Title/Focus
Teacher
Kelly Spoering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Sing in time with proper rhythm, even when the words are changed (Rhythm 6, 7, 9)
2. Sing the correct words and perform the correct actions for each language (Form 4, Moving 7)
3. Add new words to an existing song (Creating 4)
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
Products/Performan
ces:
Can students keep the beat steady when the words/rhythms change?
Can students create appropriate actions for each language?
How do people around the world say good morning?
Multicultural Welcome Song with actions
PROCEDURE
Attention Grabber
Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behavior
Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body
Day #1
Assessments/
Differentiation:
Day #2
Introduction
Begin singing the English verse; students will join in.
Time
1 minute
2 minutes
Time
8 minutes
8 minutes
Assessments/
Differentiation
Day #3
Assessments/
Differentiation
Day #4
Assessments/
Differentiation
Assessment of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
than English, and bring in how they say good morning for us to
add to our song.
Are students accurately echoing the melody and the foreign
words? Are they being respectful of other cultures and
languages? Are they able to connect the English they already
know to the new words?
ESL Students get to bring their home language into class.
Sing through the song once in English, Japanese, and whatever
our third language was from day two. Make sure students are
remember the words and actions in the right order.
Ask for volunteers to share what languages they learned to say
good morning in. What actions could go with our new
languages?
Try two or three new languages and actions for the song.
Are students accurately echoing the melody and the foreign
words? Are they being respectful of other cultures and
languages? Are they able to connect the English they already
know to the new words?
ESL Students get to bring their home language into class.
Sing through using all the languages we know how to say Good
Morning in, with the appropriate actions for each language.
Split students into partners, and have them sing facing their
partner so theyre actually saying good morning to someone.
Do your actions change at all with a partner (handshakes,
waving, bowing, cheek kissing, etc.)?
Learn our last good morning language (Sign Language). What is
different about using sign language in a song like this? What do
we need to think about?
Are students accurately echoing the melody and the foreign
words? Are they being respectful of other cultures and
languages? Are they able to connect the English they already
know to the new words? Do they recognize what happens when
sign language is added to the song?
ESL Students get to bring their home language into class.
Closure
How well were students able to keep the same beat and
melody going, when words, rhythms, and actions changed?
How well were students able to connect foreign words with the
English song they already know? How well were they able to fit
appropriate actions to each language?
Were there any languages you wanted to use that we didnt
get to? Would you like to do this song again?
8 minutes
8 minutes
Time