Music Curriculum
1st Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will engage in the basics of musical notation and composition on a variety of instruments, and investigate how personal choices help create musical ideas. |
Outcomes and Components:
FA.1M.3 | Students will improvise, compose, and perform, using both standard and non-standard notation, musical and rhythmic phrases of various lengths, including known rhythms, half note/rest, and solfege syllables (sol, mi, and la). | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
FA.1M.3.1 | Engage in group activities that use musical selections primarily composed of sol, la, and mi. | MU:Pr6.1.1a | |
FA.1M.3.2 | Identify and demonstrate the Curwen hand signs for sol, mi, and la. | MU:Pr.4.3.1a | |
FA.1M.3.3 | Perform different rhythmic and melodic patterns using sol, mi, and la vocally and on various instruments. | MU:Pr.4.2.1b | |
FA.1M.3.4 | Create and perform 4-8 beat melodic phrases with sol, mi, and la, using both digital and physical methods. |
MU:Cr2.1.1b, MU:Cr3.1.1a MU:Pr.4.2.1b |
Academic Vocabulary: Create, Engage, Perform, Identify, Demonstrate |
Content Vocabulary: Hand Signs, Solfege, Melody |