Locrian Jam song!

This song works well with movement activities. Students explore Laban efforts around the room in self-space after spinning our "movement spinner." Another activity for the song: A student with a sign that has Macrobeat written on one side and Microbeat on the other turns the sign to whatever beat they want the class to move to, switching every 4-8 beats. This is also a fun song to have students try snapping on beats 2 and 4, or for students to have a partner that they share a rhythm stick with, swaying side to side or back and forth on macrobeats or microbeats, with each student holding one end of the rhythm stick.


2017 addition: 
Here is an optional B section that you could use for activities such as circle dances or Laban movement opposites! Still swung. :)

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.