The famous Give Me 5 to help young kids know what it means to be a good listener.
If you'd like to edit the chant to make it your own, the Noteflight notation is here.
Showing posts with label chants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chants. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Give Me 5 chant
The famous Give Me 5 to help young kids know what it means to be a good listener.
If you'd like to edit the chant to make it your own, the Noteflight notation is here.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
7 Habits songs: Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Habit 7 version 1: song
This is a 4-chord song written to sound like a pop song to fit the theme of having fun and renewing yourself, which defines Sharpen the Saw. :)
A cute rhythm creativity, chant composition activity. Great for Orff teachers too because the kids compose 4-measure chants listing their favorite things to do when they Sharpen the Saw.
Student creativity for the song: Students create their own chants listing 4 things they do to sharpen the saw. Perform as a rondo: in the A section everyone sings the song, in the B/C/D/etc. sections each small group performs their 4-macrobeat chant twice.
Noteflight notation for version 1 of the song can be found here.
Habit 7 version 2: duple chant
Habit 7's chant notation is on Noteflight here.
Habit 7 version 3: longer song
In this version as well, students create 4-macrobeat chants listing what they do to sharpen the saw.
Noteflight notation for version 3 of the song is found here.
7 Habits songs: Habit 6: Synergize
SHORT CHANT VERSION:
Habit 6 chant Noteflight notation can be found here.
The coolest part about this song is that the class literally gets to practice synergizing with the "Together is better" chant: one small group starts, and then another group joins in, and another until the whole class is chanting -- creates an effect much better than any kid could make by themselves!!
I had my students repeat the chant, and the second time they added on groups of chanters in the opposite direction (so the first time through the chant rows 1 and 2 started chanting at the beginning, then rows 3 and 4 joined in at the second "Together is better," then rows 5 and 6 so we had everyone chanting by the third "Together is better; synergize!" Then the next time they added on the parts starting with rows 5 and 6, then 3 and 4, then 1 and 2.
I also had my students synergize in small groups to create a 4-beat body percussion pattern using any combination of stamp, pat, clap, and snap. They created their body percussion pattern, and performed it 4 times before and after the chant.
LONGER VERSION OF THE SONG:
This one has a minor blues-y feel, and the blues scale used in it can count as Locrian (the song's melody uses primarily E, G, A, and Bb).
See above for how kids synergize for the body percussion patterns and the "Together is better" chant part of the song.
If you wanted, you could even just use the beginning as a short rhythm activity!
I know it's kind of small to read here, so here is the PDF version of the melody only, and here is the PDF version of the melody + chords.
Habit 6 melody is on Noteflight here.
Habit 6 melody + chords notation is available on Noteflight here.
Habit 6 chant Noteflight notation can be found here.
The coolest part about this song is that the class literally gets to practice synergizing with the "Together is better" chant: one small group starts, and then another group joins in, and another until the whole class is chanting -- creates an effect much better than any kid could make by themselves!!
I had my students repeat the chant, and the second time they added on groups of chanters in the opposite direction (so the first time through the chant rows 1 and 2 started chanting at the beginning, then rows 3 and 4 joined in at the second "Together is better," then rows 5 and 6 so we had everyone chanting by the third "Together is better; synergize!" Then the next time they added on the parts starting with rows 5 and 6, then 3 and 4, then 1 and 2.
I also had my students synergize in small groups to create a 4-beat body percussion pattern using any combination of stamp, pat, clap, and snap. They created their body percussion pattern, and performed it 4 times before and after the chant.
LONGER VERSION OF THE SONG:
This one has a minor blues-y feel, and the blues scale used in it can count as Locrian (the song's melody uses primarily E, G, A, and Bb).
See above for how kids synergize for the body percussion patterns and the "Together is better" chant part of the song.
If you wanted, you could even just use the beginning as a short rhythm activity!
I know it's kind of small to read here, so here is the PDF version of the melody only, and here is the PDF version of the melody + chords.
Habit 6 melody is on Noteflight here.
Habit 6 melody + chords notation is available on Noteflight here.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Generalization Rap!
Disclaimer: I did not write this! I got it from AMAZING Michigan music teacher friends! But my students love it so much they chant it in the hallway after school, so it's too good not to share. :)
My students like to have fun with this one, get some beat-boxing going underneath, or some stamp-stamp-clap, stamp-stamp-clap's going on. Also, they like adding rapper arm movements. Haha.
Lesson plan:
Say the rap as students move to the beat. When the rap is over, students put up their index finger ("put up number one") if they want a turn. When it's their turn, the teacher chants a rhythm on BA, and the student translates it to rhythm syllables (DU's and DU-DE's).
Before they start translating, I have the students give me patterns on BA, and I translate them to rhythm syllables as an example. Then, when THEY'RE translating the patterns, I base the patterns they're translating on patterns they've echoed in LSA's, and they are successful at this!!!
Kindergarteners chanting in 7/8!
My students LOVE chanting in unusual meters! Here's a video of kindergarteners moving with flow using bean bags, as they chant a song in 7/8 meter.
Here's the notation for the chant:
Moving with flow helps them to feel the space between the beats and prevents rushing as they sing, giving them a stronger sense of steady tempo!
Here's the notation for the chant:
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