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Lesson Title:

Animals of the jungle BIG IDEA & LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Content Area & Arts Students will learn to use body sounds and instruments to create Discipline simple rhythm patterns.

Science & music

Overview of the lesson:

Listen to songs and books about jungle animals and PROCEDURES create patterns using body The teacher/teaching artist will engage students (“the hook”) by sounds and instruments. having students listen to “We’re Going to the Jungle Today.” Before listening to the song, TTW show students movements for each Grade Level: kindergarten animal they hear in the song. Then pose the question: “What do you think we are going to learn about today?” Proposed Time Frame: 45 minutes The teacher/teaching artist will build knowledge by providing small groups of students a set of clipart images of jungle animals. Date Lesson Created: TSW sort the animals into groups – domestic & wild (jungle animals). Pose the question: Look closely at the wild animal’s March 5, 2014 category and what do you think it would sound like if all these animals were together? Where do these animals live? Next, teach Lesson Author: Jeni students the “Jungle Beat” chant. Chandler Jun-gle beat, jun-gle beat Room Requirements & Arrangement: classroom Let’s all get to-geth-er for the jun-gle beat!

Materials/Equipment: The teacher/teaching artist will model the experience by having students use body sounds and instruments to accompany the chant. Book, Rumble in the Jungle Ask students how they could make sounds using their bodies Teacher’s book, “Jungle (clapping, stomping, clicking tongue, etc.). Repeat the “Jungle Beat” Beat” by Lynn Kleiner chant and after the word “beat” have students to play their “body” Rhythm sticks sound. Next, assign instruments to certain students – rhythm sticks, Small hand instruments shakers, jungle drum and have students play these instruments after the word beat. After the word beat, students play a 2 count pattern. The classroom should begin to sound like the “jungle” as students

Created by the Whole Schools Initiative at the Mississippi Arts Commission are playing the different sounds. Resources: The teacher/teaching artist will guide the practice by first reading the book, Rumble in the Jungle. Before reading the book, Vocabulary: beat, patterns, teach children the chant: “Rumble, rumble, rumble in the jungle.” body sounds, chant, poem TTW guide students to clap and say the words. Have students practice saying the chant a few times and practice the beat by just clapping. Then do the same thing, but this time use rhythm sticks

The students will apply understanding by assigning small groups an animal from the story. The students will come up with a sound to represent the animal. Students can use instruments, body sounds, or voice sound. For example: a lion - students could roar, a snake - students could shake a shaker. After students have created the sounds to represent the animals, TTW reread the book. When students hear their animal’s name they make their created sound. All students will add the chant done in the step above at the end of each poem. The final product should create a musical jungle.

The teacher/teaching artist will create opportunities for reflection (Closing) by allowing students to share what they enjoyed the most. Did you enjoy creating body sounds? Would you have rather just used instruments? Etc.

The teacher/teaching artist will assess the students’ learning by guiding and observing them as they create simple rhythm patterns.

STANDARDS & PRINCIPLES

State Content Standards -Science 3a. Group animals and plants by their physical features (e.g., size, appearance, color).

Arts Standards - Music 1c. Play a steady beat on classroom instruments. 2b. Improvise rhythms and accompaniments by singing and playing instruments.

Principles of Universal Design for Learning (at least one from each of the three guiding principles): 3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge 5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance 8.3 Foster collaboration and communication

APPENDIX

Extended Learning Activities: Students can make shakers using plastic eggs. Students can also make their own drums.

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Created by the Whole Schools Initiative at the Mississippi Arts Commission