Grade 1/Music

Revised May 2013

Unit 1: Beginning Year RoutineTopic

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Week 1

Getting Acquainted with music room and with each other

9.1

Seating ChartBody Movement MarchReview of high and low voiceHey There Friend/ partner song/listen, echo sing/discuss the 2 parts (singing and body percussion)/movement with partner

Music & Movement CDOwl and dog puppetWe Love to Move bk. & CD

Week 2

Saying Hello in different languages

9.1, 9.2

Take a ride on a plane to various countries and echo saying “hello”Review of high and low voice by chanting a rhymeReview of “Hey There Friend”

Share the Music bk.We Love to Move Bk. And CD

Week 3

High and Low/Up and down movement of voice

9.1

Follow song in Big Book of melody moving up and back downListen to song and do movementEcho singSing do movementJoin into the Game song and replace body percussion with rhythm instruments

Spotlight 1st gr. Bk. & CDAction Songs bk. 1Rhythm instruments

Week 4

Movements can be loud and soft/instruments can be loud and soft

9.1, 9.3

Ha Ha This away song and movement/discuss which movements are loud and which are soft/move to songLet’s Go Driving/talk about sounds that cars make and which are loud and soft/listen to song and add in motions for each sound/replace the motions with instruments

We Love to Move Book and CDSpotlight 1st gr. Bk. And CDRhythm instruments

Week 5

Loud and soft movements

9.1,9.2,9.3 Mi Cuerpo/ learn pronunciation of words/add in motions and sounds/discuss which are loud and which are soft/echo sing/sing with motionsListen: March by Georges Bizet/follow listening

Spotlight 1st gr. Bk. And CD

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map/follow the loud and soft/add in movements to show loud and soft

Week 6

Exploring Sounds 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Identify various rhythm instruments and describe the soundsRead story The King Who Heard Music/what sounds did King hear/add sounds to the storyThe Old Gray Cat/listen and move hands to show movement of cat and mouse/what parts would be loud and soft/use music symbols for forte and piano/act out songHaydn: Surprise Symphony/read story/listen and act out

Music Effect Bk. 2Share the Music Bk. 1 and CDShare the Music grade 3 CD

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Unit 2: HalloweenTopic

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Week 1

Halloween and Fall/Compare & Contrast (singing vs talking, happy vs sad, matching pitch

9.1, 9.3

Read poem Five Little Pumpkins/listen to the song/compare the difference/I sing song but they sing what each pumpkin says/choose 5 children to sing the five pumpkin partsPumpkin Stew/talk about what stew is/throw pumpkin to child and they name something in stewSomething Funny Outside/listen/echo sing/they do sh’s/compare this song to Five Little Pumpkins (Happy and sad)/add shakers for the sh’s

Spotlight 1 and CDShare the Music 1 and CDPumpkin bean bagshakers

Week 2

Halloween and Fall/sequencing 9.1

Town Hall Halloween Ball/what is a ball/listen/put pictures on smart board in order/sing with motions/divide class into groups and them the pictures for song and they put them in orderThe Witch Rides/name Halloween characters/listen/what characters does this song use/put them in order/move with the song

Music and You 1 book and burned CDMusic and You 2 book and burned CD

Week 3

Halloween Sequencing 9.1, 9.3

Skin and Bones/Determine the part that keeps repeating and stand and circle arms on it/sequence the song in order through moving pictures on the smart board/echo singReview Witch Rides/review the 4 Halloween creatures/move to songJack-o-lantern/difference between a pumpkin and a jack-o-lantern/list the steps in making a jack-o-lantern/listen for repeated words/use rhythm instruments to play on repeated words

Share the Music bk.1 & CDBurned CD for Witch RidesBurned CD for Jack-o-lantern

Week 4

Halloween/ loud and soft

9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Willoughby, Wallaby/rhyming song/every child’s name gets put into the song

Share the Music K. bk.Share the Music Bk. 1 and CD

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soundsRhyming

Something Funny Outside/echo sing/they do the sh’s/add shakers for the sh’s (rhythm)Sing after Me/echo sing/is an echo usually louder or softer

Spotlight Bk. 1 and CD

Week 5

Halloween & Veteran’s Day 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

My Country Tis of Thee/listen/echo singFuneral March of a Marionette/what is a marionette/listen and look at pictures in big book/act out by pretending to put on a costume and then march/march marionette around to go with the musicMonster Mash

Spotlight Bk.1 & CDMonster Mash CDMarionetteSpotlight Big Bk. 1

Week 6

Halloween& pitch matching

9.1 Review of any Halloween songs, My Country Tis of TheePumpkin, Ghost and Bat pitch matching game

Pumpkin, ghost, and bat charms

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Unit 3: Fall & ThanksgivingTopic

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Week 1 Fall 9.1, 9.2, 9.3,

9.4

Autumn Leaves/ sound of leaves falling/use of scarvesIntry Mintry/skipping songOver the River/galloping song

