Grade 1 Year Plan

16 Classes
Month

Theme

September

Getting to know
you
Basic expectations
and rules in the
music classroom
Four Classes:
(Sept. 06- Sept. 30)

Activities

Classroom Rules and

expectations
Action name game
So Mi name game
Beat is steady
Feeling Beat
Star light star bright
Doggie Doggie Wheres your
bone?
Marching to the beat
Jumping Joan
Jungle Beat
Bend and Straighten is the
game
Everyone keep the beat
My Hands Keep Moving
Number One
Basic simple beat games
Simple paper quizzes for
students to depict beat

Concepts/Skills

Curricular Links

Beat

Long/ Short Sounds

Fast/ Slow beat in music

Using body percussion

to show beat

Be able to steadily play

beat using rhythm
instruments

October

Thanksgiving1 Class:
(Oct. 03- Oct. 07)
Autumn/ fall focus
3 Classes:
(Oct. 11- Oct. 31)
Incorporating
Seasons
Halloween?

Basic simple beat and

rhythm echos (Ride with
me)
A Big fat turkey
Five Fat Turkeys
Hop Ol Squirrel
Beat Sheet
Lets make a pumpkin
Tis the night of Halloween
Monster, Monster,
Monster Man
This is What I can do
Moving Up and Down
Sing me your name
Big Black Cats
Stirring My Brew
Learning Ti-ti
Hippity Hop
Little Jack Pumpkin Face
Simple paper quizzes for
students to depict beat

High vs. Low sounds

Sounds can go high,

low, or in the middle

Basic harmony (More

than one sound can play
at the same time)

High to low movement

Ability to match tone

through games

RH1- Music may move to a

steady beat
RH3- Music is made up of
long sounds, short sounds
and silences
EX1- Beat in music may be
fast or slow
MO2- Move to the beat in
music (through various
movements)
MO3- Respond to beat
through action and simple
body percussion
PI2- Play a steady beat
using rhythm instruments
SI2- Respond to tone
matching and echo games
SI5- Sing in tune rhythmic
and melodic songs
M1- Sounds may be high or
low
M2- Sounds are also in the
middle
M3- A sequence of sounds
may move from low to high,
high to low, or stay the same
H1- Two or more sounds
can occur simultaneously
MO5- Improvise movement
for high-low
SI2- Respond to tone
matching and echo games
SI4- Respond to hand
signals for So, Mi, La

Resources

Grade 1 Game Plan

Singing Games
Children Love
Movement in steady
beat

Grade 1 Game Plan

Singing Games
Children Love
Movement in steady
beat

Month

Theme

November

Remembrance/
Friendship-
2 Classes:
(Nov. 01- Nov. 10)
Teddy Bears-
3 Classes:
(Nov. 14- Nov. 30)

Activities

Basic simple beat and

rhythm echos
Simple paper quizzes for
students to depict rhythm
Peace I leave with you
Happy Day
You are my friend
Pease Porridge Hot
Once upon a time there
were three bears
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Teddy Bears Picnic
Popsicle Stick Game
Various Animal Games
(bear games)
Allowing students time to
create their own rhythms

Concepts/Skills

December

Winter/ Holidays
3 Classes:
(Dec. 05- Dec. 23)

Basic simple beat and

rhythm echos
Simple paper quizzes for
students to depict rhythmic
patterns
Songs related to
December and Winter
using So, Mi and La
Jingle bells
Up on the housetop
Hanukah is here
Dance for Hanukah
La Piata
Oh What Fun
Various Holiday Songs
Basic beginner
instruments showing beat
and rhythm
Listening to The
Nutcracker Music and
using that to encourage
movement

Curricular Links

Understanding that
music may be used as
a way to express
feelings
Understanding the
importance of text
Be able to follow a story
told through music
Ability to move and
sound like animals
(match pitch)
Begin understanding
basic rhythm (tas and
ti-tis)
Echo basic rhythmic
patterns
Create their own simple
rhythms

Understand that music

reflects feelings about
culture and holidays
Listen to and enjoy
seasonal music from
different cultures
Learn how to
accompany songs with
instruments
Echo back rhythm
patterns
Recognize suitable
sound effects for stories
Create singing
conversations

EX3- Music may express our

feelings
EX7- The words of a song
are very important to the
understanding of the text
L- Distinguish environmental
sounds
L8- Follow a story told by
music
MO1- Mime animals and
other sounds
RW1- Recognize ta and titi rhythm patterns
RW3- Echo, clap and chant
written rhythm patterns
RW4- Draw stick rhythm
patterns on paper

EX6- Music reflects our

feelings about holidays,
seasons, our country and
cultural heritage
L7- Be aware of and enjoy
seasonal, holiday and ethnic
music
PI7- Accompany songs,
stories and poems with
appropriate instrumental
effects
PI4- Echo rhythm patterns
CR1- Use suitable sound
effects for poems and songs
CR3- Create singing
conversations

Resources

Grade 1 Game Plan

Singing Games
Children Love
Movement in steady
beat

Grade 1 Game Plan

Singing Games
Children Love
Movement in steady
beat