Clap all 4 rhythms. Click on a square to take one away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing one. Click on a square to take another away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing ones. Click on a square to take another away.
Clap all 4 rhythms, including the missing ones. Click on a square to take another away.
Invite 4 students to help you write the complete rhythm on the board. (Each does one square)
Ask the students if they can identify the song.

Review tempo terms with the students. Teach the song by rote. Discuss the different tempos that you hear in the song. Decide what tempo term would be used to describe them.

Divide the class into two groups. One groups sings all of the “ham” words and the other group sings all of the “egg” parts. Then have each group stand to sing their part and sit when they are done. This is a choral warm-up or shake-up. Use this song anytime your students need a wiggle, or at the beginning of a choir practice to stretch them out.

Read the slide with students.

Discuss what the form of the piece might be.

Teach the chorus of song 63. "I’se the B’y" by rote. Listen to each of the verses, joining in on the chorus. In the second lesson of the week, try adding the clapping pattern part of the movement activity to the song. If you have time, try the entire movement activity. Review verse-chorus form.

Here are some ideas for movement.
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Create your own!

VERSE:
I’se the b’y that builds the boat and... (4 steps in, clap on beat 4)
I’se the b’y that sails her.... (4 steps back)
I’se the b’y that catches the fish and... (4 steps in, clap on beat 4)
takes them home to Liza.... (4 steps back)

CHORUS:
Hip your partner, Sally Tibbo.... (Gesture to the left with your left hip.)
Hip your partner, Sally Brown.... (Gesture to the right with your right hip.)
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton’s Harbour,... (Walk around in a small circle for 8 beats.)
All around the circle.

Donna and Andy are from Eastern Canada. They created some ugly sticks to play along with "I'se the B'y". There is a "How to make an ugly stick" video under the song if that is an activity you would like to tackle with your students.

Clapping games provide practice in maintaining a steady beat. Teach the song by rote. Teach the clapping game.

Play the clap game for "A Sailor Went to Sea"

The clapping pattern used throughout the song is:
clap own hands, clap partner’s right hand,
clap own hands, clap partner’s left hand, etc.

On the words “sea, sea, sea,” salute and then continue the clapping pattern.

Another way to play is clap both of your partner’s hands three times on “sea, sea, sea.”
2. A sailor went to knee, knee, knee ...
3. A sailor went to chop, chop, chop ...
4. A sailor went to sea, knee, chop ... pat own knees three times karate chop your right hand into your left elbow three times salute, touch knee, chop elbow

Directions: Students stand facing a partner, clapping the pattern and doing the actions as indicated above.

Read the rhythms of song “Cut the Cake”. Teach the melody of the song. Teach and play the game. This is a good game to use to celebrate ALL the birthdays in your class.

The students form a circle. In measures 1-2, clap hands; in measures 3-4, shake hands; and in measures 5-8, the students in the circle join hands. During the singing, one student walks around the outside of the circle. At the end of the song, they “slice” the cake - they bring their hand down separating two students whose hands were joined. They then stand in place with arms outstretched. The students they separated race in opposite directions around the circle. The first student to tag an outstretched hand wins.

Sing "The Music Time Is Over".