Grade 5 Lesson 36
Teaching Procedures
Learn about the William Tell Overture
Play along with the Finale from William Tell
Choose instruments or body percussion to play along. You could play with hands or sticks on your desk. You could play this on bucket drums.
Practice dynamics on the Trivia Wheel
Warm up with "We Love to Sing!"
This is a movement song to use as a warm-up or shake-up during a choir rehearsal or class. You can also use the song to review tempo terms. This song may already be familiar to some of your students as a bible song. Teach the song by rote, and then introduce the actions.
Do the movements to “We Love to Sing”
When the song is well known, have the class stand up each time they come to the words, “We love to sing!” Later, divide the class into two groups. Have one group sing the “alleluias” and the other group sing, “We love to sing!” Have each group stand up when it is their turn to sing.
Denise Tip: I like to have both groups stand and sing the final two measures, “We love to sing!”
Teach “Boll Weevil”
This Texas folk song tells the story of a pesky bug that ruins the farmer’s crop. Teach the song by rote.
The students may be able to read the rhythms and melody of this song. If you are teaching using solfa, the tone set is s,l,tdrm. If you do not teach solfa, read the melody using letter names.
Option 1: Play “Boll Weevil” on the Ukulele
If you sing the song in the key of G, you could have students play chords on guitars or ukuleles. You can also accompany using Boomwhackers®. In the key of G, the I chord uses the notes G B D, the IV chord uses the notes C E G, and the V chord uses the notes D F# A.
This is a folk song with many variants. There are many different verses given for this song. Have students create new verses for the song.
Option 2: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Boll Weevil”
Creative Ideas: Invite the students to create movement to perform with the song. Have students create new verses for the song.