In 1st grade, students come to music for 45 minutes. We build on skills learned during the year in Kindergarten and go more into depth. We still sing lots of songs, but we start accompanying our songs with simple patterns on classroom instruments. We sharpen our listening skills and express what we hear through movement. Some of the key concepts that we focus on are listed here:
- Steady Beat
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Pitch
- Pattern
- Improvise
- Accompany
- Tempo
- High and Low / Up and Down
- Form
- ABA
- Call and Response
- Instrument names
- Assembly
- Style