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While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Form
In this lesson you will
1. Echo the
2. Sing, “Welcome Welcome”
3./4. Whoops Johnny finger play (names)
5. Teach/Review or skip ahead How to… and What if?
6. Music in Me (new JJ)
7./8./9. Teach/Review I’ve got the Beat (JJ) – sing and move to the beat
10./11. Be Kind, Be Careful, Be Respectful, Be a Great Musician – have students suggest or create new verses using Be ___________.
12./13./14. Read the story, “All are Welcome Here” or “So-me goes Missing” or “Listening Walk” 3 storybooks are given in August. If you’ve read all 3 omit or read a storybook of your choosing.
15. “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
Starting dates for school districts can vary from end of July to after Labor Day! The Musicplay song sequence will begin in September week 1. This August Back to School Lesson Module 4 (and all the August modules) are given for teachers who start earlier than Labor Day. Start in whatever week your school district begins. When activities are repeated in the August lessons, review as needed or skip ahead. There are extensions or new concepts and learning each week in August.
(Note – in 2024 the August lessons will be re-written so that there is a 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd, class, 4th class and 5th class in August. Teachers starting in week 2-3-4-5 would still do 1st class lesson first.)
Echo what the chicken sings.
Listen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!
New! If you have Orff instruments - teach the children how to hold the mallets and have them play a solid bordun on C-G.
Extensions:
1. Say "Welcome" to each student in your class and have the rest of class echo the same way you said it.
2. Use a high voice for one student, and a low voice for the next. The students who echo will experience high/low. Try loud/quiet, fast/slow, and singing using a variety of tone sets.
3. Keep a beat while you say the welcome. The first time, clap or pat the beat. In future weeks, play the beat on an instrument.
4. Discuss with the students the instrument that you used. For example if you use rhythm sticks, as the students questions such as:
• What are these called?
• What are they made of?
• How can I make sound on them? Try out different ways - tapping, clicking, drumming, scraping
• Classify the instrument as a wood, metal, shake/scrape or drum
In this way the students will learn about many of the classroom instruments!
Say the poem, then say the poem with your students names. Ask students if they want to do the poem loud or quiet. (or fast/slow)
If you are not sure how to do the activity, watch the video below.
If you are not sure how to do the activity, watch the video.
Move with John and his jumparoos to the music.
To teach by rote: Play a phrase and have students echo.
Sing the whole song!
Copy the movements!
There is no recording of this song.
This will be a teacher led activity.
Teach the song by rote.
Have students tell what they should "bee"
Examples:
Be kind
Be safe
Be respectful
Be a good listener
Use 2-4 of the suggestions as a B section.
Sing the song as the A theme.
Say the Be.... statements as the B section.
If time permits, have each child tell how they should "be" and then illustrate it.
Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you hear the words, "All are welcome here."
This is a lovely, diverse storybook. If you are able to, order your own copy of it.
All Are Welcomeby Alexandra Penfold (Author), Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator)
If you started in August Week 1 and have already read this story, read the So-Me Goes Missing Storybook instead. (below)
Listen to the story.
Every time there is a part that's sung, pause the video and echo the singing.
This book includes many sounds in the environment - sounds around us.
Create sound effects to go with the sound words in the story - eg. drip, drip, drip, drip or Buzz....
Have students close eyes for 20-30 seconds and listen.
Make a list of all the sounds the students can hear in the classroom.
Jump ahead if you've already read the story.
If you've already read stories 1-2, Read "The Listening Walk" to your students.
Then do a "listen" in your classroom and create a list of all the things you can hear.