What's happening in the Music Classroom - 1st Grade 

The 1st grade Music classes are stepping into true musical learning with Rhythms!

We are currently preparing to name and practice Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes! We have sang several songs and played several games preparing us for this new concept by simply introducing the different sounds we hear in each pattern of music. This past week, students have been singing songs and identifying if each beat in the song has "one sound"(quarter Note) or "two sounds"(paired eighth notes). We use Beat Charts on the SMARTboard to help us identify these sounds using pictures, as seen below!

Students sing through our songs as a class and individuals place the proper beat pictures onto each beat line. We then clap and say the song together with the completed beat chart to check for correctness.

Students are doing a fantastic job and I am excited by the quick progress they are making!
Next week we will name these "one" and "two" sound concepts with the words "Ta" and "Ti-ti" - Kodaly syllables used to help students count and understand rhythms.

We also continue to review the classroom rules daily and welcome each other into the room by singing the echo song "Hello There". Ask your child to sing this song for you at home! We are starting to have students sing a solo and be the leader of this echo song and they are all doing such a fantastic job!


1st grade is starting out so strongly and musically! I cannot wait to see where we go this year! :)
Mrs. Hoselton



*2nd grade parents! Stay tuned (no pun intended) into my blog where next week, we will be exploring the 2nd grade music classroom! :)