Grade 5 Back to School – Lesson 1
Teaching Procedures
Play along with “Contradance” by Mozart
Choose body percussion or instruments and play along.
Discuss How tos and What ifs
Talk to the students about how they should enter/leave, sit, and what happens in the event of fire drill or lockdown.
Teach “My Hat”
The melody of this song may have come from a Neapolitan song. The words were first published in 1886 in German. Paganini, Chopin, Johann Strauss and others quoted the melody in compositions. Today is a favorite action song in many languages.
This action song is fun to sing and provides further reinforcement of the 3/4 time signature as well as the dotted half note rhythm.
Learn the actions for “My Hat”
Watch the video and do the actions with the students.
For a challenge, you can repeat the song with the same actions and don't say specific word. For example...
-1st time you repeat the verse but don't say "my" - just point to yourself.
-2nd time you repeat the verse but don't say, Hat" , just show the "hat"
-3rd time you repeat the verse but don't say "three" - just put up three fingers.
-4th time you repeat the verse and leave out "corners", just point to your elbows.
Optional: Play SING-O!
Playing SING-O is fun!
Stamp or color in a box for every activity you complete.
How many squares can you fill in? You get the middle one for free!
You win when you get a line of 5 in a row.
*Extra Challenge*
Fill in ALL your squares!!