Music for 1st grade
Music for 1st grade: 8 free pages to print, play or teach from. No sign-in.
- Specials schedulePrintable
A free printable specials schedule: a weekly grid with a write-in line for each day's special, the time, the room and a reminder. Edit the days and print.
- Music education: Orff, Kodály, Suzuki and DalcrozeGuide
Orff, Kodály, Suzuki and Dalcroze in plain words: where each came from, what a lesson looks like, how they differ, the National Core Arts Standards, and what the evidence says.
Checked 2026-11-06
- 25 transition songs and attention signalsIdea
Twenty-five original call-and-response lines, hand and sound signals, short songs to familiar public-domain tunes and visual cues for transitions, each with when to use it and the grades it fits.
- 14 music sub plans for subs who don't read musicIdea
Fourteen music sub plans for non-music teachers, K–8: clapping games, listening lessons and simple songs that need no instruments and no music reading.
- Music performance rubricPrintable
A free music performance rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for singing or playing: beat, notes and rhythm, expression, ensemble and practice effort.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Ting! A Triangle Rings When It Hangs Free: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the triangle instrument for 1st grade, 81 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Piano Tuner Has Good Ears: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about piano tuners for 1st grade, 80 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Pip and the Squeaky Recorder: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about learning a first instrument for 1st grade, 92 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.