Practice the clap pattern

Learn the clap game

Watch students perform the clap game.

Try the pattern with a partner.

If you can't do partner games, go on to the desk drum version below.

Do the clap game and sing “My Landlord”

Optional: Learn the desk drum game for “My Landlord”

If solo, drum the desk where you would clap with your partner;

i.e. clap, right hand desk, clap, left hand desk, clap, both hands desk, cross, pat.

Answer questions about the song "My Landlord"

Create and Perform an Accompaniment

Choose instruments or found sounds and create an accompaniment.

Answer questions for Elvis Presley’s “Money Honey”

These are questions to think about as you listen to the Elvis Presley's performance of "Money Honey".

Click on the slide to open the YouTube link. If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Elvis Money Honey".

Learn a Bucket/Desk drum routine for “My Landlord”

This is the pattern for the A section of the song.

Practice the A section.

If desk drumming:
top = top
rim = edge
click = click

Optional: Watch a biography about Elvis Presley

This biography tells how Elvis got his start and how he changed music.

This is a YouTube link.

If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Elvis Presley A Boy from Tupelo".