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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Music Education — Grade 1

Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

Objective 4.03. Compose a simple rhythmic pattern using quarter and eighth note and quarter rest durations.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Shapely compositions
Students will compose four measures of music using shapes to denote the quarter and eighth notes. The individual compositions are combined to make a longer piece of music that students enjoy playing on rhythm instruments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
Rhythm stars
This lesson will introduce the main components of rhythm: quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education)
By Laura Abernethy.