Introduce music vocabulary for the elements of music; i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, form.

Identify the timbre of pitched classroom instruments.

Devise student created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.

Introduce aesthetic responses to music.

Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of several different styles presented in 1st grade.

Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in 1st grade.

Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 1st grade.

Observe and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 1st grade arts.

Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the 1st grade curriculum.

Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

Imitate and re-create the sounds of objects, animals, and people.

Role-play a variety of real and non-real characters through guided dramatization.

Identify characters, environments, and situations that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.

Paraphrase dialogue from a story.

Recognize simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.

Learn and perform a simple dance from two cultures.

Identify three personal dance goals with the assistance of the teacher.

With teacher assistance, create a chart of good health habits for their room.

Demonstrate the ability to draw numbers in the air using parts of the body.

View a dance film with teacher assistance, relate it to literature.

Demonstrate uses of the voice, proper instrumental technique, steady beat, and melodic rhythm.

Sing and play from memory songs representing several cultures.

Sing and play expressively with phrasing and interpretation.

Sing a melody in a small group.

Follow cues of the conductor for expressive qualities.

Play a variety of rhythmic instruments.

Replicate longer rhythmic and melodic patterns.

Play instrumental parts in a group while other students sing or recite rhymes.

Use a system to read quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes.

Use a system to read four or more pitches (sol, mi, la, do).

Perform a variety of expressions of music.

Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, an accompaniment for a selection with pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments and voices.

Create through exploration, improvisation, and composition, an answer to a rhythmic question.

Create vocal and rhythmic embellishments for a song or rhyme.

Create a song about community.

Explore basic locomotor movements moving in a straight line; e.g., walk, run, gallop, slide, jump, step hop, skip.

Explore non-locomotor/axial movement within personal space.

Explore shapes at low, middle, and high levels.

Explore personal space while standing, sitting.

Reproduce two simple movements at moderate tempo such as clapping and stepping at a moderate tempo.

Identify and name parts of the body as they are touched: head, neck, shoulders, hips, arms, legs and knees.

Demonstrate movement by the ability to walk with a partner.

Follow the lead of the teacher's movements.

Participate in singing games.

Follow teacher-directed movement responses involving props; e.g., scarves, bean bags, parachute.

Explore within personal space contrasting concepts, such as small to large, or low to high.

Teacher directs students in a simple pattern using the elements, force, and level.

Observe use of video cameral and become comfortable with the equipment and process.

Identify basic locomotor movements and combinations of basic locomotor movements.

Explore tossing and catching an object on different levels.