Do Body Percussion With an Irish Fiddle Tune

Do the body percussion as shown.

Play the music again, and create your own movements.

Review “St. Patrick’s Day Jig”

Play the song. Play the game. Play again and sing along.

Echo sing mi-so-la in C Major

Review “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”

Read the words of the song. Students may not be familiar with a pickup note. Tell students that a pickup note is a note that comes before the first complete measure. Read the rhythms of the song together. If your students can read so, mi and la, sing the song using solfa. Or teach the song by rote.

Option 1: Complete the solfa challenge for “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”

Option 2: Complete the note name challenge for “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”

Create a B section for “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”

Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”

If you have barred instruments, invite students to play the song on barred instruments.

If you have barred instruments, teach the Orff arrangement for the song.
If you don't have barred instruments, you could have students create a rhythmic or melodic ostinato using do re and mi to accompany the song.

Teach “A Pizza Hut”

Teach "A Pizza Hut" by rote. Add the actions as indicated in the teacher guide. When the students are really successful in unison, try dividing the class into two groups and singing both parts with actions.

Denise Tip: You can sing this as a partner song or a two-part round. I learned another verse not included in the recording.

This verse can be sung if you are using the accompaniment track, instead of repeating verse 1.
A Taco Bell, a Taco Bell, (join hands, swing arms like the clapper of a bell)
A Burger King (outline a crown)
and a Taco Bell. (repeat) (join hands, swing arms like the clapper of a bell)
Arby’s, Arby’s, (open mouth and motion as if biting into a huge sandwich)
A Taco Bell and (join hands, swing arms like the clapper of a bell)
A Burger King. (repeat) (outline a crown)

Learn the actions for “A Pizza Hut”

Watch the Kids Demo video first!

Sing and do the actions for “A Pizza Hut”

Now, sing along with the lyrics video and try to remember the actions.

Create new lyrics for “A Pizza Hut”

Play poison melody for mi-so-la

Teach “Find the Easter Basket”

This song is included to teach or review dynamics. Read the rhythms for the song, or write them on the board. Explain how the game is played. Don’t let the students shout. If the sound is harsh, have them clap the rhythm of the song softly and getting louder to show where the basket is, instead of singing

Learn the “Find the Easter Basket” game

Choose one student to hide the Easter basket and another student to look for it. The student who is going to hunt for the Easter basket leaves the room while the “hider” hides it. When the finder returns, the class sings the song, singing softly when the finder is far away from the basket, and singing louder as the finder gets closer to the basket. The basket must be hidden in plain sight. The game continues until everyone in the class has had a turn to hide the basket or to find it

Review dynamics

You could also talk with the students about music that gets gradually louder. This is called a crescendo. When music gets
gradually softer it is called decrescendo or diminuendo. Draw the signs for this on the board.

Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Find the Easter Basket”

Creative Ideas: Have the students choose four treats that they would like to get in an Easter basket and make them into a pattern. Have them play the patterns on body percussion or non-pitched instruments, or improvise melodies on barred instruments. Use the patterns as an introduction or an interlude between repetitions of the song.

Sing “The Music Time Is Over”

Sing the echoes.

If students are very good at this, invite some of them to become the leader and sing the call.