PE/MUSIC/LIBRARY

1^st Grade Music Skills: 

The student should be able to;

1.       echo short melodic patterns with an awareness of the steady beat.

2.       recognize and maintain a steady beat.

3.       demonstrate the ability to define and maintain personal space.

4.       distinguish between high and low sounds.

5.       demonstrate the following eight basic locomotor movements ( walk, run, hop, jump, gallop, skip, leap, slide) traveling forward, backward, sideward, diagonally, turning, and moving in straight and curved pathways.

6.       demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone or with a group.

1^st Grade Music Vocabulary:

Steady beat-A regular pulse.

Melody- A line of single tones that move upward, downward or repeat.

Chorus- A group of singers performing as a unit.

Rests-Symbols for silence in music.

Tempo-The speed of the beat in music.

Rhythm pattern-A group of long and short sounds.

Dynamics-The loudness and softness of sound.

Repeated Tones-Two or more tones in a row that have the same sound.