Making Music, Literacy and Movement Fun
For The Older Ones - Spring 2012
Presenters:
Christie Noble and Tracy Stener
www.funlitmusic.com
Song/Book List Literacy Objectives
To support using
Stories/Activities
Music Objectives
To support using
Stories/Activities
Woodland Chorus By Bill Shontz
Exploring the Canadian
wilderness/wild life.
Mood and Setting as
told in song
Reading a musical score
Vocal exploration
Exploring instruments
to create mood (sound
effects)
Waka Waka
(This Time for Africa)
*Making Energizers Fun
for Everyone (Noble/Stener) Use Holla moves
Music can portray a
positive attitude and
hope for the future.
Energizer!
Learning
music/movement
sequence
Bringing the Rain to
Kapiti Plain
By Verna Aardema
Acting out a story using
mime
Exploring mood and
setting
Predicting
Sequencing/building
Mallet technique on the
Orff instruments
Creating mood using
sound effects
Layering ostinatos
There’s a Hole in the
Bucket
Taking turns
Finding humour in an old
traditional song
Singing with tonality as
well as with expression.
Iko, Iko The Dixie Cups
Study the “history” of a
song or the story
behind a popular song
from the 1960’s
Keeping the beat
Learning sequence
“stick” pattern with
partner(s)
The Web Files Reader’s Theatre Playing a melodic
pattern on the barred
instruments
Clap, Clap Bumblebee Applying a chant to
action
Keeping the beat
Slow vs. fast
Waka Waka (It’s Time for Africa)
Introduction : count to 8 twice
Dance Sequence (repeated throughout entire song):
1. Patch knees twice then “pat-a-cake” two hands out in
front twice (this is repeated 4 times; for duration of 16
beats)
2. “raise the roof” (raise two arms above head; palms up)
twice to the left, then twice to the right (this is
repeated 4 times; for the duration of 16 beats)
3. March in place (knees up and pump arms) for 16 beats
4. Point index fingers up in the air above head (for the
duration of 16 beats)
5. Jump up in the air 16 times OR Make a statue every
four beats (4 statues in total for the 16 beats)
REPEAT (you should end by having pointers in the air!)
Choral Reading
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
The class should be divided into four groups:
After you have completely read and discussed the book and given all the background information, then have the class read the book together from the chart paper or transparency. Have them do this until you feel they are comfortable with it.
When they are comfortable reading it then have them do the following choral reading.
The whole class: This is the great Kapiti Plain, all fresh and green from the
African rains--A sea of grass for the ground birds to nest in, and patches of shade
for wild creatures to rest in; with acacia trees for giraffes to browse on, and grass
for the herdsmen to pasture their cows on.
But one year the rains were so very belated, that all of the big wild creatures
migrated. Then Ki-pat helped to end that terrible drought--and this story tells how
it all came about!
Group 1: This is the cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 2: This is the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the cloud
overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 3: These are the cows, all hungry and dry, who mooed for the rain to fall
from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 4: This is Ki-pat who watched his herd as he stood on one leg, like the big
stork bird;
Group 3: Ki-pat, whose cows were so hungry and dry, they mooed for the rain to
fall from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 1: This is the eagle who dropped a feather, a feather that helped to change
the weather.
Group 4: It fell near Ki-pat, who watched his herd as he stood on one leg like the
big stork bird;
Group 3: Ki-pat, whose cows were so hungry and dry, they mooed for the rain to
fall from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 2: This is the arrow Ki-pat put together, with a slender stick and an eagle
feather;
Group 1: From the eagle who happened to drop a feather, a feather that helped to
change the weather.
Group 4: It fell near Ki-pat, who watched his herd as he stood on one leg like the
big stork bird;
Group 3: Ki-pat, whose cows were so hungry and dry, they mooed for the rain to
fall from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 3: This is the bow, so long and strong, and strung with a string, a leather
thong;
Group 2: A bow for the arrow Ki-pat put together, with a slender stick and an
eagle feather;
Group 1: From the eagle who happened to drop a feather, a feather that helped to
change the weather.
