First Grade Music
This
fall, the first graders have completed a review of the four voices used in the
music classroom by identifying and demonstrating all voices. They have also continued to sing through
various vocal exploration exercises as they develop and stretch the range of
their singing voices and further their recognition and ability to accurately
match pitch. First graders are working
on new and more challenging movement songs, which promote their coordination
and foster their creativity. Many of
these songs require the children to introduce the class to a new movement that
they have thought up or created. In December, the first grade students have begun to explore new circle songs that
are more complex than those learned in kindergarten. Students have been introduced to the more
strict form of duple meter and the more flowing and swaying triple meter. Students will demonstrate and identify these
meters, as well as maintaining a steady beat on the barred instruments as well as using unpitched percussion.
Sing-A-Longs:
Movement
Songs: Circle Songs: Seasonal Songs:
Miss Mary Mack Circle ‘Round
the Zero Fun
on Halloween
All around the Brickyard A Tisket, A Tasket 13
Days of Halloween
Bow Down, O Belinda Tideo Monster
Stew
Do Your Ears Hang Low? Charlie Over the Ocean A
Mince Pie or Pudding
Wheels on the Bus The
Turkey
Jingle Bells
Snowflakes Falling
Cross-Curricular Songs:
Apples
and Bananas
