Grade One Year Plan

Month
September

October

Theme

Activities

Getting to know

you
Basics and

expectations of the
music classroom
(Sep7-30 7

classes)

(Incorporating

seasons)

Follow the Leader

Higglety Wigglety Bumble
Bee
Welcome back to school
Move and Freeze
Five little monkeys
Clap, Clap, Clap your
hands
Moving to the Pulse
I Think Musics Neat
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Moving High and Low
Sing Me Your Name
Labeling Ta
Cuckoo
Two Little Apples
Nows the Time
Body Notation Game
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Thanks a Lot (MP21)
Im the Fastest Turkey
(MP23)
Five Fat Turkeys (MP25)
Legs and All
Big Black Cats
Stirring My Brew
Labeling Ti-Ti
Legs and All

Thanksgiving (Oct
3-14 4 classes)

(Incorporating

seasons)

Halloween (17-31

4 classes)

November

Remembrance,
Peace, Love,
Friendship (Nov 124 7 classes)
(Incorporating
senses)

Poppy Poppy
Ive Got Peace
Like a River
Sing for Peace
Form Game
Weekend Fun

Concepts/Ski Curriculum
lls

Beat
Fast/Slow
Loud/Soft
4 voices
Non-pitched
percussion
families

Environmental
sounds
(musical and
non-musical)
Create sound
effects
So-mi
Tah/ti-ti written
Rhythm/beat
Introduce finger
staff

Tah rest
Introduce 2/4
meter
Introduce form
High to low/low

R1 rhythm may move to a steady beat

E1 the beat in music may be fast or slow
E2 music may be soft or loud
E4 Musical instruments have different tonal qualities
L4 Distinguish among the sounds of common musical
instruments
M2 Move to the beat in music through walking, running,
hopping, galloping and skipping as appropriate to the
psychomotor development of the students
M3 Respond to beat through action and simple body
percussion
S1 Distinguish between childrens speaking and singing
voices
P1 Explore the sound of various musical instruments
P2 - Play a steady beat using rhythm instruments

R3 music is made up of long sounds, short sounds, and

silences
R5 Long sounds, short sounds, and silences may be
grouped to form rhythm patterns. (Ta, Ti-ti)
E5 The human voice has different tonal qualities
E6 Music reflects our feelings about holidays, seasons,
our country, and cultural heritage.
L1 Distinguish environmental sounds: school, home,
weather, animals, machines
M1 mime animals, machines, and other sounds
S3 Respond to so-mi hand signals
PI4 Echo rhythm patterns
RW1 Recognize ta and ti-ti rhythm patterns
RW3 Echo clap and chant written rhythm patterns
RW4 draw stick rhythm patterns on paper
RW6 Respond to hand signals and staff notation of somi
R5 Long sounds, short sounds, and silences may be
grouped to form rhythm patterns, tah rest
M3 a sequence of sounds may move from low to high,
high to low, or stay the same
F1 Music can be organized into sections alike or
different
E3 Music may express our feelings

Starlight
Muffin Man
Teddy Bear
Jingle Bells

to high
Introduce la (ms-l)

December

Christmas and
winter celebrations
(Nov 29- Dec 23

7 classes)

Hanukah

Christmas

Secular

Kwanzaa

Winter Solstice

New Years Day

Tommy Tiddlemouse
Hanukah is Here
Jack in the Box
Time for Toys
Jingle Bells
Dance for Hanukah
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer
Oh! What Fun!
Up on the Housetop
Santa Claus Is Coming to
Town
We Wish you a Merry
Christmas

Section can be
repeated
(verse or
chorus)
Introduce
forte/piano

L2 Identify and compare sounds: high-low

M5 Improvise movement for high-low
S4 Respond to hand signals for so-mi-la
RW 2 - Recognize the following rhythm patterns on large
charts, and follow from left to right (ta, ti-ti-rest)
RW3 Echo clap and chant written rhythm patterns
RW4 Draw stick rhythm patterns on paper
RW6 Respond to hand signals and staff notation of somi-la
C2 use instruments to create sounds of high-low
F2 A section may be repeated
E2 Music may be soft (p) or loud (f)
E6 Music reflects our feelings about holidays, seasons,
our country, and cultural heritage
L2 Identify and compare sounds: loud soft
L7 Be aware of and enjoy seasonal, holiday, and ethnic
music
M5 Improvise movement for loud-soft
RW8 - Read p and f
C2 Use instruments to create sounds of loud-soft