Music For Learning: Unit 1 Year 1

Overview

In Year 1 Unit 1, students develop an understanding of the elements of music through listening, exploring, responding, composing and performing activities with a horse theme.

They will focus on music notation through graphic representation, with a focus on rhythmic units ta, titi and za, and the pitch set, s-m-l. 

Students explore a variety of repertoire to build their skills in music literacy while learning to express their own voices and ideas in performing.  

This unit aligns to the Australian Curriculum, Version 9:

• AC9AMU2E01 – Explore where, why and how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience music.
• AC9AMU2E02 – Explore examples of music composed and/or performed by First Nations Australians.
• AC9AMU2D01 – Developing listening skills and skills for singing and playing instruments.
• AC9AMU2C01 – Select and combine elements of music when composing and practising music for performance.
  

Learning objectives

• Remember the things they already know about music.
• Sing with their best singing voice.
• Learn that pitch can be high or low.
• Sing in tune individually and with others.
• Recognise ta and titi by reading and listening.
• Notate ta, titi and za.
• Visually and aurally recognise ta, titi and za.
• Learn about marching and skipping beats.
• Perform with a steady beat.
• Compose their own music.
• Sing in tune.
• Notate so, mi and la.
• Visually and aurally recognise so, mi and la.
• Experiment using a digital music program.

Teaching resources

• 18 PowerPoint lessons
• Teaching Guide
• Student Workbook
• Assessment Task Sheet

Assessment

One summative assessment in Week 8 consisting of:

• Aural identification of rhythmic units.
• Aural identification of so, mi, la.
• Singing in tune and in time.