1 Listen to the reading of the story "Follow the Drinking Gourd" by Cari Meister
Listen to the story.
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Grade 5 Lesson 16
Concepts:
In this lesson you will
Listen to the story, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” by Cari Mester.
Learn to sing the song, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
Illustrate part of the song. (create a big class book)
Supporting Resources
Objectives
- I can sing a folk song
- I can demonstrate understanding of a musical text
Teaching Procedure
Song Used:
2 Learn about the song
Read the slide to learn more about the song.
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3 Learn about the song
This slide teaches what some of the words mearnt in code.
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4 Learn to sing the song, "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd"
Listen to a line, then pause and sing it back.
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Song Used:
5 Create a class book of "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" by illustrating part of the lyrics
Have each student illustrate one page of the lyrics.
In-person: Copy the lyrics from the supporting resources and give each student one page.
If you have more than 12 students, make several copies of the book.
Virtual: Have the students choose which part of the lyrics they would like to illustrate.
