First Grade Curriculum

The students will be taking part in an in depth music program. This program incorporates all of the Florida Sunshine State Standards for first grade. The following describes what the students will be learning for each nine weeks of school. 

First Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Experience
Listening/Singing - so, la, mi, re, do songs
Rhythm – steady & no steady beat
Melody – low to high tones, pattern
Timbre – vocal, environment
Expression – dynamics (forte & piano)
Form – call & response
Texture/Harmony – one sound/more than one sound
Applications to Life – appropriate behaviors and responses

Second Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Performance
Rhythm – quarter & eighth notes
Melody – pattern, so, mi, la, do
Timbre – percussion
Expression – tempo (fast, slow, changing)
Form – same & different sections
Texture/Harmony – rhythmic ostinato accompaniments

Third Nine Weeks: 

Emphasis: Improvisation
Rhythm – quarter rests, 2/4 meter
Melody – so, mi, la, re, do
Timbre – pitched percussion
Expression – crescendo, decrescendo
Form – AB & ABA phrases
Texture/Harmony – Bordun accompaniments 



Fourth Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Composition
Rhythm – meter, strong & weak beats
Melody – pentatonic, movement by steps & skips
Timbre – instruments of the orchestra
Expression – articulation
Form – introduction & coda
Texture/Harmony – layered ostinato accompaniments