First Grade Syllabus
Music Performance
Standard 1: The student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music, alone and with others.
Indicators
SINGING
MG1-1.1 Sing songs in a developmentally appropriate range, match pitch, echo short melodic patterns, and maintain a steady tempo.
MG1-1.2 Speak, chant, sing, and move to demonstrate an awareness of beat, tempo, and dynamics.
MG1-1.3 Sing from memory age-appropriate songs representing various cultures of music.
PERFORMING ON INSTRUMENTS
MG1-1.4 Explore a variety of pitched and unpitched instruments and use other sound sources, including body percussion.
MG1-1.5 Echo short rhythmic and melodic patterns using classroom instruments and other sound sources (for example, electronic devices, found objects).
MG1-1.6 Play simple melodies and accompaniments on pitched and unpitched instruments, demonstrating an awareness of beat.
MG1-1.7 Play instruments that are appropriate for accompanying songs and games from various cultures.
MG1-1.8 Play instrumental parts and respond to cues of a conductor/leader (for example, starting, stopping, taking turns, playing on the beat) when playing as part of a whole group or in instrument groups.
MG1-1.9 Play two or more complimentary rhythm patterns.
Creating Music
Standard 2: The student will improvise, compose, and arrange music within specified guidelines.
Indicators
IMPROVISING
MG1-2.1 Improvise songs and rhythm chants with words and syllables.
MG1-2.2 Improvise instrumental accompaniments to stories and poems.
MG1-2.3 Use body percussion to improvise simple rhythmic accompaniments.
MG1-2.4 Improvise simple instrumental phrases.
COMPOSING AND ARRANGING
MG1-2.5 Demonstrate creativity by composing and using symbols to represent music beats.
MG1-2.6 Demonstrate creativity by composing and using icons and original graphics to represent musical sounds and ideas.
Music Literacy
Standard 3: The student will read and notate music.
Indicators
MG1-3.1 Read and perform rhythmic notation using traditional, nontraditional, and invented symbols to represent beat, divided beat, and rest (quarter note, eighth note, and quarter rest).
MG1-3.2 Read and perform melodic notation in pentatonic mode, using traditional (for example, solfège syllables for sol, mi, la), nontraditional, or invented symbols to represent pitch.
MG1-3.3 Identify basic means of music notation (for example, staff, bar line, double bar line, measure, repeat sign, symbols for dynamics).
MG1-3.4 Use icons and/or simple symbols for writing musical ideas.
Critical Response to Music
Standard 4: The student will listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances.
Indicators
ANALYZING
MG1-4.1 Identify examples of musical forms (for example, echo song, call and response, verse and refrain).
MG1-4.2 Use movement and personal vocabulary to describe music from diverse cultures.
MG1-4.3 Identify and describe basic musical elements (for example, pitch, tempo, dynamics).
MG1-4.4 Identify a variety of sound sources (for example, common musical instruments; child, male, and female voices; and the natural environment).
MG1-4.5 Create and use body movement in response to changes in the beat, tempo, dynamics, and text of music.
EVALUATING
MG1-4.6 Identify specific elements of musical works that evoke emotion and response.
MG1-4.7 Identify his or her preferences for specific musical works and performances.
MG1-4.8 Identify components of performances that he or she likes or dislikes and explain why.
History and Culture
Standard 5: The student will examine and perform music from a variety of stylistic and historical periods and cultures.
Indicators
MG1-5.1 Sing and play simple songs and music games from diverse cultures.
MG1-5.2 Use personal vocabulary to describe voices, instruments, notation, and stylistic differences of music from various genres and cultures.
MG1-5.3 Sing songs and play games representative of daily real-life experiences.
MG1-5.4 Compare and contrast various places where music is performed and identify appropriate audience behaviors.
Making Connections
Standard 6: The student will make connections between music and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.
Indicators
MG1-6.1 Describe music careers that are visible in society.
MG1-6.2 Relate the role of music to everyday life, celebrations, and other special events.
MG1-6.3 Integrate music and storytelling (for example, create sound stories, add sound effects to stories and poems).
MG1-6.4 Integrate the subject matter of non-arts classes into the music class by singing songs that reinforce the language arts and mathematics curricula.