Share the Music K bk. And CDBurnt CDShare the Music 2nd gr. Bk. And CD

2 Fall and Thanksgiving 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

America/review for Veteran’s DayFive Fat Turkeys/restsPumpkin SongThank You/use sign language

Share the Music Gr. 1 bk. And CDShare the Music K. bk. & CD

3 Fall and Thanksgiving 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 The Turkey Ran Away/speaking vs singing/

Shoo Turkey/movement

Share the Music k bk. & CDShare the Music 1 bk. & CD

4 Fall & Thanksgiving 9.1 Echo game with fall icons

Review of all Fall songs

Share the Music 1 &K. bk. & CDFall icons

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Unit 4: Winter & ChristmasTopic

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1 Winter & Christmas

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Christmas Program songsSleigh Ride/Leroy Anderson/listen/movement/listen without words & with wordsSanta’s Helpers/use of various rhythm instruments

Music Effect bk. 2Christmas Magic CDShare the Music 1 bk. & CDRhythm instruments

2 Winter & Christmas 9.1, Continuation of previous week with various Christmas songs

Same as previous week

3 Winter & Christmas

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 Nutcracker DVD/story line/ballet/Tchiakovsky

Nutcracker DVD

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Unit 5: Andante & AllegroTopic

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1 Andante & Allegro 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Show categories of fast and slow on boardLet’s Play in the Snow/discuss what you wear in snow/listen and determine how to move/skip to the music/discuss if this is a fast or slow movement and place the word skip under appropriate categoryHungarian Dance/show picture of Brahms/talk about what a composer does/listen/discuss how the music changes from slow to fast/stand and jog in place for fast and sit for slow/show signs for andante and allegro and hold up in appropriate places/choose students to hold up signs in appropriate place/place andante and allegro signs under appropriate categories/use ribbons to demonstrate the fast and slowOld Gray Cat/listen and do hand movements/discuss which part goes fast/act out song

Share the Music bk 1 & CDFast and slow signsAndante and Allegro signsribbons

2

Andante and Allegro through singing, movement and listening

9.1, 9.3

I Am Slowly Going Crazy/play slow version then fast version and discuss what is different about the 2 versions/move around circle with the beatFisherboats at Dusk/listen/discuss what the music makes them feel – what type of music and what is happening during it/discuss how the tempo changes/use stretchy band to row to the beatTouch/do what song says/andante songMack Chicken Dance Medley/changes in tempo

Spotlight 1 bk. & CDShare the Music bk. 1 & CDMusic & Movement CDStretchy band

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Unit 6: FriendshipTopic Eligible

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1 Friendship/Valentine’s Day

9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Viva Valentine/listen/spells out Valentine/echo speak/echo sing/add maracas & drums to the beatI Made a Valentine/listen/compare this song to Viva Valentine (this is a quiet, slow song and Viva is lively)/sing with motions

Spotlight 1 bk. & CDShare the Music 1 bk. & CDMaracas and drums

2 Friendship 9.1

Mail Myself to You/echo sing refrain/do motions with refrain/listen to entire song only singing refrain/clap eighth and quarter ostinato for paper, glue/split class and one group sings the refrain while the other group says the ostinato/transfer saying ostinato to rhythm instrumentBe My Friend/listen/echo sing/teach speaking part with clapping/partner movement

Share the Music 1 bk. & CDRhythm instrument of choice

3

George Washington/ostinato/matching pitch

9.1, 9.2

Who Chopped the Cherry Tree Down/read legend of George Washington/listen /echo sing “I did”/echo sing entire song/play game with matching pitching for “I did”/play ostinato on xylophone by keeping a steady beat

Spotlight 2 bk. & CDxylophone

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Unit 7: Jungle BeatTopic

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1Jungle Beat/making shakers

9.1, 9.2,

Talk about the music they entered room to/has anyone been to the rainforest at Cleveland/what is a rainforest like/Jungle Beat Chant/echo /is this singing or talkingMake shakers/pass out paper plates/they color a jungle animal on plate and fill with 8 macaronis then I staple it shut/repeat Jungle Beat Chant using shakersNow My Shaker’s Up/listen and follow directions in song for shakersJungle Beat/listen/use rhythm instruments as appropriate for song (sticks, drums, triangles)

Jungle Beat bk. & CDPaper platesCrayons, stapler, macaroniRhythm sticks, drums, triangles

2Animals in the Jungle/solo singing

9.1, 9.2

Use shakers to enter room to Jungle Beat ChantWalking Through the Jungle/powerpoint of jungle animals/they solo sing the animalSilly Sam/read story/every time you hear a word that begins with “s” shake shaker once/listen to song/echo sing/teach movement ORThe Butterfly/listen/speech piece/use scarves to act out song

Jungle Beat bk. & CDScarvesPowerpointshakers

3 Jungle Beat/climate 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Play you tube video of the rain forest as students enterLemon Drops and Gum Drops/echo sing/sing with motionsSixty Inches of Rain/move to circle with drip-drop and pitter-patter pattern/talk about instruments heard on recording/use xylophones to keep beat, add rain sticks and one other rhythm instrument/Make a rainstormSpeckled Frog/echo sing/use poster and pass out frog puppets

