Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 1

Other Ohio Fine Arts: Music sets

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.CR

  • 1

    Improvise short rhythmic and melodic patterns using a variety of sound sources.1.1CR

  • 2

    Compose simple, four-beat rhythms using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests using standard and iconic notation and a variety of sound sources.1.2CR

  • 3

    Compose bitonic, tritonic, or trichordal melodies (s-m; s-m-l or d, r, m) in treble clef in a variety of tonal centers.1.3CR

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.PE

  • 1

    Read and perform simple four-beat rhythms using eighth notes, quarter notes, and quarter rests.1.1PE

  • 2

    Read and perform bitonic, tritonic, or trichordal melodies (s-m; s-m-l or d, r, m) in different tonal centers. 1.2PE

  • 3

    Sing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music of various styles, composers, and cultures with accurate pitch and rhythm.1.3PE

  • 4

    With limited guidance, play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others, and demonstrate proper techniques1.4PE

  • 5

    Demonstrate call and response songs that include a steady beat, rhythm, and meter.1.5PE

  • 6

    Maintain a steady beat independently against a different rhythm and maintain a rhythm independently against a steady beat.1.6PE

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works. RE

  • 1

    With guidance, listen to music of various styles, composers, periods, and cultures. 1.1RE

  • 2

    Explore selected musical instruments aurally and visually. 1.2RE

  • 3

    Identify elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.1.3RE

  • 4

    Respond to music using movement, dance, drama, or visual art.1.4RE

  • 5

    Share observations and opinions about personal musical experiences and musical selections of various styles, composers, periods, and cultures.1.5RE

  • 6

    With guidance, follow and respond to the cues of a conductor.1.6RE

  • 7

    Recognize how music is used for a variety of occasions in various cultures.1.7RE

  • 8

    With limited guidance, identify patterns of the same and different sections and phrases (AB, ABA, ABAB, ABAC) in a repertoire (simple poems, songs, folk dances).1.8RE

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.CO

  • 1

    Explore how music communicates feelings, moods, images, and meaning.1.1CO

  • 2

    Attend music performances demonstrating appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of music performed.1.2CO

  • 3

    Connect concepts shared between music, other art forms, and other subject areas.1.3CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 1
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio’s Learning Standards for Fine Arts: Music 2024

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