Lesson Plan 2: "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"
Objectives:
1. To perceive AB form through lyric changes. (25.A.1c)2. To visually identify repeated rhythm patterns in notation. (25.B.1)
3. To create a rhythmic ostinato. (26.A.1d)
4. To record a performance of dramatizing "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" using a QuickTake camera. (26.B.1c)
Classroom Materials:
Vocabulary:
Time:
One, thirty minute music class
Instructional Procedure:
1. Place the five felt monkeys and felt bed on the felt board. Ask the children to guess what song they are going to sing.2. Play the recording of "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed". Have the children count down the number of remaining monkeys on their fingers.
3. Explain that the first section of the songs where the monkeys are jumping on the bed in section A. The part of the song when mama calls the doctor is section B. The words in section B are always the same (except for the last verse) and the number of monkeys in section A changes.
4. Sing the song and have the students remove the appropriate number of monkeys from the felt board until the song is completed.
5. Show the Big Book that has the rhythm of "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" notated. Have the children find section A and section B in the notation. Then have them find similar rhythmic patterns in the notation.
6. Point out the reoccurring rhythmic pattern for the words "five little monkeys". Have the children clap the rhythm.
7. Divide the class into two sections. One section should sing the song. The other section should clap the rhythmic ostinato. Switch parts and repeat.
8. Pass out the rhythm sticks. Remind the students of "resting position" for their sticks.
9. Again divide the class into two parts. One section should tap their sticks to a steady beat while singing the song. The other students should tap the ostinato.
10. Dramatize the song, "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and record it using a QuickTake camera.
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Submitted: July 1, 1998