Grade 3 Extra April Lesson
Teaching Procedures
Review “Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree”
Clap the rhythms in the song.
If you can, read the solfa notes? It starts on do.
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Teach the song by rote.
• Sing or play a phrase and have students echo.
• Combine phrases.
• Sing or play the whole song and have students echo.
Review the actions for “Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree”
Watch the kids in the video do the actions for the song.
Sing along and copy the movements.
The song goes a moderate speed first. Then it goes faster.
And then it goes even faster. Can you do the actions at all speeds?
Optional: Play “Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree” on Boomwhackers
Sing “Tinga Layo” and improvise during the B section
Review “El florón”
This is a Spanish singing game from Puerto Rico. To learn the Spanish words, play a short phrase and pause the audio. Have the students repeat. Play another short phrase and pause. Repeat. Continue until they have learned the entire song. The words mean “Pass the flower around and around. I can’t see it. I can’t see it. Where is it? Where is it? Where can the flower be?”
Review the game “El florón”
Form a circle. One student is chosen to go into the center and hide their eyes. While the song is sung, a flower is passed around the circle. (behind their backs) At the end of the song, the student in the center has to guess who has the flower. You could form several circles so that more students have turns.