Group 4: It fell near Ki-pat, who watched his herd as he stood on one leg like the
big stork bird;
Group 3: Ki-pat, whose cows were so hungry and dry, they mooed for the rain to
fall from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
Group 4: This was the shot that pierced the cloud and loosed the rain with thunder
LOUD!
Group 3: A shot from the bow, so long and strong, and strung with a string, a
leather thong;
Group 2: A bow for the arrow Ki-pat put together, with a slender stick and an
eagle feather;
Group 1: From the eagle who happened to drop a feather, a feather that helped to
change the weather.
Group 4: It fell near Ki-pat, who watched his herd as he stood on one leg like the
big stork bird;
Group 3: Ki-pat, whose cows were so hungry and dry, they mooed for the rain to
fall from the sky;
Group 2: To green-up the grass, all brown and dead, that needed the rain from the
cloud overhead--
Group 1: The big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on
Kapiti Plain.
The whole class: So the grass grew green, and the cattle fat! And Ki-pat got a
wife and a little Ki-pat-- who tends the cows now, and shoots down the rain, when
black clouds shadow Kapiti Plain.
After group 4 says "LOUD!" then have the students play the rain game, or wait until the end of the sequence or the story
THERE’S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET
LIZA: (screechy voice) HENRY! HENRY! Where is that good for nothing
lazy man! HENRY!!!!!
HENRY: (lazily ambles on stage) Yes, Liza?
LIZA: Go fetch me some water, lazy Henry, and be quick about it!
HENRY: (resigned voice) Yes, Liza (holds up bucket and looks at it)
LIZA: What are you LOLLYGAGGING about for? Get goin’!
HENRY: (shrugs shoulders) I can’t.
LIZA: ( in his face) WHAT DID YOU SAY?????
HENRY: I said I can’t.
LIZA: AND WHY NOT?????
HENRY: Well, you see Liza…
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole!
Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it!
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw!
But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,
But the straw is too long, dear Liza, too long!
Then CUT it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then CUT it dear Henry, dear Henry, CUT IT!
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what?
With an axe, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry,
With an axe, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, with an axe!!
But the axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The axe is too dull, dear Liza, too dull!!
Then SHARPEN IT, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry,
Then SHARPEN IT, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, SHARPEN IT!!
With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what?
With a STONE, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry,
With a STONE, DEAR Henry, DEAR Henry, A STONE!!
But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry!
THEN WET IT, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY!
THEN WET IT, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY, WET IT!!!!!
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what?
OOOOOOHHHHH!
WITH WATER, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY!
WITH WATER, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY,WITH WATER!!
With what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, with what?
IN A BUCKET, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY!
IN A BUCKET, DEAR HENRY, DEAR HENRY, IN A BUCKET!!!!!
HENRY: (chuckles) But Liza…
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole!
(Liza screams and chases Henry off-stage)
IKO IKO The Dixie Cups
Hand Jive Pattern to play with a partner while singing/listening to song and
keeping the beat: (sit on floor facing your partner)
Pat, Pat (tap sticks on floor)
Clap, Clap (tap your own sticks together)
Shimmy (right hand on top), shimmy (left hand on top) (holding sticks)
Hitch – Hike (at the same time point both sticks up in the air, over
shoulders)
Tap, Tap, Tap (ti-ti-ta rhythm) (tap your partner’s sticks -*One partner taps
while the other one holds up sticks to be tapped)
The Web Files
(adapted from: "The Web Files", by Margie Palatini/Richard Egielski)
NOTE: GREAT IF ALL SCENES ARE WRITTEN ON BRISTOL BOARD, AND PARADED
ACROSS THE STAGE BY A "VANNA WHITE" TYPE CHARACTER BEFORE SCENE
BEGINS!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (To audience) My partner, Bill, and I
were working the barnyard shift. It was peaceful....quiet. Then we got the call.
ALL: "Cock- a- doodle -doo!"
