Exploring Elementary Music
Classroom Activities in
Elementary Schools (grades K-5)
in Two Different Cultural
Settings:
Brazil and the United States
by
Claudia Liedke and Maritza Sadowsky
ISME – Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 21, 2014
Exchange of Experiences
Similarities
Students learn by doing
Teaching fundamental elements of music
Foreign music
Interdisciplinary
Activities use speech, singing, movement, body percussion,
instruments playing
• Develop listening, performing, creative musicianship skills
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Differences
• Socio-culture
• Language
• Assessment/Avaliacao
In this workshop we will explore:
• Singing
• Movement
• Listening
• Playing instruments
LESSON PLAN
GREETING SONG
WHAT
Which concept we will learn in each activity?
Exchange of Experiences.
HOW
Activities in English/US that can be done in Portuguese/Brazil
Activities in Portuguese/Brazil that can be done in English/US
Activities from Foreign Sources that can be done in the US and Brazil
LISTENING
(Comments)
GOODBYE SONG
GREETING SONGS
Hola Amigo!
Hola amigo!
¿Como está usted?
Estoy muy feliz
de verlo a usted.
Salude a su vecino.
Boogie para abajo.
Dése un tope
y de la vuelta.
Hello friend!
How are you?
I am very happy
to see you.
Greet your neighbor.
Boogie on down.
Give a bump
And turn around.
Other Greeting Songs:
1. “Hey, Hello, Bonjour, Gutten Tag!”
2. “Gilly, Gilly, Gilly, Good Morning!”
3. “Bonjour, mes amis, Bonjour!”
4. “Buenos dias!”
(Using the French tune: “Frere Jacques”)
5. “Hello, There!”
6. “Jambo”
(Swahili)
7. “Your Own!”
WHAT
(which concept we will learn in the activity)
Beat
Tempo
Form
Loudness
Melody
Rhythm
Dynamics
Meter
Harmony
Tone color (timbre)
HOW
Activities in English/US that can be done in /Brazil.
1. Acka Backa
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo.
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker, out goes you!
1. Acka Backa
Concepts:
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beat/pulso – circle passing a cushion ball or bean bag, or teacher walks
around and taps a student on “Boo!”
Dynamics, Form, Tempo Timbre (instruments)
Variations:
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Speaking, whispering, shouting, thinking, improvised singing
with babies – “… I love you!” – at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4k-fYmi79M
with rhythm
notationhttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Acka-BackaSoda-Cracker-PPT-554414
http://bethsmusicnotes.blogspot.com/2013/01/acka-backa.html
with
boomwhackershttp://www.musick8.com/html/ideadisplay.php?ibid=968
Activities in English that can be done in
Portuguese
2. Jump Jim Joe
Jump! Jump!
Jump, Jim, Joe!
Shake your head, nod your head,
and tap your toes!
Around, around, around we go,
Then we choose another partner and we
Jump, Jim, Joe!
2. Jump, Jim, Joe
Concepts:
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beat
rhythm
movement
dynamics
Activities in English that can be done in
Portuguese
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“Alabama Girl”
“Draw a Bucket of Water”
“Father Abraham”
“Miss Mary Mack”
“Circle ‘Round the Zero”
Partner Songs:
– “Pick-a-Little / Good Night Ladies”
• Listening Maps:
– “Country Garden”
• “Dry Bones” (with Boomwhackers)
Activities in English that can be done in
Portuguese
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“Native American Songs”
“Call & Response Songs”
“Freeze Dance (with statues)”
“Bow wow wow”
“Cut the Cake”
“Simon Says”
“Mbobela” (same as“Acka Backa”)
1, 2, 3 Little Indians
Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese
(with rhythm notation, Orff, movement)
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“Rain, Rain, go away”
“Hot Cross Buns”
“Epo I tai tai e” (Hawaii)
“See, Saw”
“Limbo Rock”
“Double This”
“Oh Well we walk”
Materials:
– Plastic Rhythm Manipulatives
– Rhythm Chart
– Body Percussion Chart (from “Gameplan” by Kriske & DeLelles)
• Vocal Contours (yarn, clowns, flying puppets, pipe cleaners, on cards, etc.)
• Sound Stories (Anansi the Spider, etc.)
Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
3. Xique-xique (Relogio)
Cade o meu relogio, que eu botei no chao?
Cade o meu relogio, que eu botei no chao?
Fazer xique-xique com a palma da mao.
Fazer xique-xique com a palma da mao.
Botei no ouvido para escutar
Botei no ouvido para escutar
Fazer xique-xique pra la e pra ca.
Fazer xique-xique pra la e pra ca.
“Xique - Xique”
Concepts:
beat
dynamics
form
tone color (timbre) exploration
instruments (sand block, woodblock,
tambourine, hand drum, conga drum, etc)
• use of different materials
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Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
4. Eh Marinheiro!
E marinheiro, eu ia nao vou mais
E marinheiro, eu ia nao vou mais
Voce diz que vai pra frente, marinheiro
E torna a voltar pra tras
Voce diz que vai pra frente, marinheiro
E torna a voltar pra tras
Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
“Eh, Marinheiro”
Concepts:
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beat
sound x silence
movement
timbre
Activities in Portuguese that can be
done in English
“Little Train of the Caipira”
“Sambalele”
“Pezinho”
“Na Bahia tem”
“Cidade Maravilhosa”
“Bao ba la lao”
“A Linda Rosa Juvenil”
“Na Loja do Mestre Andre”
Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
• Fui a China (I went to China)
• Caranguejo (The Crab)
• O Jacaré foi passear lá na lagoa (The
Alligator went for a walk in the lake)
• A Mare encheu, a mare baixou (High and
Low tide)
• Cordless Phone
• Passar uma Flecha (Send the Arrow)
• Serra-serra serrador/To and fro/Asserin,
asseran
Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
• Musical Games (Jogos Musicais com
Percussao Corporal e com instrumentos de
percussao: percepcao de ritmo)
• Body Dance (O Corpo fala atraves da
Danca)
• Dances (forro, frevo, catira, quadrilha)
• Sound and movement (Aliando som e
movimento)
• Making Music and Playing Ball (Fazendo
musica e jogando bola)
Activities in Portuguese that can be done in
English
• Ritmos e Movimentos / Rhythmic and Movement
• Instrumento musical humano (Body Percussion)
• Composicao com nomes ou outros termos
(Composing using names of people, animals, etc.)
• Paisagem sonora (Sound effects)
• Jogos Musicais:
– “Baralho musical/music cards,”
– “Notacao grafica/music notation,”
– “Musica e Artes Visuais/interdisciplinary,”
Activities from Foreign Sources that can be
done in English and Portuguese
With Books:
5. “Trum e o Passaro Musical” by Elzbieta
Concepts:
• Sound environment (Paisagem sonora)
• Instruments
Other books:
“Dona Baratinha” (by Ana Maria Machado)
“Diapason” (by Laetitia Devernay)
“The Water Hole” (by Graeme Base)
Activities from Foreign Sources that can be
done in English and Portuguese
6. Seven Jumps (Danish)
Concepts:
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rhythm
form
instruments
movement
different materials
Activities in a foreign language that can be done
in English and Portuguese
7. Tumba (Israel)
• Use as Canon
Activities in other languages that can be
done in English and Portuguese
Songs:
La Mar estava serena
Sakura (Japan)
Frere Jacques/Are you sleeping?/Buenos dias
Songs with Movements:
A tu ti ta
Juanito
La Vibora de la Mar
La Tia Monica
Macarena Math
El Juego Chirimbolo (Ecuador)
Cabeza, Ombro (Head, Shoulders)
Kye Kye Kule (Africa)
Un Elefante (sp.)/Elephant (fr.)
“Overture from ‘William Tell’ by G. Rossini” (with plastic plates)
Activities in other languages that can be done in
English and Portuguese
Dances:
Vaya Khadimba (Ghana)
Hava Nagila (Israel)
La Raspa (Mexico)
Chicken Dance
Nokken Dancer (Norway)
“Sasha” (Russia)
GOODBYE SONGS
1. “It is time to say goodbye to our
friends!”
(Using the American tune: “She will be coming ‘round the mountain
when she comes”)
2. “Adios, Adios, Adios es hora de
terminar”
(Using the tune from ‘La Raspa’)
3. “Your Own”
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