Boise Schools Curriculum

Music - First Grade

District Course #110

Course Description

The Music Department’s philosophy is based on the belief that experiences with music are fundamental to the education of children. Music has a powerful ability to affect the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. It gives children the opportunity to gain self-esteem by learning new skills and talents. It also gives children the sense of satisfaction that comes from working with a group to perform and create a piece of music with beauty and unity. Recent brain research shows music can tremendously boost the efficiency and performance of the brain. Music is a powerful purveyor of culture, both American and other world cultures. In today’s increasingly global society, knowledge of other peoples and cultures, as well as our own past, is a necessary part of a good education.

To further this purpose, the elementary music curriculum gives children instruction in, and opportunities for, singing, dancing, playing many types of instruments, reading music notation, performing drama pieces, creating their own music, and learning from the performances of professional and other musicians. The music and activities are chosen to teach the rich history and culture of our own country and also of countries around the world. By fully participating in the elementary music curriculum, children will feel the joy and satisfaction that comes from discovering new talents, performing in programs, and expanding their cultural horizons.

It is the District's philosophy that General Music should be offered to every elementary student, K-6, for a minimum of 60 minutes per week.

Adopted Materials

Title: Share the Music
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1996

Boise Music Curriculum Teachers Resource Guide - First Grade

Copyright Resources

Course Scope

Unit 1	Singing	Ongoing
Unit 2	Rhythm and Theory	Ongoing
Unit 3	Movement	Ongoing
Unit 4	Instruments	Ongoing
Unit 5	Form	Ongoing
Unit 6	History and Culture	Ongoing
Unit 7	Listening	Ongoing
Unit 8	Integrating the Arts	Ongoing

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Assessment Correlation acronyms key
2005: Information in bold indicates new grade-level material

Unit 1

Singing

Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.01 The students will be able to meet the following singing objectives			Standard Reference N-1a, b, c, e 872.01a, 872.02a, 872.02a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Demonstrate difference between singing, speaking and whispering voice	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Identify proper head tone			TMA, TO
03	Identify and perform high, low and same pitches			TMA, TO
04	Demonstrate inner hearing abilities through various responses			TMA, TO
05	Tunefully sing within a range of major 6^th – D¹-B¹			TMA, TO
06	Tunefully sing the intervals of So, La, and Mi alone and with others			TMA, TO
07	Read hand signs of So, La, and Mi			TMA, TO
08	Demonstrate between loud/soft and fast/slow			TMA, TO
09	Respond to phrasing as a musical sentence			TMA, TO

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Unit 2	Rhythm and Theory	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.02: The students will be able to meet the following objectives in rhythm and theory:			Standard Reference N-2a,b,d; 5:b, d; 6c, e; 872.01a, 872.02a. 872.03a, 872.03a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Demonstrate the ability to match the steady beat of a piece of music	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Differentiate between steady beat and rhythm.			TMA, TO
03	Demonstrate the ability to pat simple rhythmic word patterns, i.e. simple nursery rhymes
04	Read, notate and perform quarter note, quarter rest, and two eighth notes, using a syllabic system (i.e. ta, ti-ti).			TMA, TO
05	Rhythmically read and respond to 2/4 meter.			TMA, TO
06	Trace the melodic contour, left to right and up/down, in a variety of ways, i.e. physically, visually, aurally			TMA, TO
07	Read So, Mi, and La on the staff in the key of C, F, and G			TMA, TO
08	Describe and respond to music in terms of loud/soft and fast/slow			TMA, TO
09	Name and notate: staff, lines, spaces, note heads, and note stems			TMA, TO

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Unit 3	Movement	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.03 The students will be able to meet the following objectives through movement			Standard Reference N-6a,b,e 868.02a, 870.01a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Move to a steady beat, with locomotor and non-locomotor movement	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"
02	Perform movement to a song. Add manipulatives and props as appropriate.			TMA, TO
03	Respond physically to changes in tempo, dynamics, and high and low			TMA, TO
04	Improvise movement to various styles of music			TMA, TO
05	Function in free and organized formations, with locomotor and non-locomotor sequences
06	Respond physically to specific changes in sections, i.e. to phrasing or to AB and ABA form

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Unit 4	Instruments	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.04 The students will be able to meet the following objectives while playing instruments.			Standard Reference N-2a,b,d,e,f 872.01a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Identify tone color of unpitched and pitched instrument groups: skins, shakers, metals, woods and Orff instruments	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Explore high and low sounds ("up and down"), imitate short melodic and rhythmic patterns on pitched instruments, employing quarter note, quarter rest and two eighth notes			TMA, TO
03	Play unpitched and pitched instruments to steady beat, alone and with others, using bordun (hands together)			TMA, TO
04	Play unpitched and pitched instruments as rhythmic accompaniment, alone and with others			TMA, TO
05	Correctly name and properly play each instrument used in class.			TMA, TO

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Unit 5	Form	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.05 The students will be able to meet the following objectives in analyzing form.			Standard Reference N-6a 870.01a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Respond to phrasing as a musical sentence	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Perform modeled rhythmic and melodic motives and phrases (echo process)			TMA, TO
03	Recognize and respond to AB and ABA form			TMA, TO

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Unit 6	History and Culture	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.06 The students will be able to meet the following Humanities objectives.			Standard Reference N-6d; 9a,b 868.01a, 868.02a, 870.01a, 870.03a, 872.02a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Sing and recite nursery rhymes.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Sing, play, listen and move to music of varied cultures.			TMA, TO
03	Sing and play traditional folk songs and games of America.			TMA, TO

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Unit 7	Listening	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.07 The students will be able to meet the following listening objectives.			Standard Reference N-6d,e; 9e 868.02a, 870.01a, 870.02a, 870.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Identify orchestral instrument family groups.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Respond to and distinguish between various styles of orchestral music through movement, manipulation of props, story-telling, and dramatization.			TMA, TO
03	Demonstrate appropriate listening behavior for a concert setting.

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Unit 8	Integrating the Arts	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 110.08 The students will be able to integrate other art forms in the music classroom.			Standard Reference N-8b 868.02a, 870.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Recognize through picture books, dramatize and perform nursery rhymes.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide".		TMA, TO
02	Dramatize simple songs.
03	Express the feelings and style of music with movement, using appropriate props and manipulatives.
04	Create original works of art inspired by listening examples.

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