Class Description:

 1st Grade music is an exploration into the wonderful world of music learning.  We talk about musical comparatives such as Fast/ Slow, Loud/ Quiet, and beat vs word rhythm, as well as start to learn some of our solfege notes and rhythm syllables.  In first grade we always get to the notes so and mi and the rhythms Ta and Ti-Ti (or quarter notes and paired eighth notes).  Students sing songs, do some dances, read stories, play instruments, listen to classical music and have fun! 
 

In First Grade I Can:

~Recognize Musical Comparatives:
                 Loud/ Soft, Fast/ Slow, and High/ Low

~Move my body and listen to music from a variety of cultures and composers

~Match Pitch

~Feel the HeartBeat of a song

~Know the Difference between the beat (steady pulse) and the rhythm (words) of a song

~Learn the notes So and Mi (the most common interval in a young childs voice)

~Learn to read quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests

~Possibly learn the note La (above So)