RESOURCE NOTEBOOK
M342- Dr. Gault
Regina Go
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Section 1: Songs and Rhymes
Kindergarten
John the Rabbit2
The Long-Legged Sailor..3
Naughty Kitty Cat4
Sailor, Sailor on the Sea..5
Thomas A Tattamus.6
1st Grade
Firefly...7
Here Comes a Bluebird8
Jim Along, Josie...9
Owlet..10
Sorida.........11
2nd Grade
Down Came a Lady.12
Great Big House in New Orleans13
Kye Kye Kule..14
Teddy Bear..15
Whos That?.................................................................................................................................16
3rd Grade
Chicka Hanka.17
Coffee Grows On White Oak Trees..18
Fire in the Mountain..19
No One in the House but Dinah.20
Old Brass Wagon...21
4th Grade
All Through the Night22
Buffalo Gals..23
The Noble Duke of York..24
5th Grade
The Ash Grove...25
De Colores.36
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John the Rabbit
Call-and-Response Song
Jumpin in my garden (Yes Maam!), Cuttin down the cabbage, (Yes Maam!)
My fresh tomatoes (Yes Maam!), My sweet potatoes (Yes Maam!),
And if I live (Yes Maam!), to see next fall (Yes Maam!),
I aint gonna have (Yes Maam!) no cotton at all (Yes Maam!)!
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Scale: Major (only do for the response)
Melodic Elements: Skips, Some stepwise. Call-and-response
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth notes. Sixteenth and quarter notes.
Other Elements:
Form: A...
Instructional Uses: Teach call-and-response, establish matching (one) pitch.
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Long Legged Sailor
You may substitute long-legged with:
- Short-legged
- One-legged (stand on one foot)
- No-legged (hop)
- Bow-legged
- Knock-need etc
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Scale: 3-note Major scale
Melodic Elements: Mostly step-wise, some leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth notes, quarter notes.
Other Elements: Fermatas (will have to lead students)
Form: ABAB
Instructional Uses: Improvisation (replacing long-legged), applying appropriate motions to
the descriptions.
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs by Ida Erei, Faith Knowles and Denise Bacon
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Naughty Kitty Kat
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Scale: 2-note
Melodic Elements: Two notes
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements: Meowing on rests (optional)
Form: AABA
Instructional Uses: Differentiating pitches; Teacher Suggestion: In a group setting with young
children the teacher might first sing the song and show a picture (only during the meows, if
used).
Source: The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill
Trinka.
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Sailor, Sailor on the Sea
2. Farmer, farmer on the land
Ive got and jewels in my hand.
3. You have guessed the number true.
Now you may sail the ocean blue.
4. You have missed the number plain,
So I must sail the sea again.
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Scale: 3-note Major scale
Melodic Elements: Mostly step-wise, some leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Quarter and half notes.
Other Elements:
Form: ABAB
Instructional Uses: There is a game that goes along with this song.
One sailer walks around the outside of the circle of farmers who hold hands, sway, and sing
verse 1. The sailor then sings verse 2, stands before a farmer and holds out his hand saying
guess how many? The outcome determines whether the third or fourth verse then follows.
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs by Ida Erei, Faith Knowles and Denise Bacon
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Thomas A Tattamus
Grade Level: Kindergarten-1st grade
Scale: Not pitch-oriented
Melodic Elements: Not pitch-oriented
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements: Caesura (pause)
Form: Not really a form: AB
Instructional Uses: Compound meter, Elements of rhythm, pulse.
Source: John, the Rabbit and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Firefly
Japanese Folk Song
2. Firefly, firefly, may I speak?
Did you turn your light of, are you playing hide and seek?
Up among the trees I see you peek.
3. Firefly, firefly, please dont go.
Will you take me with you, I would like to fly, you know,
Up above the trees, Id love it so.
4. Repeat first verse.
Grade Level: 1st grade
Scale: Pentatonics
Melodic Elements: Lots of skips: Japanese folk song.
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements:
Form: ABC.
Instructional Uses: Introduce la.
