DTHE LOSR ALAMOSE NatAIONALM BANK PoCPejoyA SchooltimeTCH SerieSE TEARCHING SGUIDE CHICKEN DANCE Dreamcatchers Teaching Guides align with Presented by ArtsPower the Common Core State Standards and New Mexico tuesdAy, october 10, 2017 State Learning Standards. Grades: PreK - 3 PreK Grades: Standards Addressed By It’s not how much you have that makes people Attending the look up to you, it’s who you are.” Performance - ELviS PrESLEy NMCCSS ‘‘ ELA-Literacy.SL.2 SYNOPSIS Marge and Lola are two friendly chickens who live in the barnyard. One day, they see New Mexico a poster on the barn door announcing the Barnyard Talent Show. The first prize is two Content tickets to see Elvis Poultry, a “top bird” of a singer, in “The Final Doodle Doo” concert. Standards: Marge and Lola make it their mission to win the talent show, but they are unable to Fine Arts/Theatre: Content figure out exactly what their talent is. Standards 3 & 5 Mac the Duck is the barnyard bully who continues to remind the two determined chickens that they will never win the contest. “Ducks win every year,” Mac tells them. Elsie the Cow tells Marge and Lola that she is not going to enter the contest, because she is sure she will lose. The chickens encourage Elsie and convince her to enter. Gertie the Goat and Penelope the Pig also sign up for the contest. Marge and Lola need to come up with an act. They try flying, but chickens can’t fly. They try juggling. They try magic tricks. They even try a high wire act, but fail at that, too. Just before the contest starts, they decide they are going to “wing it” and do their own Chicken Dance. The Barnyard Talent Show is an exciting competition that ends with a wonderful surprise! 2 Chicken Dance Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS They wallow in the mud to stay cool Vocabulary Fun Facts for Students and protect their skin. - a person who uses strength, Just like our pets, farm animals are bully Cows use their tails as fly swatters power, or fear to harm or scare or intelligent, social, and depend on and to communicate with each other. make others do what they want people for proper food, shelter, and care. They graze up to 8 hours a day, bumble - act in an awkward or despite not having any upper teeth. confused manner Some of the most common farm animals are pigs, chickens, cows, Chickens cackle and cluck to their comb - the red crest on the head of a sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, mules, chicken or rooster chicks while they are still in the egg. domestic ducks, geese, and turkeys. flounce – to move with very big Horses form strong bonds and Pigs have a very good sense of motions recognize their friends easily. smell. They help a lot of people, like musical - a play on a stage told by police officers looking for evidence, Geese choose a mate for life. actors with spoken words and songs farmers looking for truffles (similar to mushrooms), and soldiers looking for Turkeys like to be petted by humans wattle - the part of the chicken that landmines. and to spend time with other animals. hangs from its head or neck Pigs don’t have hair on their skin, Bees do not have ears, but they have so they are very sensitive to the sun. an excellent sense of smell. 3 Chicken Dance Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS All About Elvis Poultry/Presley The Elvis Poultry character sing live on air, but he was too shy Many of the girls screamed or created by author Tammi Sauer in to go on. even fainted when he started to her book Chicken Dance is based Elvis dyed his hair black, was 6 perform! on Elvis Presley, a singer and feet tall, and wore a size 11 shoe. Dan Santat, the illustrator of the entertainer who was one of the He starred in 33 movies, was book Chicken Dance, drew a most famous people in the world. in many television shows and rooster that resembles Elvis. His music is still popular today. specials, and performed many live Elvis often wore sunglasses and Elvis purchased his first guitar concerts for millions of people. performed in very colorful outfits. when he was just 11 years old. He Elvis recorded more than 600 Many of them had high collars and wanted a rifle, but his mother songs, but did not write any of brightly colored beads and jewels convinced him to get a guitar them. sewn onto them. instead. Girls thought he was very He was distantly related to former A local radio show offered a handsome and got excited when U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln young Elvis (age 12) a chance to they saw him or heard him sing. and Jimmy Carter. 