In a time of fast-moving technology where your phone could be considered "old" mere MONTHS after you purchased it, it's no wonder that things like nursery rhymes are sometimes unfamiliar to children.
How can we revive the tradition of nursery rhymes for our students? By making them FUN, RELEVANT, UPDATED and...did I mention FUN?
This week, I have included two cross-grade-level activities in my lesson plans. I plan different things for each grade level, first of all because the TEKS differ, but second of all because I crave variety. Sometimes, I will bridge some of the grade levels with activities that meet TEKS on all levels and I adapt them as needed, which is what I have done here. The first activity is a rhythm and audiation activity based on the Punch and Judy rhyme. The final slide of the Power Point presentation is pictured above. The second activity is based on Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and is a form and rhythmic notation reading activity. These two activities were adapted from very similar lessons in Kriske and Delelles Tyme for a Rhyme. If you are a music teacher and you are reading this, I highly recommend all of their materials and I strongly urge you to attend their sessions at TMEA in February 2013, as they are featured Elementary clinicians! Woohoo!
Interested in the PDF visuals I made for Punch and Judy? Well, here they are...but I will not be sharing the lesson plan itself simply because you should get yourself your own Tyme for a Rhyme book! :) You know...copyright and all that jazz!
How can we revive the tradition of nursery rhymes for our students? By making them FUN, RELEVANT, UPDATED and...did I mention FUN?
This week, I have included two cross-grade-level activities in my lesson plans. I plan different things for each grade level, first of all because the TEKS differ, but second of all because I crave variety. Sometimes, I will bridge some of the grade levels with activities that meet TEKS on all levels and I adapt them as needed, which is what I have done here. The first activity is a rhythm and audiation activity based on the Punch and Judy rhyme. The final slide of the Power Point presentation is pictured above. The second activity is based on Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and is a form and rhythmic notation reading activity. These two activities were adapted from very similar lessons in Kriske and Delelles Tyme for a Rhyme. If you are a music teacher and you are reading this, I highly recommend all of their materials and I strongly urge you to attend their sessions at TMEA in February 2013, as they are featured Elementary clinicians! Woohoo!
Interested in the PDF visuals I made for Punch and Judy? Well, here they are...but I will not be sharing the lesson plan itself simply because you should get yourself your own Tyme for a Rhyme book! :) You know...copyright and all that jazz!
punch_and_judy_1.pdf |