Source: Bought Me a Cat and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka
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Here Comes a Bluebird
Other partner activities:
rub him on the tummy
Tap him on the cheek
Scratch him on the back
(sing the first line between every different verse)
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: Skips and stepwise
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes, dotted eighth.
Other Elements:
Form: AA1
Instructional Uses: Improvisation (other partner activities), movement with words
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Jim Along, Josie
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: Skips, Some stepwise
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth and sixteenth notes, quarter notes.
Other Elements: Goes down to la
Form: AB
Instructional Uses: Incorporating sol and la
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Owlet
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: Mostly leaps, some steps
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements: Owlet = baby owl
Form: AABB
Instructional Uses: Teaching form. Instruction on soft singing.
Source: Simple Gifts Songs Resource Book III by Helen L. Wyzga
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Sorida
Ghanaian Hand-Game Song
Grade Level: 1st-2nd Grade
Scale: Major Tonic triad only
Melodic Elements: Tonic Triad
Rhythmic Elements: Compound meter, quarters and eighth notes
Other Elements: Not English (Translation: a greeting, similar to shalom in Hebrew)
Form: ABA
Instructional Uses: Simple Hand Game
A C A C B C B C R L C R L C B C B C A C A C B C B C
So-ri-da, So-ri-da, ri-da, ri-da. Da-da-da, Da-da-da, ri-da, ri-da. So-ri-da. So-ri-da, ri-da, ri-da.
Students begin facing each other (sitting or standing), making a Hand sandwich (one students
hands is within the others).
A Sweep hands apart in an upward circular motion
C Clap
B Hit backs of hands together
R Hit right palms across
L Hit left palms across
Source: Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe by Abraham Kobena
Adzenya, Dumisani Maraire, and Judith Cook Tucker.
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Down Came a Lady
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: Mostly skips, Some stepwise
Rhythmic Elements: Quarter and eighth notes
Other Elements:
Form: AA1
Instructional Uses: Improvisation- The students can change blue to whatever wording they
would like, for example, White with red stripes
Source: John, the Rabbit and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Great Big House in New Orleans
Grade Level: 2nd-3rd Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: lots of leaps, some stepwise motion
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements:
Form:
Instructional Uses: This songs clear form and accessible melody and rhythm combine to
create a classic piece for grades 2-4. The abstract may be used for rhythmic and melodic practice.
Additionally, the song may be used to introduce re and do (Trinka 15).
Source: The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill
Trinka.
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Kye Kye Kule
Call-and-Response Exercise Song
Grade Level: 2nd Grade song
Scale: Major Scale- First 5 notes of scale
Melodic Elements: Stepwise motion, leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Quarter and eighth notes
Other Elements: Call-and-response, Not English (No particular meaning to the words)
Form: ABCDE
Instructional Uses: Call and Response instruction, Simple game:
Motions are assigned per phrase.
A: Pat head 4 times.
B: Tap shoulders 4 times while twisting torso from side to side.
C: Bring hands to waist and twist torso.
D: Tap knees 4 times.
E: Touch ankles on kum and waist on Aden nde.
-Leader and group touch ankles and waste in unison, then throw hands over head on Hey!
Source: Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe by Abraham Kobena
Adzenya, Dumisani Maraire, and Judith Cook Tucker.
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Teddy Bear (Goodnight)
Grade Level: 2nd-3rd Grade
Scale: Pentatonic
Melodic Elements: Both stepwise and leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Dotted quarters, mixed with quarters and eighths (Compound meter)
Other Elements: Goodnight! at the end in the style of a siren.
Form: AAA1B
Instructional Uses: Compound meter, dotted rhythms, assign motions to actions.
Source: The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill
Trinka.
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Whos That?
Replace Daddy and Mommy with
- Ants
- Bees
- Polar Bears
- Ghosts etc
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: P5 leap, the rest is stepwise.
Rhythmic Elements: Prevalent sixteenth notes, eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements:
Form: AA1
Instructional Uses: Improvisation with whos knocking at the window.