(all students make this sound at different times)
BILL: A lot of squawking going on down in the coop area,
Ducktective Web! Looks like "fowl" play. Report says feathers are flying. Chief
says we should check out the chicks.
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Chicks?
BILL: Check!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Cheerio!
(Ominous music on xylophones..)
Scene 1
6:32 a.m.
This is the farm.
Scene 2
6:35 a.m.
The hen's house
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (To audience) The hen's house. We
knocked on the door. She answered.
HEN: P'awk! P-p-p-awk! P'awk! P'awk!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Just the facts, ma'am. Just the facts.
HEN: I've been robbed! (clucks, and unruffles her feathers)
Robbed, I tell you! Robbed! Robbed! Robbed!
BILL: (with notepad, writing) Sooooo.. you're saying that you
Were robbed, is that right, ma'am?
HEN: (in Bill's face, mad) Robbed! Robbed! Robbed! Robbed! Robbed! (to audience) It's
so hard to get good help these days!
BILL: ( wipes hen's spit off his face) What exactly is missing
from the nest, ma'am? Eggs, ma'am? Chicks, ma'am?
HEN: P-p-peppers!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Peppers?
HEN: My perfect purple peppers that were just about ready to
Be pickled!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: About how many perfect purple almost
pickled peppers would you say were pilfered, pinched, and
picked? A bushel, perhaps?
HEN: P'awk! P'awk! NO! A peck! A peck, I tell you! A whole
purple-pepper-picking peck!
BILL: Have you any idea WHO would pick a peck of your
Perfect purple almost-pickled peppers?
Scene 3
9:06 a.m.
Police Headquarters
HEN: Not a clue! (starts crying..blows nose loudly in a kleenex)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) I turned to Bill and gave a
quick quack. (Loud "QUICK QUACK" in Bill's face..Bill wipes
his face again) Bill....round up the usual suspect
(Ominous music on xylophones..)E-G-B-E’ (higher E)-C
B-A-G-F#
E-G-B-E’-C
B-A-G-F#-E
(Jack Horner in a corner, Officer Quack interrogating Little Boy Blue holding a horn, Little
Bo-Peep pacing looking worried, 3 kittens looking for mittens, Miss Muffet continually
falling off her stool)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) Headquarters was hopping!
(have bunnies and frogs hop across the stage)
A miss named Muffet had just been tossed off her tuffet,
and a gal named Peep was missing some sheep. I noticed
that three little kittens had lost their mittens. They began
to cry.
(Kittens cry noisily) I wanted to help. I couldn't. I had
pickled peppers to worry about. Jack Horner was in the corner and Officer
Featherdown was trying to make Little Boy Blue "quack".
OFFICER FEATHERDOWN: Okay, Blue Boy! Quit blowing your
horn! Time to make hay, and tell us the truth! Suppose you
just tell me where you were this morning...hmmmmm????
LITTLE BOY BLUE: I'm innocent, I tell you! Innocent! I was
Under the haystack, fast asleep! Honest! Ask anybody!
BILL: Sure sure! I've heard THAT bedtime story before (turns to Featherdown) Got
any witnesses?
OFFICER FEATHERDOWN: No sir. You see, the sheep were in
the meadow, and the cows were in the corn.
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) Things looked black for the
boy in blue! And then....we got another call.
BILL: There's been some horsing around reported down near
Barn and Pen. Looks like another robbery!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) We put the blue boy out to
Pasture.
(Ominous music on xylophones..)
( horse and a sheep milling about)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to horse) Whoa! Whoa! You there! Like
to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind, sir!
HORSE: Na-a-a-ay, not at all.
BILL: What do you know about a peck of unlawfully picked
perfect purple almost pickled peppers?
HORSE: Peppers? Peppers? A peck of purple peppers? Not a
thing! And that comes straight from the horse's mouth! But somebody just
hightailed it out of here with a tub of my
tartest tasty tomahtoes!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: You mean tomatoes?
HORSE: YOU say tomatoes, I say tomahtoes.....anyways,
Somebody just hauled to whole thing off!
