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Spotlight on Music, Grade 1

Spotlight on Music, Grade 1

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Explore and build foundational musical skills with Spotlight on Music from McGraw-Hill. This course offers a variety of learning activities that include singing, dancing, virtual instruments, listening maps, and authentic sound recordings. Six units in the course are organized into four sections: Spotlight on Concepts, Spotlight on Music Reading, Spotlight on Performance, and Spotlight on Celebrations. Students learn about these musical elements: duration, pitch, design, tone color, expressive qualities, and cultural context. Students explore beat, meter, rhythm, melody, texture, form, tone color, dynamics, tempo, style, and music background.
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Explore and build foundational musical skills with Spotlight on Music from McGraw-Hill. This course offers a variety of learning activities that include singing, dancing, virtual instruments, listening maps, and authentic sound recordings. Six units in the course are organized into four sections: Spotlight on Concepts, Spotlight on Music Reading, Spotlight on Performance, and Spotlight on Celebrations. Students learn about these musical elements: duration, pitch, design, tone color, expressive qualities, and cultural context. Students explore beat, meter, rhythm, melody, texture, form, tone color, dynamics, tempo, style, and music background..

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Unit 1

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – sounds as steady or not steady, steady sounds as beat, steady beat

· Rhythm – create four-beat body percussion patterns, experience long and short sounds, quarter note, eighth note and quarter rest patterns

· Melody – melodic direction, melodic direction as upward and downward

· Texture – unison, orchestra, accompaniment with body percussion and instruments

· Form/Structure – AB, one-section song, several verses, echo song

· Tone Color – speaking and singing voices, orchestral music

· Dynamics – loud and soft, dynamic levels in a song, dynamic levels in a poem, changing dynamic levels, expressive qualities in orchestral music

· Tempo – fast and slow sounds, fast and slow in orchestral music

· Style/Background – African American game songs, Cajun folk music, American folk, Zimbabwean folk music, March, Hispanic music, Newcastle lullaby

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

· Steady beat

· Upward and downward

· Steady beat and no beat

Section 4 Spotlight on Celebrations

· Seasonal Songs

· Butterfly Migration

· Hispanic Heritage Month

Unit 2

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – maintain steady beat, 4/4, 2/4, 6/8

· Rhythm – long and short sounds, long and short sounds in the environment, Navajo rhythms

· Melody – high and low sounds, high and low sounds in the environment, instrumental sounds as higher and lower, animal sounds as higher and lower

· Texture – unison, accompaniment using classroom instruments, a capella, unaccompanied harmony

· Form/Structure – call-and-response form, solo or group, verse and refrain, several verses

· Tone Color – high and low vocal registers, flute and tuba, speaking, singing, whispering, and calling, Navajo drums, Individual and group singing

· Dynamics – maintain and create loud and soft vocal sounds, dynamics in a capella song

· Tempo – fast and slow

· Style/Background – Hopi singing game, African American music, Puerto Rican folk music, game songs, Japanese game song, Navajo folk music, South African folk music

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

· Longer and shorter

· Higher and lower

Unit 3

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – steady beat, faster and slower

· Rhythm – one and two sounds to a beat, longer and shorter sounds, word rhythms, quarter and eighth note rhythm patterns

· Melody – maintain higher and lower

· Texture – accompaniment using instruments

· Form/Structure – AB and verse/refrain, different sections in an orchestral work, ABA, contrasting sections

· Tone Color – speaking, singing and speaking, woods, metals, shakers, scrapers, and drums, tone color in orchestral music

· Dynamics – maintain and create loud and soft vocal sounds, dynamics in orchestral music

· Tempo – faster and slower, changing tempo in a song

· Style/Background – Polish Folk music, game songs, neo-classical, African American children’s game, Japanese folk music, American folk music, Caribbean folk music, Latin American folk, English folk music, Puerto Rican game song

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

· One and two sounds to a beat

· Quarter note and eighth note pairs

Section 4 Spotlight on Celebrations

· Halloween

· Thanksgiving

· Seasonal Songs

· Hanukkah

· Christmas

Unit 4

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – maintain steady beat, tempo as the speed of the beat, faster and slower tempos

· Rhythm – maintain and read quarter and eighth note patterns

· Melody – higher and lower, so-mi

· Texture – orchestra, pitched folk instruments

· Form/Structure – call-and-response, cumulative verses, repeat signs, contrasting sections

· Tone Color – Chinese folk instruments, vocal tone color, tone color in orchestral music, Gamelan instruments

· Dynamics – louder and softer, expressive elements, dynamics in orchestral music

· Tempo – aural identification of tempo change, faster and slower tempos, tempo in orchestral work

· Style/Background – Yiddish folk music, games songs, classical Chinese folk music, classical, Brazilian folk music, Hungarian children’s game, Baroque concerto, neo-classical, Mexican folk riddle, Gamelan ensemble, cumulative song

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

· So and mi

Section 4 Spotlight on Celebrations

· Las Posadas

· Kwanzaa

· Martin Luther King Jr. Day

· Chinese New Year

Unit 5

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – maintain steady beat, beats in sets of two and three, no sound to the beat

· Rhythm – quarter rest, eighth note, quarter note, quarter rest rhythm patterns

· Melody – la, mi-so-la patterns

· Texture – accompaniment using instruments, orchestra

· Form/Structure – verse/refrain, leader/group, ABA, cumulative verses

· Tone Color – tone color in orchestral music, singing and speaking, individual and group singing

· Dynamics – loud and soft sounds in orchestral work, dynamic levels in a song

· Tempo – faster and slower tempos in orchestral work, maintain fast and slow

· Style/Background – African American children’s game, musical, Mexican folk riddle, Baroque dance, English folk, game songs, Japanese music, cumulative song, Korean music

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

· La

· No sound on a beat

· Quarter rest

· Mi-so-la

· Mi-la leap

Section 4 Spotlight on Celebrations

· Valentine’s Day

· President’s Day

Unit 6

Section 1 Spotlight on Concepts

· Beat/Meter – maintain steady beat, one and two beats in a sound

· Rhythm – quarter note, eighth notes, quarter rest, rhythm patterns, word patterns

· Melody – create mi-so-la patterns, aural identification of mi so la

· Texture – accompaniment using unpitched instruments, African folk instruments with orchestra string instruments, accompaniment with pitched instruments

· Form/Structure – verse/refrain, AB, ABA, one-section song

· Tone Color – tambourine cymbals, claves, drum, maraca, castanet, African folk instruments, string quartet, Erhu, difference between orchestral and folk instruments, identify speaking, singing and whispering

· Dynamics – dynamics in an orchestral character piece, expression

· Tempo – faster and slower tempos, varying tempos in an orchestral character piece

· Style/Background - waltz, Mexican folk music, American folk music, Thai folk music, English rhyme, Brazilian music, string quartet with African percussion, Latin American folk music, Chinese folk music, African American singing game

Section 2 Spotlight on Music Reading

Additional Information

Course Length No
Prerequisites N/A
Course Materials Physical material kits available with this course support hands-on learning activities and include high-quality children’s literature. Embark Tools Exploration is a digital material which gives children a chance to select tools and materials they want to explore and to enjoy first-hand experiences with those tools and materials. From pattern blocks and dice to online games to activities for making cards or small-scale playgrounds and waterparks, Tools Exploration offers many resources for students to enjoy.
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