Ah, Fall... the leaves are changing colors, the air is getting cooler, the coffees are infused with pumpkin spice... It's a nice time of year. I'm linking up with my blog tribe to share some of my favorite fall lessons! I am lucky enough to teach in a school that is very pro-Halloween. We have a huge costume parade and every class throws a party. It's easily one of my favorite days of the school year. So I have lots of fun doing Halloween songs along with other seasonal songs this time of year. I'll share some great things I've found to do with each grade level... Pre-K Our Pre-K students just learned the letter "M" in their classroom, so I decided to reinforce that literacy component with a fun movement activity called, "Monsters Stomp Around the House." This is a piggyback song to the tune of, "The Ants Go Marching" which we are going to be learning later in the year. Now that they've heard the melody in this song, it should be more familiar to them when we get to it! Kindergarten I learned this song in college and love doing it with my primaries: To trace the melodic contour, I use foam leaves that I bought at a craft store a few years ago. You could also use scarves or paper cutouts for the same effect. 1st Grade Another favorite song that I learned in college is a piggyback song to the tune of "The Muffin Man." This one is called "The Pumpkin Child." Oh, do you know the pumpkin child? The pumpkin child, the pumpkin child! Do you know the pumpkin child Who goes to [ school name]? I start the lesson by telling my students a story of a day when a little pumpkin came to the school and he went to different teachers in the building and asked them if they knew the pumpkin child. Each time I mention a new teacher, we sing the song again. By the time I've finished the story, they've had at least six or seven repetitions of the song and can sing it independently. Then we play a beat passing game and pass a pumpkin around the circle. Whoever the pumpkin lands on is the pumpkin child! I let the pumpkin child pick a movement (pat, clap, snap, etc.) for us to use to keep the steady beat. 2nd Grade I LOVE the book "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" But do you know what I love even more than the book? This great video that has the story set to a song! I had my students sing along and then act out each part. After singing the song, I bring out the book and we add instruments for each part as well. 3rd-5th Grade For my intermediate students, I've found a couple of fun activities on Pinterest that I use... The kids love reading the notation for Ghost of John in this shape! And we sing it in a two or three part round. I'm excited to try this cup passing game next week. I also do a contest with The Addams Family Song... since music class is a place where we practice performing and stage presence, I challenge them to sing the song like Wednesday Addams: with a frown the whole time and NO SMILING. There is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of kids try their hardest NOT to smile!!! I hope you enjoy these Falloween (as my second graders called it) activities. Don't forget to check out some of the other blogs in the linkup! An InLinkz Link-up
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Happy Almost-New Year! Yesterday I met my friend Tanya LeJeune for lunch but before we ate we went to the local teacher store (sad, I know, considering we're on vacation.) At any rate, I saw some cute "slug bug" die cuts and that sparked this idea. I'll be using the rhythm version in a few weeks after my 3rd graders learned ti-tika and I'll use the melodic version of the game with 2nd grade when we learn re later this year. Here's the song that's the basis of the game: The kids love to sing this song, and the actions are quite fun! Here's the "Slug Bug Melody" game that I'll use with my 2nd graders: •These cars can be used to practice re in phrases that are extracted from folk songs. All Around the Buttercup, Blue, Closet Key, Button You Must Wander (x2), Cocky Robin, Do, do Pity My Case, Firefly (x2), Frosty Weather, Grinding Corn, Hot Cross Buns, Ida Red (Final Phrase), Knock the Cymbals, Let Us Chase the Squirrel (x2), Old Aunt Dinah (x3), Rocky Mountain, Sammy Sacket (x2) •Slug Bug Game: –Divide the class into “teams” (2-4 teams would be best). Each team is given a “hand” swatter (Go in with a colleague and buy some: http://www.amazon.com/Worldwide-Hand-Shaped-Fly-Swatters-Pack/dp/B0057TTB5Y ) –Taking turns with the flyswatter, a “representative” from each team comes up to the floor where all the “Slug Bugs” are scattered. (You can also put magnets on them and put them on a magnetic board. This makes them visible for all students, but tougher for the swatters to do this safely). The teacher will sing a pattern, the first person to swat the correct “Slug Bug” earns that car for his/her team. A new “representative” for each team comes up and another round is played. Play continues until all the “Slug Bugs” have been slapped. The team with the most slug bugs at the end is the winner. –Levels of difficulty •Easiest: the teacher sings the phrase using solfége syllables. •Medium: the teacher sings the phrase on “loo”. •Harder: the teacher plays the pattern on an instrument. Here are the cards: First, I made "smaller" cards: But when I printed them out I thought it would probably work better with larger cards, so I re-did them with two cars on a page: The Slug Bug Rhythm game that I'll be using with my 3rd graders is identical, but it's focused on ti-tika: •These cars can be used to practice ti-tika. •Slug Bug Game: –Divide the class into “teams” (2-4 teams would be best). Each team is given a “hand” swatter (Go in with a colleague and buy some: http://www.amazon.com/Worldwide-Hand-Shaped-Fly-Swatters-Pack/dp/B0057TTB5Y ) –Taking turns with the flyswatter, a “representative” from each team comes up to the floor where all the “Slug Bugs” are scattered. (You can also put magnets on them and put them on a magnetic board. This makes them visible for all students, but tougher for the swatters to do this safely). The teacher will perform a pattern, the first person to swat the correct “Slug Bug” earns that car for his/her team. A new “representative” for each team comes up and another round is played. Play continues until all the “Slug Bugs” have been slapped. The team with the most slug bugs at the end is the winner. –Levels of difficulty •Easiest: the teacher claps and says the rhythm pattern. •Medium: the teacher claps the pattern. •Harder: the teacher plays the pattern on an instrument. And then I made a "Slug Bug Mix-Up" Game. This can be used with high do, as that is the most difficult melodic element in "The Car Song." •Using either the stick or staff notation, give each student four cards (containing each of the first 4 phrases of the song). The students must put the “Slug Bugs” in order to create the notation for the “A” section of the song •Stick to Staff: the students must match the cards with stick notation to the correct cards with staff notation. These files can be found at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Happy Slug Bugging! Slug Bug Melody Slug Bug Rhythm Slug Bug Melody and Rhythm Games (with smaller car-cards) and Mix-Up Game
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Happy Almost-New Year! Yesterday I met my friend Tanya LeJeune for lunch but before we ate we went to the local teacher store (sad, I know, considering we're on vacation.) At any rate, I saw some cute "slug bug" die cuts and that sparked this idea. I'll be using the rhythm version in a few weeks after my 3rd graders learned ti-tika and I'll use the melodic version of the game with 2nd grade when we learn re later this year. Here's the song that's the basis of the game: The kids love to sing this song, and the actions are quite fun! Here's the "Slug Bug Melody" game that I'll use with my 2nd graders: •These cars can be used to practice re in phrases that are extracted from folk songs. All Around the Buttercup, Blue, Closet Key, Button You Must Wander (x2), Cocky Robin, Do, do Pity My Case, Firefly (x2), Frosty Weather, Grinding Corn, Hot Cross Buns, Ida Red (Final Phrase), Knock the Cymbals, Let Us Chase the Squirrel (x2), Old Aunt Dinah (x3), Rocky Mountain, Sammy Sacket (x2) •Slug Bug Game: –Divide the class into “teams” (2-4 teams would be best). Each team is given a “hand” swatter (Go in with a colleague and buy some: http://www.amazon.com/Worldwide-Hand-Shaped-Fly-Swatters-Pack/dp/B0057TTB5Y ) –Taking turns with the flyswatter, a “representative” from each team comes up to the floor where all the “Slug Bugs” are scattered. (You can also put magnets on them and put them on a magnetic board. This makes them visible for all students, but tougher for the swatters to do this safely). The teacher will sing a pattern, the first person to swat the correct “Slug Bug” earns that car for his/her team. A new “representative” for each team comes up and another round is played. Play continues until all the “Slug Bugs” have been slapped. The team with the most slug bugs at the end is the winner. –Levels of difficulty •Easiest: the teacher sings the phrase using solfége syllables. •Medium: the teacher sings the phrase on “loo”. •Harder: the teacher plays the pattern on an instrument. Here are the cards: First, I made "smaller" cards: But when I printed them out I thought it would probably work better with larger cards, so I re-did them with two cars on a page: The Slug Bug Rhythm game that I'll be using with my 3rd graders is identical, but it's focused on ti-tika: •These cars can be used to practice ti-tika. •Slug Bug Game: –Divide the class into “teams” (2-4 teams would be best). Each team is given a “hand” swatter (Go in with a colleague and buy some: http://www.amazon.com/Worldwide-Hand-Shaped-Fly-Swatters-Pack/dp/B0057TTB5Y ) –Taking turns with the flyswatter, a “representative” from each team comes up to the floor where all the “Slug Bugs” are scattered. (You can also put magnets on them and put them on a magnetic board. This makes them visible for all students, but tougher for the swatters to do this safely). The teacher will perform a pattern, the first person to swat the correct “Slug Bug” earns that car for his/her team. A new “representative” for each team comes up and another round is played. Play continues until all the “Slug Bugs” have been slapped. The team with the most slug bugs at the end is the winner. –Levels of difficulty •Easiest: the teacher claps and says the rhythm pattern. •Medium: the teacher claps the pattern. •Harder: the teacher plays the pattern on an instrument. And then I made a "Slug Bug Mix-Up" Game. This can be used with high do, as that is the most difficult melodic element in "The Car Song." •Using either the stick or staff notation, give each student four cards (containing each of the first 4 phrases of the song). The students must put the “Slug Bugs” in order to create the notation for the “A” section of the song •Stick to Staff: the students must match the cards with stick notation to the correct cards with staff notation. These files can be found at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Happy Slug Bugging! Slug Bug Melody Slug Bug Rhythm Slug Bug Melody and Rhythm Games (with smaller car-cards) and Mix-Up Game
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