Source: John, the Rabbit and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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Fire in the Mountain
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Stepwise motion, outlining tonic triad with leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Prevalent sixteenth notes, eighth and quarter notes
Other Elements:
Form:
Instructional Uses: Singing Game:
Half of the class sitting in a ring, spread apart a bit. Other half is standing behind (1 student
standing behind 1 seated student). During the singing of the song the student in the middle plays
a beat on a drum and the tanding circle walks around outside to the beat. When the middle
student sees a sitting student to stand behind, (s)he runs there and everyone tries to get behind a
sitter. Whoever is left goes to the middle (Eison and Robertson 300).
Source: An American Methodology: An Inclusive Approach to Musical Literacy by Ann Eison
and Lamar Robertson.
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Chicka Hanka
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Minor
Melodic Elements: Mostly Skips, some stepwise. Lots of repeated notes.
Rhythmic Elements: Sixteenth notes, Eighth and quarter notes. Opportunity for teaching
sixteenth notes.
Other Elements:
Form: AA1B
Instructional Uses: This would be a great song to teach sixteenth notes to.
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs edited by Ida Erdei, Faith Knowles, and Denise
Bacon.
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Coffee Grows On White Oak Trees
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Mostly Skips, some stepwise. Lots of repeated notes.
Rhythmic Elements: Sixteenth notes, Eighth and quarter notes. Dotted rhythms as well.
Other Elements:
Form: AB
Instructional Uses: This would be a great song to teach sixteenth notes to.
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs edited by Ida Erdei, Faith Knowles, and Denise
Bacon.
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No One in the House but Dinah
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Mostly Skips, some stepwise.
Rhythmic Elements: Sixteenth notes, Eighth and quarter notes. Opportunity for teaching
sixteenth notes.
Other Elements:
Form: AA1
Instructional Uses: This would be a great song to teach sixteenth notes to. There is also a game
that can be played.
Formation: Circle with one blindfolded student, Dinah, in the center.
As the ring sings, Dinah goes to anyone in the ring. At the end of the song, Dinah tries to
guess the identity of the player without removing the blindfold. If successful, the person
identified becomes the new Dinah and the old Dinah takes her place in the circle.
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs edited by Ida Erdei, Faith Knowles, and Denise
Bacon.
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Old Brass Wagon
2. Circle to the right
3. Swing, oh, swing
4. Skippin all around
5. Do si do
6. Promenade around
7. Swing your partner
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Pentatonic Scale
Melodic Elements: Both stepwise and leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Sixteenth notes, Eighth and quarter notes. Opportunity for dotted eighth.
Other Elements:
Form: Relatively strophic
Instructional Uses: The ending can be simplified into straight eighth notes, or the ending would
be a great opportunity to teach a dotted eighth rhythm for more advanced grades/students. The
beginning of the first three phrases is a great isolated passage of straight sixteenth notes and
would also be great for identification.
Activity: Have students mirror the lyrics with actions. i.e. Walk to the left on circle to the left,
skip in a circle on skippin all around, etc.
Source: The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill
Trinka.
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All Through the Night
2. Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee, All thro the night;
Guardian angels God will send thee, All throo the night.
Soft the drowsey hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber steeping,
I my loving watch am keeping, All thro the night.
3. Mother dear is close beside thee, All thro the night;
Watching that no harm betide thee, All thro the night;
Thro the open window streaming,
Moonlight on the floor is gleaming,
While my baby lies a-dreaming, All thro the night.
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Lots of stepwise, some leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Quarter and eighth notes
Other Elements: Long, over an octave range
Form: ABA
Instructional Uses: Teaching bar form (ABA), programming
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs by Ida Erei, Faith Knowles and Denise Bacon
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Buffalo Gals
2. I asked her if shed stop and talk, stop and talk, stop and talk
Her feet took up the whole sidewalk and left no room for me.
3. I asked her if shed be my wife, be my wife, be my wife,
Then Id be happy all my life, if shed marry me.
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Stepwise and leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth and sixteenth notes, quarter notes.
