Wrightstown Elementary School

Departments

1	SINGING (natural voice)	PLAYING	CREATING	LISTENING ( responding to)	READING/ NOTATING
RHYTHM	steady beat	steady beat	steady beat	steady beat
	patterns using	patterns using	patterns using	patterns using	patterns using
	beat vs. rhythm	beat vs. rhythm	strong/weak beats	beat vs. rhythm	1 sound on 1 beat 2 sounds on 1 beat no sound on 1 beat (rest) Z
	strong/weak beats	strong/weak beats	strong/weak beats	strong/weak beats
		respond with body and/or un-pitched percussion to a visual representation of the beat	simple rhythms in groups of 2 and 4 beats
	long/short sounds of word syllables in song lyrics	respond with body and/or un-pitched percussion to a visual representation of simple rhythmic patterns	simple patterns to accompany songs		2 beat groups 4 beat groups use a bar line to group beats
MELODY	melodic contour and direction	melodic contour and direction	s-m patterns	melodic contour and direction	melodic contour and direction
	in-tune singing, matching pitch in limited range	size sound source and pitch	s-m-l patterns	up/down	lines vs. spaces
	pitch: high/low	pitch: high/low		pitch: high/low	s-m-l on 3 line staff
	s-m, s-m-l, s-l-s-m pitch patterns	s-m intervals		s-m, s-m-l, s-l-s-m patterns	three line staff
	folk and traditional song repertoire				notate pitch using note heads
HARMONY	rhyme with 1 ostinato	ostinato rhythmic and/or melodic	ostinato rhythmic and/or melodic	ostinato	ostinato
HARMONY	major/minor songs			major/minor
FORM	phrase	phrase	phrase	phrase	phrase
	same/different	same/different	same/different	same/different	same/different
	AB, ABA	AB, ABA	AB, ABA	AB, ABA	AB, ABA
EXPRESSIVE QUALITITES	tempo	tempo	tempo	tempo
	dynamics	dynamics	dynamics	dynamics
	timbre	timbre	timbre	timbre
	music of many cultures	proper un-pitched percussion technique		music of many cultures
	vocal timbre: speaking vs. singing			timbre: instrumental, and vocal types

FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM