Skin and Bones

This is another lesson to help teach the students the songs they will perform for their parents on October 31st during the shadow puppet show.

Lesson Plan: Skin and Bones

Grade: K

Time: 20 minutes

Materials:  Skin and Bones Icons

Musical Concept: A melody may have shape (melodic contour) moving up, down or remaining the same.

Musical Element: Pitch

Musical Skills: Singing

Utah Music Standards:

K.M.P.3.b: Sing a variety of simple songs in tune.

K.M.P.4: Demonstrate appropriate practice and performance behavior.

Objectives:

Students will be able to sing Skin and Bones accurately and with expression.

Procedure:

1. Hello Song 1x.  Remind students that at the end we sing all together.
2. Jack and Jill w/ thumbs:  Do it one time.
1. Then ask kids to do it with me.
2. I love how you made your voice sound just like mine.
3. Can you make your voice sound just like mine?
1. One note of "oo's"
2. Two notes
3. Listen close this is long: all the oo's
4. Use finger to trace melodic contour of oo's
4. We're going to learn a new song today about a funny old lady.  Look at her!
1. I need your help.  I'm going to sing one part, and then you're going to sing the little phrase we just learned.  Let's do it one more time: oo's
5. 1st listening: Do the song, with children singing oo's between each verse.
1. At the end, do a mildly-not scary version.
6. 2nd listening: Ok boys and girls, let's do it again. Next time you're going to put up the pictures, so pay really close attention to what order they are in this time.
1. JUST PUT DOOR and BOO on the board!! This time, so they can do that next time.
7. 3rd listening: Take down pictures: boys and girls, if I touch your head, I want you to come up and put up the next picture.  I'm looking for someone who is singing your part and using your finger to follow your voice.
1. Touch a child's head and put up the first picture, sing first verse.
2. Touch a child's head during oo's and have them put up the 2nd picture. Pause while they do that, then sing the 2nd verse.
8. Do you know the word to all the verses?  Can you sing the whole song with me?
1. One more time.
9. We're going to sing this for your parents next week, so I think we could make our BOO at the end more startling.  Can we try it?  Let me show you one time.
1. Start with Door verse, demonstrate.
2. Can you help me do it scary?
10. One more time, with the scary BOO at the end.