First Grade Outline

Welcome to the First Grade page! Here you will find our yearly outline for Music class!

First Quarter Focus: Rhythm

Unit 1: Note and Rest Names

Concepts: whole, half, quarter note, whole and half rest

Unit 2: Note and Rest Values

Concepts: whole, half, quarter note, whole and half rest

Unit 3: Time Signature

Concept: 4/4, Rhythmic Counts

Unit 4: Rhythm Composition

Concept: Review All

Second Quarter Focus: Melody

Unit 1: Treble Clef

Concept: lines: E,G,B,D,F and spaces: F,A,C,E

Unit 2: Solfege Introduction/Singing                                                            

Concept: Sol-Mi

Unit 3: Ear training

Concept: High vs. Low

Third Quarter Focus: Music Notation

Unit 1: Composition

Concept: Melodic and Rhythmic

Unit 2: Continue Composition

Concept: Dynamics

Unit 3: Continue Composition

Concept: Performance

Unit 4: Third Quarter Summary

Concept: Review

Fourth Quarter Focus: Music Elements

Unit 1: Expression

Concept: Improvisation

Unit 2: Form

Concept: AB

Unit 3: Review

Concept: Fourth quarter and whole year wrap-up

Unit 4: End of the Year

Concept: Combination of all