Other Elements:
Form: AB
Instructional Uses: Teaching/rehearsing Swing,
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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The Noble Duke of York
2. Oh, and when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down, and
when they were only half-way there they were neither up nor down.
3. Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go, well catch a fox and put him in a box and
never let him go.
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Lots of leaps, step-wise motion
Rhythmic Elements: Dotted rhythms, sixteenth notes, eighth and quarter notes.
Other Elements: Pick-up note
Form: AB
Instructional Uses: Introduce fa, Assigning motions to actions.
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka.
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The Ash Grove
2. Still glows the bright sunshine oer valley and mountain,
Still warbles the blackbird its note from the tree,
Still trembles the moonbeam on streamlet and fountain,
But what are the beauties of nature to me?
With sorrow, deep sorrow, my bosom is laden,
All day I go mourning in search of my love.
Ye echoes, oh! Tell me, where is the sweet maiden?
She sleeps neath the green turf down by the Ash Grove.
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Lots of stepwise, some leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth notes, quarter notes.
Other Elements: Long
Form: ABA
Instructional Uses: Teaching bar form (ABA)
Source: My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs by Ida Erei, Faith Knowles and Denise Bacon
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De Colores
Spanish Folk Song
2. Canta el gallo, canta el gallo con el quiri quiri quiri quiri,
La gallina, la gallina con el cara cara cara cara cara.
Los polluelos, los polluelos con el pio pio pio pio pi,
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi,
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi.
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Mostly step-wise, some leaps.
Rhythmic Elements: Mostly eighth and dotted quarter notes.
Other Elements:
Form: ABA1CC
Instructional Uses: Learning a song in Spanish, Compound meter.
Source: My Little Rooster and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, & Play Parties by Jill Trinka
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Section 2: Listening Activities, Instrumental Ensembles, Games
Kindergarten
Comparative Lesson Examples.28
- Listening Activity
We Are Dancing In the Forest..29
- Singing Game
1st Grade
bo Asi Me Nsa...30
- Stone-Passing game
Whos That?...................................................................................................................................31
- Orff Instrument Arrangement
2nd Grade
Ugros..32
- Movement Activity
Skating33
- Listening/Movement Activity
3rd Grade
Pata Pata34
- Movement Activity
4th Grade
Hist Wist36
- Exploration Activity
5th Grade
Jambo.37
- Movement Activity
Dona Nobis Pacem.38
- Recorder Round
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Comparative Listening Examples
Grade Level: Kindergarten-1st Grade
Instructional Uses: Here are some listening examples for working on comparatives.
Higher vs. Lower
Piano
(high) Carnival of the Animals by Saint Sens
(low) S. Rachmaninov : Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G minor by Rachmaninoff
Other instruments
(high) Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
(low) In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
Loud vs. Soft
(loud) Carnaval Overture by Antonin Dvorak
(soft) Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy
Fast vs. Slow
(fast) Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 by Franz Schubert
(slow) Romance No. 118 Op. 5 by Johannes Brahms
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We Are Dancing in the Forest
Grade Level: 1st-2nd Grade
Scale: 3-note, sounds G minor
Melodic Elements: Mostly step-wise motion, small leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth-note based, quarter notes and half notes
Other Elements: Minor tonality
Form: AA
Instructional Uses: Game Formation: Circle
Game: One child is appointed the wolf and is hiding nearby. After singing, one repetition, the
circle asks, Old wolf, are you there? to which the wolf may answer something like No, I am
putting on my shoes. Another repetition of the song and another question, to which the wolf
will improvise another answer. Finally, the wolf will answer Yes! I am here! and chase the
circle of children back to their homes (their seats or other designated area) (Eison and
Robertson 345).
Source: An American Methodology: An Inclusive Approach to Musical Literacy by Ann Eison
and Lamar Robertson.