Jungle Beat bk. & CDFrog puppetsFrog posterXylophonesRhythm instruments

4 Jungle Beat completion

9.1, 9.3 One Little Elephant/listen/everyone gets called to balance around the circle while singingGiraffes Can’t Dance Book/read and discuss the meaningButterfly/listen and use scarves to act out story/talk about how A

Jungle Beat bk. & CDGiraffes Can’t Dance Bookscarves

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butterfly comes aboutParty in the Jungle/listen and act out the animals

Unit 8: Spring:Reading Rhythms1 Spring/acting/

String instruments

9.1, 9.2, Weave Me the Sunshine/read story singing the song parts/act out/use rhythm instruments to represent the various singing parts>In the Park/movement song>Spring/Vivaldi/show picture of composer/show pictures of string instruments>Butterfly Song/use scarves

Share the Music gr. 1 bk. & CDRhythm instrumentsPicture of VivaldiPictures of string instrumentsscarves

2Spring/quarter rest/matching pitch

9.1,

>Pitch matching game using bunny, chick & egg trinkets>Mister Rabbit/talk about the spaces in music where there is no singing (quarter rests)/use shaker to shake on the rests>Old Mister Rabbit/listen and echo sing/teach game>Bunny Hop/teach dance by use of poster

Bunny, chick, and egg trinketsShare the Music Gr. 1 bk. & CDFilm shakersFlash cards for restWe Love to Move bk. & CDShare the Music K bk. & CDBunny Hop poster

3

SpringIdentifying quarter & eight notes

9.1

>Farmer in the Dell/sequence of characters/play singing game>Move to walk and jogging music/which movement is faster/show what a walk (quarter note) looks like and show jogging notes (eighth)>Associate animal pictures with rhythms/play on rhythm sticks

Share the Music K bk. & CDShare the Music gr. 1 bk. & CDAnimal picturesRhythm sticks

4SpringRhythmProkofiev

9.1, 9.2

>But the Critter Got Away/listen/identify pictures and clap them and figure out how many sounds to the beat do the words get/way words move is called rhythm/put other pictures on board of other foods and say them in rhythm>Jump, Jim Joe/movement song>Gavotte/Prokofiev

Spotlight gr. 1 bk. & CDSpotlight Gr. 1 Big Bk.Food picturesPicture of Prokofiev

5 Rhythm Reading 9.1 >The Rooster Has the Flu/teach song/use xylophones to keep a steady beat/motions/assign partners to perform movement>place pictures of animals on board/figure out how many syllables are in each one/arrange animal pictures into four beat

XylophonesBoomwhackersAnimal picturesNote pictures

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measure/using boomwhackers have students play and say the rhythm with picture names>transition to notated rhythm/have children place walk and jogging notes under each picture/play and say/take pictures away and say and play the rhythms>Gavotte by Prokofiev/look at big book pictures and say the rhythm

Spotlight bk. 1 & CD and Big Book 1

6 Rhythm Reading using flash cards 9.1

>Flash flash cards of rhythms>Bear Dance/jog to this>Double This/look at picture in Big Book/read in rhythm and clap/perform with partner/demonstrate body percussion/use rhythm sticks to stick the rhythm>Hungarian Dance/use ribbons to perform the slow and fast/relate this to walk and jogging>Gavotte/use rhythm sticks to tap beat and rhythm

Rhythm flash cardsShare the Music K bk. & CDSpotlight bk. 1 & CD and Big Book 1Rhythm sticksRibbonsShare the Music bk. 1 & CD

7 Rhythm Reading 9.1>Doggie, Doggie/teach song/picture on board of dogs and bones/change the pictures to notes/say and clap the rhythms/doggie game

Rhythm flash cardsShare the Music bk. 1 & CDDogs and bones pictures

8 Completion of rhythm 9.1

>Continue with Double This/read rhythm/write the rhythm on board showing how to write notes without heads/review movement>one beat split into 2 words/using straws for notes they will listen to a rhyme and make the rhythm with the straws

Spotlight bk. 1 & CD and Big Bk. 1Rhythm sticksRhythm flash cards

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Unit 9: Carnival of the Animals1-3 Carnival of the

Animals9.1,9.2 >Introduce Carnival of the Animals with a power point of Camille

Saint-Saens and pictures from the book>read article about animals and how they will sound like a musical instrument and how some instruments sound like animals or sound the way some animals move>read poem “On Our Way”/reread and stop at each animal and allow students to imitate the animal>read book Carnival of the Animals by Tsutsui>pass out pictures of animals and instruments and have students match themselves with their partner picture and instrument/show the big pictures of the instruments>play each section of Carnival of the Animals and have students act out the animals while listening to the music>video “Carnival of the Animals”

Power pointInternet articleCarnival of the Animal bookPictures of animals and instrumentsLarge posters of instrumentsCD of Carnival of the AnimalsCarnival of the Animals video

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