1st Grade Music

1st Grade Music

We are singing and learning beat vs. rhythm.  Beat goes with the music and has a steady pulse.  Rhythm goes with the words and has short, long and silent pulses.  We dance, use rhythm sticks.  We sing songs with mostly pitches so, mi. and la.  An example is the song "Rain, Rain".  "Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day."  We reinforce reading by reading the text projected from a PowerPoint presentation.  We have counting songs and follow my direction songs.  We love singing seasonal songs thought out the year.