4 Chicken Dance Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS Old MacDonald Had A Farm lesson 1 Objectives • identify and associate the photos, sounds, and written names of animals. Grades PreK - K • sing “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” using the actual animal’s sounds. Materials NMCCSS • List of the sounds animals make ELA-Literacy.rF.2, • Video (PreK - K) from Baby Einstein of animals, the sounds they make, and the song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” ELA-Literacy.SL.2 NM Procedure 1. Play the list of animal sounds and ask the students to identify which farm animal they think makes that sound. State Standards: 2. After they guess, tell them the correct animal. Fine Arts/Theatre 3. Have the children imitate the sound that animal makes. & Music: Content 4. Play the video from Baby Einstein. Standards 2 & 5 5. Have the children sing along with “Old MacDonald.” 6. review the list of sounds and practice the “real” sounds the animals make. 7. rewatch the video and have the children read the names of the animals and make the sounds with each animal. 8. This time sing “Old MacDonald” using the real animal sounds. 9. Ask the students which sound they liked the best, which was the funniest, and why. Was there an animal sound that was different from what they expected, and how? 10. Ask if the students have ever seen and heard these animals in person. Have they been to the New Mexico State Fair or the zoo? What other animals did they see there and what sounds did they make? Extensions/Modifications • Using the list of sounds, expand beyond the farmyard to other animals. Associate the animals with where they are found (country, habitat, etc.) • Create several small groups of students and assign each group a few of the animals. Sing “Old MacDonald” with you calling out the animals’ names. Have the appropriate group make the sounds of that animal. Assessment • Quality of participation 5 Chicken Dance Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS Talented Turkeys lesson 2 Grades: 1-2 Objectives • identify at least four talents or things they are proud of about themselves. • share these talents with the rest of the class. NMCCSS • remember these talents when it has been a tough day. ELA-Literacy.W.8 ELA-Literacy.SL.5 Materials • Choose the style of hand turkey you would like the students to make. Materials depend on that choice. For options, visit google. New Mexico Procedure Content 1. Have each student make a hand turkey. Standards: 2. On each feather, have the students write one of their “talents”. Ex. soccer, painting, singing, helping, cooking, Fine Arts/visual Arts: kindness, being friendly, spelling, math, taking turns, etc. (you may want to have a list from which the younger children may choose). Content Standards 2 & 5 3. Ask each student to present their talents, either in small groups or as a class. Extensions/Modifications • in small groups or as a class, have them vote on an additional talent or positive trait for each classmate. Have the student make and add that feather to their turkey. • Have the students add feathers throughout the year as they learn more about themselves, try new things, and become more confident. Assessment • Quality of participation 6 Chicken Dance Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS Bonus Explorations Chicken Dance to Elvis Presley: After you read the story, play some classic Elvis songs and try out some of the chicken dances in the book. aryv them Questions to by adding different formations e.g. stand in two rows, face each other, then face back to back. Make a rectangle, then a circle. Finish in a random group Engage & Connect formation. if you’re interested in busting “The Librarian” dance move, here’s Before coming to the a link to the music. show, what did you think you would see? Integration and Knowledge: Are you looking for great books to compare/ contrast to meet the integration of Knowledge and ideas Common Core Actors play the parts or pretend to be the animals in State Standard? Use Chicken Dance and Bawk & Roll. Compare what the story. Who or what do Marge and Lola do in both books – start with how they overcome their they pretend to be? Why do fears and what the other characters in the books do to help them. they like to do this? Readers’ Theater: Chicken Dance and Bawk & Roll would be perfect for Do you make up stories to readers’ Theater scripts. pretend play or do you choose to recreate a story you have seen Resources or heard? Do you make changes in the story? CHICKEN DANCE What was the same Sauer, Tammi. Chicken Dance. Sterling Publishing Co., inc, 2009. and what was different from the book? WEBSITES Which talent act did you Learn about the author Tammi Sauer and the other books she’s written.