Music Standards M1GM.6c Identify classroom instruments by M1GM. 2b Perform a steady beat and sight and sound using correct names. simple rhythmic patterns using body percussion as well as classroom 1st Grade ELA Standards instruments with appropriate technique. ELA1R6.c Comprehension Asks and answers (implicit, explicit, M1GM.3a and evaluative) questions about Read simple notation including essential narrative elements (e.g., quarter note, quarter rest, and paired beginning-middle-end, setting, eighth notes using non-traditional characters, problems, events, and/or traditional icons. resolution) of a read-aloud or independently read text. M1GM.5a Create sound effects and movements ELA1W2a to accompany songs, poems, and Response to Literature: Captures a stories. reader's interest by stating a position/opinion about a text.
Materials Instruments Drummer Hoff Drum Private Parriage Cabasa Visuals Corporal Farrell Tambourine Book Sergeant Chowder Maraca Character pictures for sequence Captain Bammer Guiro Drummer Hoff rhythm chart Major Scott Claves Character nametags General Border Triangle
Process Read book to class, students identify characters and order them in sequence (discuss unfamiliar vocabulary) Present chart, pointing to soldiers while class speaks ostinato (a short repeated pattern) Drum-mer Hoff (rest) Read book again rhythmically, class whispers ostinato while tapping two fingers together to keep the beat, and arms out for rest Lead class to discover the pattern may be visualized rhythmically as Tah-Tah-Tah (quarter rest) Tah = Quarter Note Transfer characters to instruments (see materials) and discuss how to play each instrument properly Distribute instruments to students, layer the parts as you read the book one last time Extension- allow students to act out the sequence
Writing Prompts 1. Which characters job would you like to have? Why? 2. Which job do you think is the most important? Why?