SHEEP: (big sigh) And could you please find my lettuce while you
Scene 4
10:43 a.m.
Corner of Barn and Pen
are at it, too? Somebody just lifted a load of my luscious leafy lettuce not ten
minutes ago! this is ba-a-a-ad! Really ba-a-a-ad!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) My partner looked at me
And scratched his head.
BILL: (scratching head vigorously) Peppers? Tomatoes?
Lettuce? What do you make of all this Detective Web?
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) There was only one thing
to make out of all of this. SALAD!
(Ominous music on xylophones..)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) The coffee shop.
My partner and I were still trying to "QUACK" the case, but we didn't have any
suspects.
BILL: (cries out in frustration) RATS!!!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (shouts) THAT'S IT! There is only one
Scene 5
11:47 a.m.
The Coffee Shop
suspect who is sneaky enough, wily enough, and tricky enough to pick a peck of
perfect purple almost pickled peppers, take a tub of tasty tart tomatoes, and lift a
load of luscious leafy lettuce!
Pay the bill, Bill! We must be off! Time is a -wasting!
(Ominous music on xylophones..)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) My partner and I were hot on the trail of
......(sinister voice) that Dirty Rat.
(Ominous music on xylophones..)
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) Rat's house. A real
hole in the wall.
BILL: We know you're holed up in there, you Dirty Rat. Let us in!
Scene 6
12:22 p.m.
On the Road Again
Scene 7
12:46 p.m.
Dirty Rat's House
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) He did.
DIRTY RAT: (Bugs Bunny style) Eh, what's up Duck?
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: There's been some trouble down on the
farm. What do you know about a rash of recent robberies,
you Dirty Rat?
DIRTY RAT: (Innocent voice) Robberies? Robberies? What
makes you think little old me would know anything about a
robbery? I'm no cheesy snitch!
BILL: Can it, Ratzo! You've been up to no good in garbage for
years!
DIRTY RAT: (grins wickedly) Okay. Sure. Sure. Go ahead
flatfoots. Look anywhere you want! But make it quick Quackers...you're
interrupting my lunch!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Lunch eh, rodent?
DIRTY RAT: Hey, what's going in here? You're not going to pin
this rap on me. I'm clean! Clean, I tell you! Clean!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) I picked a piece of lettuce
from under his chin. (to Rat) Not clean enough, you dirty Rat!
BILL: I smelled his breath , boss. Just as I suspected. Garlic
mayo.
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Book him, Ducko! His salad days are over.
DIRTY RAT: (Bill handcuffs Rat and leads him away) Over?
Over? But they can't be over! I haven't had my dessert
yet!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Oh, you're getting your "just desserts"
right NOW, you Dirty Rat!
BILL: (Pats Ducktective on the back ) Looks like you "quacked" another case, Web.
But how did you ever figure it out?
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: Just played a hunch that he had eaten
the evidence for lunch. He forgot to use his napkin and
brush his teeth. He's a dirty rat. He never did have good
hygiene!
(Ominous music on xylophones…)
Scene 8
1:12 p.m.
Epilogue
CASE CLOSED!
DUCKTECTIVE WEB: (to audience) That Dirty Rat was tried
and convicted on three counts of vegetable vagrancy, offensive bad breath, and
not using as napkin to wipe under his chin.
BILL: (to audience) He was sent up the river and was sentenced
to six months of farm labour with time off for good
behaviour, better table manners, and clean teeth.
Resources
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
Puffin Books 1983
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-
africa/monhan/choralreading.htm
The Web Files by Margie Palatini and Richard Egielski
New York: Hyperion Books for Children 2001 **no longer in print
Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2007). Making Energizers Fun For Everyone
www.funlitmusic.com
Additional GREAT Resources
Once Upon a Folk Tale – Eight Classic Stories (songs and accompaniments)
by Linda Rockwell High Memphis Musicraft Publications 1994
Around the House with Mother Goose – A Guide to Using Nursery Rhymes to
Explore Multiple Intelligences by Carol Lemoine
Fearon Teacher Aids 2000