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bo Asi Me Nsa
Akan Stone-Passing Game
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Mostly step-wise motion, small leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth-note based, quarter notes and half notes
Other Elements: Not English- Akan (Translation: The rock crushed my hand, grandma)
Form: AA1
Instructional Uses: Stone Passing Game
The stones can be passed in 2 different patterns: a 2-beat pattern or a 3-beat pattern (the 3-beat
pattern being more difficult over the simple meter). In the 2-beat pattern, the student simply
grabs the stone/stick on the first beat then passes it on the second beat. In the 3-beat pattern, the
student grabs on beat 1, taps or switches to the other hand on beat 2, then passes on beat 3.
Source: Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe by Abraham Kobena
Adzenya, Dumisani Maraire, and Judith Cook Tucker.
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Whos That?
Orff Instrument Arrangement
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Urgos
Hungarian Leaping or Jumping Dance
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Instructional Uses: Movement Activity
5 sections, each 32 beats long
Set-up: Circle facing inward.
Section I
- Bend knees on beat 1, straighten on beat 2.
- Repeat 7 more times (beats 3-16)
- Repeat for the following four measures, angling knees apart.
Section II
- Step rightward with the right foot on beat 1.
- Touch L foot to R foot on beat 2.
- Step leftward with the left foot on beat 3.
- Touch R foot to L foot on beat 4.
- Repeat 7 more times
Section III
- Step rightward with R foot on beat 1.
- Step L foot next to R foot on beat 2.
- Step rightward again with L foot on beat 3.
- Step L foot to R foot on beat 4.
- Repeat for beats 5-8, but moving leftward.
- Repeat all of the above (in Section III) 3 more times
Section IV
- Step rightward with R foot on beat 1.
- Lift L foot on beat 2.
- Step leftward with L foot on beat 3.
- Lift R foot on beat 4.
- Repeat seven times
Section V
- Step rightward with R foot on beat 1.
- Stamp L foot next to R on beat 2.
- Step leftward with L foot on beat 3.
- Stamp R foot next to L on beat 4.
- Repeat seven more times.
Source: Teaching Folk Dance: Successful Steps by Phyllis S. Weikart
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Skating by Vince Guaradi
Listening Activity
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Step-wise motion, leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth-note based, quarter notes, half, and dotted half notes
Other Elements: Latin text, Mass Part (may not be viable in a public school setting)
Form:
Instructional Uses: Teaching form
The teacher may teach form with Skating by assigning motions for the students to each section.
The duration of each section is as follows:
Intro: 4 bars
A: 16 bars: Four 4-bar phrases
B: 8 bars: Two 4-bar phrases
A: 16 bars: 4 bars of A material, transition
C: 26-bars: 24 bars of piano solo, 2 bars transition
B: 8 bars: Two 4-bar phrases
A: 12 bars: 8 bars of A material, 4 bars of outro using transition material
A sample movement activity could be as follows:
Intro: no motion
A: Hands are above head and float down to the beat with every big pulse, and float back up on
the ascending chords.
B: Student could move around the room to the big pulses.
C: Students could do a creative movement activity, either by themselves or as a creative partner
activity.
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Pata Pata
Movement Activity- Sample Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3rd-4th Grade
Area(s) of Focus: Movement
National Standards Addressed:
Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
Anchor Standard #4. Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
Anchor Standard #5. Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.
Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make
art.
Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical
context to deepen understanding.
Lesson Objectives (Behavioral):
Students will learn and perform two movement sections to Pata Pata by Miriam
Makeba. (k.o.)
If time allows, students will pick their own movements for the interlude sections. (a.s.o.)
Vocabulary and Academic Language
Students will analyze the form as ABA C ABA C ABA.
Prior Learning:
At fifth grade, students should be able to keep a steady beat with various parts of their
body/motions. Students should also have fundamental coordination in their hands and feet.
Materials Needed:
Source to play Pata Pata from (i.e. computer/speaker)
Board to display form Visual Aid
Procedures:
Students will form a circle.
(Students will perform warm up/stretching activities if lesson takes place at the beginning of
class.)
I want to share a song with you! Listen to Pata Pata while keeping the beat. Snap at some
point. (3 min.)
Ask students where they think the music is from. Give background/context to Miriam Makeba.
