1. Subject Area: General Music - Grade Level: One

Subject Area: General Music - Grade Level: One
 
Mission Statement: It is the mission of the Elba Central School District to actualize the phrase “Elba Equals Educational Excellence for Everyone.” We are committed to providing both quality and equity. Every student will have the opportunity to develop to the best of his/her ability.
 
Elba Standards: In addition to the knowledge and basic skills they need in order to participate in society, graduates of Elba Central School will develop:
1.  Empowering skills: decision making, goal setting, creative thinking and problem solving abilities;
2.  Communication and social interaction skills;
3.  Technological literacy;
4.  Total wellness (social, physical, emotional health and self-esteem);
5.  The values necessary to participate in society.
As a result of achieving these outcomes, our students will embrace lifelong learning.
 
New York State Standards: New York State Standards:
1)  Creating, performing and participating in the arts.
2) Knowing and using arts materials and resources.
2)  Responding to and analyzing works of art.
4) Understanding the cultural dimensions and contributions of the arts.
 
National Standards for Music Education:
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire
of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and
disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
 
Performance Indicators:
1A Create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional sound sources.
 
1B Sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns with familiar songs.
 
1C Read simple standard notation in performance and follow vocal score.
 
2A Use classroom and nontraditional instruments performing and creating music.
 
2E Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out if school.
 
2F Discuss ways that music is used by various members if the community
 
3A Through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others’.
 
3B Describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.
 
3C Discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration and timbre.
 
3E Describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.
 
4A Identify when listening and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.
 
  Assessment:    Acceptable Performance Level
Participation in classroom activities 2, 3 or 4 on demonstrated work
Participation in Winter Concert and First Grade Musical Performance 2, 3 or 4 on report cards at 20/40 week intervals

Scope: Grade one students will continue to develop an awareness of: classroom instruments using proper performance techniques; singing voice to create, express and experience music concepts; knowledge of musical elements and principles through a variety of hands on musical activities.
 
                      
Content Sequence Performance
Indicators 		Performance
Level
Beat/ Steady Beat – echo vocal patterns and pat beat simultaneously 1A,1B 2 - Developing
Fast and Slow Tempo – pat and clap/march/play rhythm inst. 1B, 2A 2 - Developing
Four Voices – w/ mvt. 3C 1 - Awareness
Note and rest values 1C, 2A 1 - Awareness
High and low voice – “See-saw” 1B, 3C 1 - Awareness
Loud /Soft – “John Jacob Jingeheimer Schmidt” 1B, 2A 2 - Developing
Song lyrics in spanish – “MiChacra” 1B, 4A ! - Awareness
Rhyming words – identify words in songs 1B 1 - Awareness
Dancing – step to beat w/partners 3E 1 - Awareness
Pitch – High and low – vocal exercises 3C 1 - Awareness
Singing – breath support 1B,3C 2 - Developing
Holiday Concert preparation – appropriate behavior; vocal performance 1B, 2E 2 - Developing
Memorization/ Music motions 1B 2 - Developing
Song lyric pantomime 1B 1 - Awareness
Rhythm – notes and rests in combination 1A, 1C 1 - Awareness
Rhythm Instruments – play rhythms from notation (notes/rests) 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A 1 - Awareness
Pitch matching – play, hear, sing 1A, 3C 2 - Developing
Violin – bow rhythms w/ notes and rests 2A 1 - Awareness
Form – ABA - AABA 2C, 3B 1 - Awareness
Solfege – exercises/ warm-ups. 1B, 3C 1 - Awareness
Staff lines and spaces 1C 1 - Awareness
Simple notation 1C 1 - Awareness
Brass Instruments – sight/sound identification 2A, 3C 1 - Awareness
Spring Musical - singing skills; song preparation; appropriate behavior 1B, 2E 2 - Developing
Ear training – identify melodic examples 4A 2 - Developing

 
Methodology: Concepts and skills developed through modeling of appropriate techniques. Students shall experience music through singing, playing of instruments, hand and body movements as appropriate for skills being developed. Additional instruction in vocal techniques to improve singing skills.
 
 
 
 

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