Play along with the rhythms using body percussion or percussion instruments.

This is an opportunity to sing an action song in French. Teach this song by rote. Add the actions.

Try the actions with the song “Napoléon”.

Review the song. Depending on the reading abilities of your students, have the students read the solfa and the rhythms.

Sing "Johnny Caught a Flea" with Solfa Note Highlights.

Form a single circle. One, two or three students hide their eyes in the middle. While you sing the song, pass a “flea” around the circle. At the end of the song, all hide their hands behind their backs and the students in the middle guess who has it. Play this game over several classes and have 6-10 students be the guessers each class.

Tip: I go to the dollar store and buy a package of the ugliest bugs I can find to be the flea.

Create a "B Section" for the song using the "Bug Composition" interactive tool. Create a pattern as a class, then have the students work in groups to decide how to play the pattern using body percussion or percussion instruments.

Final Form:
A Section - Sing the Song
B Section - Group 1 Performs
A Section - Sing the Song
B Section - Group 2 Performs
Continue as needed.

Optional: Add the the Orff arrangement from last week when playing the A and B sections.

Begin and lead a discussion on what food people like to eat at Thanksgiving dinner. For example: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and pie!
Ask: What type of pie is the most popular at Thanksgiving? (Pumpkin)
Say: Today we are going to learn and sing a song about Pumpkin Pie.

As you listen, please clap your hands to the beat when you hear singing voices, and pat your knees when you hear speaking voices. Play the full performance recording and students participate. Teacher evaluates students’ abilities to perform a steady beat throughout with claps and pats.

Students sit in a circle. For more student engagement, use additional (3-5) "pumpkins" or "beanbags" to pass around the circle.

Pass pumpkin (or beanbag) around the circle:
Nine little, eight little, seven little pumpkins
Six little, five little, four little pumpkins
Three little, two little, one little pumpkin
Make a pumpkin pie! (student holding pumpkin stands up)

Student(s) holding the pumpkin skips around the circle:
Make a pumpkin pie!
Make a pumpkin pie!
All it takes is one little
Pumpkin to make a pumpkin pie.

All students skip in a circle:
Ginger, Flour, cinnamon,
Sugar, eggs and salt.
Cloves, nutmeg, shortening
Will bring a nice result!

Teach by rote. Sing the verses that are given.

This song provides an excellent opportunity to assess solo singing. Teach the song by rote. Sing the verses that are given. Teach the students the meaning of the word solo.

Have the students make a circle. Choose one student to be the turkey. The "turkey" struts around the outside of the circle while all the students sing the song. At the end of the song, the "turkey" tags a student who chases and tries to tag the "turkey" before the "turkey" reaches the inside of the circle. Both the "turkey" and the "chaser" sit in the middle of the circle until all the students have had a turn. Sing the song as a call-response, with the "turkey" singing solos.

Sing "The Music Time Is Over".