Watch the video and echo the body percussion.

This song replaces the song "Chicken on a Fencepost" which had a verse that was outdated. This is a reading song. Read the rhythms and the melody of the song. This song uses low so and low la. Teach the movement activity or game.
Students really love the game.

This demo is for a similar song. (words are a little different)

Form two circles - an inside and an outside circle. Choose two racers who leave the circles and hide somewhere in the classroom. Place a rubber chicken in the middle of the inside circle. The teacher now creates a hole in the outside circle, and a hole in the inside circle, by moving two students apart. Sing verse one. At the end of verse one, the two racers have to try to be the first to find and get through the opening in the outside circle, and find and get through the opening in the inside circle to pick up the rubber chicken. The racer who gets to the chicken first wins. It’s kind of like racing through a maze.

Compose using 16th notes using the Rhythm Composition Tool.

If you don't have devices, there's a printable composition worksheet in supporting resources.

Sing "Chicken in the Barnyard" as your A section, and play a student composition as the B section.

Give out or find scarves or ribbons to move to the music.

After trying the movement that is shown, try creating your own movement to the music!

Choose or find instruments to play along with contradance

You could drum with hands on desks, drum with two markers, or two spoons.

You could play "Action Leader" with this music.

Choose 3 leaders: one for the A section, one for the B section and one for the C section.

Listen to the music and while it's playing answer as many questions as you can.

Introduce “Old Grandma” by asking students to tell you what they think life would have been like for a mother 100 years ago.

Ask them questions to draw out their ideas. For example:
- What kind of food would they have eaten?
- Where would they get their food?
- What would their houses be like?
- What kind of clothes would they wear?
- What kind of stores were there?

Teach the song by rote.

You could use this song to review the tie with the students. A tie is a curved line that joins two or more of the same notes. You hold for the value of all the tied notes. Have the students count how many ties there are in the song.

A slur is a curved line that connects two or more different notes, which means to play or sing smoothly. This is also called legato. Ask the students to find the slur in the song.

(Music Math Level 3)