Have students sit in their circle and keep a beat as teacher(s) model the ABA section.
Begin to teach first part of movement (A). Students and teacher will perform together while the
teachers say the actions at a slow tempo. (1 min.)
4 counts in, 2 counts snaps, 2 counts claps.
4 counts out, 2 counts snaps, 2 counts claps.
Do this twice.
Repeat the procedure to teach the second part of the movement (B). (1 min.)
R touches 3 times, then back to middle. L taps 3 times, then back to middle. Repeat.
R leg Up 1, down 1, then repeat (4 counts total). Repeat with L leg. Repeat.
Increase tempo to that of Pata Pata. Do the movements to the first chorus. Remember that
the first section repeats after the second. (1.5 min.)
Allow students to suggest movements for the third part (C). Pick a movement for eight
measures and add this to the form. (5.5 min.)
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Show students the full form of the song, and perform it with chosen actions with the music.
(Or ABA C ABA if time does not permit for the whole song.) (3 min.)
Methods of Assessment
Informal: Students will be assessed by teachers watching and giving feedback for
improvement.
Written Assessment: Teachers will do a written reflection post-lesson.
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Hist Whist by E. E. Cummings
Exploration Activity
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Instructional Uses: The students may use this poem or other similar poems in which students
could aim to personify/embody the poem through sound. Hist whist is as follows:
hist whist hist whist
little ghost things
tip-toe
twinkle toe
witches and tingling
goblins
hob-a-nob hob-a-nob
little hoppy happy
toad in tweeds
tweeds
little itchy mousies
with scuttling
eyes rustle and run and
hidehidehide
whisk look out for the old woman
with the wart on her nose
what shell do to yer nobody knows
for she knows the devil ooch
the devil ouch
the devil
ach the great
green
dancing
devil
devil
devil
devil
wheeEEE
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Jambo
(Jambo is a type of greeting from Ghana, West Africa)
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Instructional Uses: Movement Activity
4 sections (Introduction and 3 sections), each 32 beats long
Set-up: 2 circles, each circle facing each other.
Introduction
- Lunge rightward on beat 1.
- Nod to the person across to the right on beat 3.
- Lunge leftward on beat 5.
- Nod to the person across to the left on beat 7.
- Repeat these steps for beats 1-8 three more times.
Section I
- Step rightward on beat 1.
- Step L foot to R (close feet) on beat 3.
- Repeat two more times for beats 5-12.
- Step rightward on beat 13.
- Close feet on beat 14.
- Step rightward on beat 15.
- Close feet on beat 16.
- Repeat all of the above (in Section II) for beats 17-32.
Section II
- Raise R knee on beat 1.
- Touch R foot to L on beat 2.
- Raise R knee on beat 3.
- Touch R knee on beat 4.
- Repeat for beats 5-8, with L knee.
- Repeat for beats 9-12, with R knee.
- Jump on beat 13. Land and stand for beats 14-16.
- Repeat above, with opposite footwork (start with L knee).
Section III
- Two-step LRL for 1 + 2. Clap on second beat.
- Two step RLR for beats 3 + 4. Clap on second beat.
- Repeat for beats 5-8.
- Each circle two-steps past the other circle, clapping on beat 2 of each two step, for beats
9-12.
- Step L foot IN on beat 13.
- Pivot L and Kick R foot out and around counterclockwise, spinning the dancer 180 on
beat 14.
- Jump with feet apart on beat 15; land on 16.
- Repeat all of the above, moving OUT and returning to place.
Source: Teaching Folk Dance: Successful Steps by Phyllis S. Weikart
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Dona Nobis Pacem
Recorder Round
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Scale: Major
Melodic Elements: Step-wise motion, leaps
Rhythmic Elements: Eighth-note based, quarter notes, half, and dotted half notes
Other Elements: Latin text, Mass Part (may not be viable in a public school setting)
Form: ABC
Instructional Uses: This would be an appropriately challenging song to aim to play on recorders
by the end of the year. Since it is traditionally played in a round, it would be quite a challenge to
try and play polyphonically.
