Exploring Elementary Music Classroom Activities in

Elementary Schools (grades K-5) in Two Different Cultural

Settings:Brazil and the United States

byClaudia 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

Differences• Socio-culture• Language• Assessment/Avaliacao

In this workshop we will explore:• Singing

• Movement• Listening

• Playing instruments

LESSON PLANGREETING SONG

WHATWhich concept we will learn in each activity?

Exchange of Experiences.

HOWActivities in English/US that can be done in Portuguese/BrazilActivities 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! Hello friend!¿Como está usted? How are you?Estoy muy feliz I am very happyde verlo a usted. to see you.Salude a su vecino. Greet your neighbor.Boogie para abajo. Boogie on down.Dése un tope Give a bumpy de la vuelta. 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 RhythmTempo DynamicsForm MeterLoudness HarmonyMelody Tone color

(timbre)

HOWActivities in English/US that can be done in /Brazil.

1. Acka Backa  

Acka backa soda crackerAcka 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 BackaConcepts:•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:•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-Backa-Soda-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: •beat•rhythm•movement•dynamics

Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese

• “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

• “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)

• “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 escutarBotei 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

Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English

4. Eh Marinheiro!

E marinheiro, eu ia nao vou maisE marinheiro, eu ia nao vou mais

Voce diz que vai pra frente, marinheiroE torna a voltar pra tras

Voce diz que vai pra frente, marinheiroE torna a voltar pra tras

Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English

“Eh, Marinheiro”

Concepts:•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:•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

PortugueseSongs:

La Mar estava serenaSakura (Japan)

Frere Jacques/Are you sleeping?/Buenos dias

Songs with Movements:A tu ti taJuanito

La Vibora de la MarLa Tia Monica

Macarena MathEl 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 DanceNokken 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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