Ontario Arts Curriculum Grade 1 - Music

Music Unit - Grade 1 – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 94-page resource was created to cover all the overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Music Curriculum.

There are 26 music assignments that will engage your students from start to finish. Included are:

• Activity sheets with embedded lesson plan instructions
• Planning pages for students to organize their performances
• Criteria to keep students and teachers focused on the elements of music being taught
• Reflection pages for students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
• Rubrics for assessment

Within these activities, students will learn the overall expectations:

• C1: Creating and Performing – using the creative process to create and perform musical pieces.
• C2: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing – thinking critically about their own performances as well as other’s performances.
• C3: Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts – identifying and performing music important to their lives and from other cultures.

Assignments included:

• Exploring Pitch in Music
• Activity: Echo Singing Circle
• Every Sound is Special
• Activity: Listen, Play, and Sort!
• Game: Timbre Focus
• Dancing with Sound
• Activity: Sound Story Adventure!
• Let’s Move to the Beat!
• Activity: Clap, Stomp, and Build!
• Game: Rhythm Relay Race
• Music Feels Like This!
• Activity: Move, Freeze, and Feel the Music
• Activity: Musical Mood Match-Up
• Let’s Play with Rhythm
• Activity: Echo the Rhythm
• Dancing with Dynamics
• Activity: Move to the Music
• Music Helps Us Imagine
• Activity: Music in My Imagination
• Activity: What Do You Hear?
• Feel the Beat
• Activity: March to the Beat
• Activity: Jump to the Strong Sound
• Activity: Sound Walk
• Let’s Follow the Melody
• Activity: Shape Your Melody

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Ontario Music curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!