Enduring Understanding 3: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.

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Number: MU.1.S.3
Title: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.
Type: Enduring Understanding
Subject: Music
Grade: 1
Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

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This cluster includes the following access points.

Independent

MU.1.S.3.In.a
Sing or play songs from memory.
MU.1.S.3.In.b
Imitate simple vocal or instrumental patterns and/or accompaniments on classroom instruments.
MU.1.S.3.In.c
Imitate traditional or non-traditional representations of simple melodic patterns performed by the teacher or a peer.

Supported

MU.1.S.3.Su.a
Sing or play songs from a model.
MU.1.S.3.Su.b
Respond to simple vocal or instrumental patterns and/or accompaniments.
MU.1.S.3.Su.c
Respond to traditional or non-traditional representations of simple melodic patterns performed by the teacher or a peer.

Participatory

MU.1.S.3.Pa.a
Respond to familiar songs.
MU.1.S.3.Pa.b
Explore simple vocal or instrumental patterns and/or accompaniments.
MU.1.S.3.Pa.c
Explore traditional or non-traditional representations of simple melodic patterns performed by the teacher or a peer.

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Lesson Plans

Ain't Gonna Rain:

Through dance, rhythm, and melody individual students will learn/perform an American Folk Song as part of a larger ensemble.

Type: Lesson Plan

Listen...Move...Draw...Play a melody:

This lesson will provide opportunities for your 1st grade students to learn about melodic direction in a variety of learning modalities. They will be able to describe upward and downward melodic patterns and perform patterns on a xylophone or other pitched instrument.

Type: Lesson Plan

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