Music Performance
Standard 1: The student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music, alone and with others.
Indicators
SINGING
MG1-1.1 Sing songs in a developmentally appropriate range, match pitch, echo short melodic patterns, and maintain a steady tempo.
MG1-1.2 Speak, chant, sing, and move to demonstrate an awareness of beat, tempo, and dynamics.
MG1-1.3 Sing from memory age-appropriate songs representing various cultures of music.
PERFORMING ON INSTRUMENTS
MG1-1.4 Explore a variety of pitched and unpitched instruments and use other sound sources, including body percussion.
MG1-1.5 Echo short rhythmic and melodic patterns using classroom instruments and other sound sources (for example, electronic devices, found objects).
MG1-1.6 Play simple melodies and accompaniments on pitched and unpitched instruments, demonstrating an awareness of beat.
MG1-1.7 Play instruments that are appropriate for accompanying songs and games from various cultures.
MG1-1.8 Play instrumental parts and respond to cues of a conductor/leader (for example, starting, stopping, taking turns, playing on the beat) when playing as part of a whole group or in instrument groups.
MG1-1.9 Play two or more complimentary rhythm patterns.
Creating Music
Standard 2: The student will improvise, compose, and arrange music within specified guidelines.
Indicators
IMPROVISING
MG1-2.1 Improvise songs and rhythm chants with words and syllables.
MG1-2.2 Improvise instrumental accompaniments to stories and poems.
MG1-2.3 Use body percussion to improvise simple rhythmic accompaniments.
MG1-2.4 Improvise simple instrumental phrases.
COMPOSING AND ARRANGING
MG1-2.5 Demonstrate creativity by composing and using symbols to represent music beats.
MG1-2.6 Demonstrate creativity by composing and using icons and original graphics to represent musical sounds and ideas.
Music Literacy
Standard 3: The student will read and notate music.
Indicators
MG1-3.1 Read and perform rhythmic notation using traditional, nontraditional, and invented symbols to represent beat, divided beat, and rest (quarter note, eighth note, and quarter rest).
MG1-3.2 Read and perform melodic notation in pentatonic mode, using traditional (for example, solfège syllables for sol, mi, la), nontraditional, or invented symbols to represent pitch.
MG1-3.3 Identify basic means of music notation (for example, staff, bar line, double bar line, measure, repeat sign, symbols for dynamics).
MG1-3.4 Use icons and/or simple symbols for writing musical ideas.
Critical Response to Music
Standard 4: The student will listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances.
Indicators
ANALYZING
MG1-4.1 Identify examples of musical forms (for example, echo song, call and response, verse and refrain).
MG1-4.2 Use movement and personal vocabulary to describe music from diverse cultures.
MG1-4.3 Identify and describe basic musical elements (for example, pitch, tempo, dynamics).
MG1-4.4 Identify a variety of sound sources (for example, common musical instruments; child, male, and female voices; and the natural environment).
MG1-4.5 Create and use body movement in response to changes in the beat, tempo, dynamics, and text of music.
EVALUATING
MG1-4.6 Identify specific elements of musical works that evoke emotion and response.
MG1-4.7 Identify his or her preferences for specific musical works and performances.
MG1-4.8 Identify components of performances that he or she likes or dislikes and explain why.
History and Culture
Standard 5: The student will examine and perform music from a variety of stylistic and historical periods and cultures.
Indicators
MG1-5.1 Sing and play simple songs and music games from diverse cultures.
MG1-5.2 Use personal vocabulary to describe voices, instruments, notation, and stylistic differences of music from various genres and cultures.
MG1-5.3 Sing songs and play games representative of daily real-life experiences.
MG1-5.4 Compare and contrast various places where music is performed and identify appropriate audience behaviors.
Making Connections
Standard 6: The student will make connections between music and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.
Indicators
MG1-6.1 Describe music careers that are visible in society.
MG1-6.2 Relate the role of music to everyday life, celebrations, and other special events.
MG1-6.3 Integrate music and storytelling (for example, create sound stories, add sound effects to stories and poems).
MG1-6.4 Integrate the subject matter of non-arts classes into the music class by singing songs that reinforce the language arts and mathematics curricula.