • Carnival of the

Animals - The Swan

Name

Instruments Prep - Bordun

• Here We sit;


• 2 4 6 8

• Read 4 beats


• 4 beat melodic


note rhythm

• • • Mallet


• Echo/play -

Letter names C and A

Week 23

Trimester 2

(March) Present - Bordun • Here We sit;

• A Hunting We

will Go

• • 4 beat melodic ostinato with

fixed quarter

note rhythm

• • • Here we sit melody -

high/low and

c/a: Bordun

• Echo - Melodic Ostinatos;

Song - Maple

Swamp

Prep - Sol-Mi Maple Swamp • three forms - aaba; abab;

abac

• Improvise with a partner

• high-low silent dictation.

• move to form (HCB; ELBOW;

HP)

• • Maple Swamp

Week 24

Trimester 2

(END) Present - Sol- Mi • Here we sit;

• Maple Swamp

• 16- beat

high/low to sol/mi (Here

we sit)

• • Staff -

high/low stick to sol/mi staff.

sol-mi dictation

• • **learn/play -

Maple Swamp

• Beat - Pop

piece; Echo - sol/mi



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep - Canon • Snail, Snail;

• Higglty

(canon); • Clap Canon

• Snail, Snail - on

staff; Rhythm

& Map for 7 sons

• • • use form to

guide

movement (group)

• • Beat -

Orchestral

Work; Echo - sol/mi; Song -

Seven Sons Week 25

Trimester 3 Prep - Canon • Seven Sons;

• Peas Porridge (canon at 2)

• • Use from guide

to improv movement for

B section; (7 son rep)

• Dot Rhythm;

Discern song form

• • • Grieg - In the

hall of the Mountain King

Engine, Engine, Number Nine

• Engine, Engine, Number Nine -

on staff

• • Discern song form

• use form and melodic

direction to guide

movement

• Percussion B sections

•

Week 26

Trimester 3

(April) Prep - Partner

Song/Poems

• CIrcle Left;

• Sally Go Round The Sun

• • Movements for

fermata

• 8 beat rhythmic

dictation (4 beat rep)

• Dance - Seven

Jumps

• • Listen and

count long notes in Seven

Jumps

Prep - Partner Song/Poems

All Poems; Seven Sons;

Maple Swamp

• • • • Dance - Seven Jumps

• •

Week 27

Trimester 3

Evaluation Circle Left • 16 Beats

quarter/eighths/rests; 4

beats of Sol-Mi

• 4 beat melodic

ostinato

• 4 beat dictation • • Here We Sit;

Chord Bordun

•

Prep - Partner

Song/Poems

• Maple Swamp;

• Hot Crossed Buns

• Group Creation • Take Sol-Mi

Improv suggestions

for worksheet

• Place S/M under

provided rhythm

• Dance -

Doudlebska Polka

• • Listen and

count A/B sections -

Doudlebska Polka

Week 28


Grade, and

send home to

parents

Circle Left • Individuals read a measure

from their worksheet

• • Students continue to

write their own Compositions

• • Sign and Sing for the

teacher. Trans to keyboard

• Piano Performance



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep - Mi-Re-Do Maple Swamp • Created Sol-Mi

piece of

partner.

• • Sol - Mi

Dictation

• • **Play Maple

Swamp

• Echo - High,

Medium, Low

Week 29

Trimester 3 Prep - Mi-Re-Do;

Partner Songs

• Hot Cross Buns;

• Circle Left

• m-r-d steps • Partner Improv

(melodic and movement)

• Discern song

form

• High, Medium,

Low to reflect Song

• • Echo - High,

Medium, Low

Prep - Mi-Re-Do • m-r-d steps • m-r-d steps • Sol - Mi Dictation

(neutral syllable)

• High, Medium, Low to reflect

steps

• • Song - Roll That Brown Jug

Week 30

Trimester 3

(May) Form of Words

vs. Melody

• Here We Sit:

• Doggie Doggie

• created steps • m-r-d steps • Solfa for

worksheet

• Movement to

match form (beat) Skip-

Hop-Jump-Gallop-Walk

• •

Evaluation,

Grade, and

send home to

parents

• Here We Sit: • Doggie Doggie

• • • Staff Notation • • Sing and Sign for teacher.

Trans to Keyboard

• Piano Performance

Week 31

Trimester 3 Name

Instruments; Chord Bordun;

Broken Bordun

• Here We Sit;

• Johnny Caught A Flee;

• Read 4 beats


• 4 beat melodic


note rhythm

• • • Mallet

technique - alternation;

Add color on the rests

• Echo/play -

Letter names C and A

Name

Instruments; Chord Bordun;

Broken Bordun

Maple Swamp • Read Steps


• High, Medium,

Low; Melodic improv

• • • Maple Swamp -

High, Medium, Low

• Echo - Melodic

Ostinatos; Song - Maple

Swamp

Week 32

Trimester 3 Prep - Partner Songs

• Seven Sons: • Mary Had A

little Lamb; • London Bridge

• Seven Sons: Mary Had A

little Lamb; London Bridge

• • • Pitch height movement for

Mary

• • Song - Mary had a little

lamb; London Bridge



Create

Write

Notation Move


Listen /

Watch

Prep - La;

Present A'

• We Are Playing

in the Forest

• Rhythm - We

Are Playing in

the Forest

• • Sol - Mi

Dictation

• • • Sol - Mi -

Higher

Week 33

Trimester 3 Prep - La We Are Playing

in the Forest

• • Use form guide

for B section rhythm

• Discern song

form

• Skipping during

song

• **Learn/Play -

Wolf Game

• Sol - Mi -

Higher

Prep - La Doggie, Doggie • Rhythm - Doggie,

Doggie

• • 8 beat - rhythm dictation

(repeat)

• Skipping, Galloping,

Walking

• **Play - Wolf Game

• Carnival of the Animals - Lion

Week 34

Trimester 3

(June) Prep - La • Doggie, Doggie;

• We Are Playing in the Forest

• • 4 beat - Sol - Mi

- Higher (wb)

• Discern song

form

• • **Learn/Play -

Doggie Game

• Sol - Mi -

Higher

• Polly Put The Kettle On:

• Roll That Brown Jug Down To

Town

• Rhythm - Polly Put The Kettle

On

• • 8 beat - rhythm dictation

(through composed)

• • **Play - Doggie Game

• Song - Polly Put The Kettle On

Week 35

Trimester 3 All Songs and

Poems

• • 4 beat - Sol - Mi

- Higher (wb)

• Discern song

form

• • **Choice Game •

Evaluation Song of Your

Choice

• 16 Beats

quarter/eighths/rests; 8

Beats of Sol-Mi

• 4 beat melodic

ostinato

• 4 beat dictation • • Maple Swamp -

High, Medium, Low

•

Week 36

Trimester 3

(END)

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