Washington DC Grade 1 Music Standards

The Grade 1 standards

Listen to, analyze, and evaluate music 8

• 1.1.E1

  Respond to music with movement: perform line and circle dances; perform dances and games from various cultures; dramatize songs, stories, and poems; and perform choreographed movements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• 1.1.E2

  Identify, talks about, sing, or music written for specific purposes (e.g., work song, lullaby).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• 1.1.E3

  Describe how ideas or moods communicated through music.

• 1.1.L1

  Recognize simple musical forms such as phrase, AB, and echo.

• 1.1.L2

  Identify pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments by sight and sound.

• 1.1.L3

  Distinguish between extreme contrasts of sound and between melodic rhythm and steady beat.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• 1.1.L4

  Recognize sudden dynamic and tempo changes in music.

• 1.1.L5

  Identify high pitches and low pitches and demonstrate different pitches vocally, instrumentally, and with movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)

Sing and perform on instruments alone and with others 8

• 1.2.P1

  Perform simple accompaniments on pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9)

• 1.2.P2

  Perform rhythm patterns that include long and short sounds and repeated patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• 1.2.P3

  Relate rhythm patterns to notation.

• 1.2.P4

  Demonstrate melodic rhythm (ostinato, melodic patterns).

• 1.2.S1

  Sing from memory a variety of simple songs, echoes, and chants, individually and in groups, with accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9)

• 1.2.S2

  Develop a repertoire of songs and without accompaniment.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Pipes in C Major (PK, Wk 11)

• 1.2.S3

  Demonstrate use of pitch (high/low, upward/downward, melody skips, repeats, melodic patterns, ostinatos) and timbre of the voice.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 9); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9)

• 1.2.S4

  Demonstrate melodic rhythm when singing.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16)

Improvise, arrange, and compose music 3

• 1.3.1

  Imitate and create tonal patterns ascend, descend, and repeat.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• 1.3.2

  Create melodies to familiar nursery rhymes or chants.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)

• 1.3.3

  Create tonal patterns that ascend, descend, and repeat. compose music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

Read and notate music 4

• 1.4.1

  Interpret rhythmic and tonal patterns and tempo and dynamic symbols.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); Do Mi Sol (K, Wk 21); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)

• 1.4.2

  Read (using rhythmic solfege) simple sets of rhythms using quarter and eighth note patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Grapefruit Review (1, Wk 25); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5)

• 1.4.3

  Imitate use of solfege syllables (e.g., do, re, mi...) to read short tonal patterns that move up, down, or repeat.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4)

• 1.4.4

  Describe the purpose of notes, staff, and clef signs.

Connect music to other art forms and subject areas 6

• 1.5.H1

  Listen to/sing music and folk songs various countries/regions.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 18); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4)

• 1.5.H2

  Identify roles of musicians in various settings and the uses of specific music in daily or special events.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Bells (K, Wk 4); Hello C (K, Wk 5); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 18)

• 1.5.H3

  Name and characterize the use specific instruments by people of a particular culture (e.g., conga drums and shakers - African & Latino, castanets- Spanish, tom drums and bell clusters- Native American).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• 1.5.S1

  Describe relationships between arts and other arts through drawing, drama, dance, movement, dance, and storytelling.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3)

• 1.5.S2

  Use music, together with dance, theatre, and the visual arts, for storytelling.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); 1 8, They’re Great (PK, Wk 9)

• 1.5.S3

  Count note values/patterns model properties of numbers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C (PK, Wk 1)