Review "Tony Chestnut"

Review "Tony Chestnut".

Teach "Birds and Bats"

Teach the song by rote. This song is included to give students an opportunity to create sound effects with a song. As a class or in three groups, discuss and decide what rhythm instruments or found sounds could be used to accompany the song.

Create sound effects for "Birds and Bats"

What instrument or sound could you use for each verse?

Birds and bats: Flap the pages or a book or play a guiro
Treats: play tambourines, triangles
Skeleton rattles his bones: play claves, sticks or woodblocks

If you have Orff instruments, teach the arrangement for "Birds and Bats"

Choose non-pitched percussion instruments to add sound effects to the song. You can use the instruments suggested or choose different ones. Find some found sounds to create the sounds of birds and bats flying through the sky.

Have one group play Orff instruments and another group add sound effects.

Birds and bats: Flap the pages or a book or play a guiro
Treats: play tambourines, triangles
Skeleton rattles his bones: play claves, sticks or woodblocks

Listen to "Pass the Witch's Broomstick" (alternative: Kitchen Broomstick)

Teach the song by rote. If you don't celebrate Halloween, change the word "witch" to "kitchen".

Play the game "Pass the Witch's Broomstick"

Sing the song. As you sing, pass a rhythm stick or a broom around the circle. If you are using the audio, the teacher should press pause. The student holding the stick at that point goes out. When there are large gaps in the circle, don’t let the students move their feet to pass the broom - make them toss it to each other. This makes the game challenging, even for your upper elementary students. If you aren’t using the audio, crash cymbals for the stop signal.

If you prefer not to use the word “witches,” substitute the word “kitchen.”

Watch "Fossils" from "Carnival of the Animals"

Watch "Fossils" from "Carnival of the Animals".

Dramatize "Fossils"

Listen to "Fossils" again and dramatize it.

During the A sections the fossils come to life.

During the B and C sections, the fossils freeze and the security guards investigate the noise in the museum.

Sing the Echoes in "The Music Time Is Over"

Sing the echoes in "The Music Time Is Over".