Suggested time Student activity Teacher role Resources Section 1. Singing solo Short segment of Students sing the known Teacher encourages Guide to making time (5 min) over song skippy singing and chooses judgments “Kangaroo, — several lessons roo” while sitting in a students to be the Observational circle. Students take turns and the record “kangaroo” be the and to Teacher uses the “kangaroo” “hunter”. be the Observational record to “hunter”. assess the hunter’s singing. Section 2. Instrument detectives 5–10 minutes for Students listen and look at Teacher shows and plays Classroom 6 lessons classroom instruments the students different percussion played by their teacher. classroom percussion instruments With the help of the instruments. teacher they identify the name of the instrument. As a class they discuss words that describe the sound of the instruments (see Word bank, Appendix B). 15–20 minutes Students sing the song Teacher plays a 6 classroom “secretly” skippy roo”. classroom percussion percussion “Kangaroo, Instead of the instrument to the rhythm of instruments “hunter” singing who who caught you just “Guess “Guess Images of the caught you just for fun?”, for fun”. instruments for students listen to the students to glue teacher play a classroom into their Student percussion instrument. booklets Students identify the instrument they heard by gluing the instruments in the correct order into their Student booklet. Resources for the assessment Appendix A Instrument detectives If you have these instruments available to you, this resource can be used in conjunction with the like titled section of the Student booklet. If you don’t have these particular instruments, consider using the resource as a template to create your own images. Appendix B Word bank
Suggested time Student activity Teacher role Resources Section 1. Singing solo Short segment of time (5 min) over several lessons Students sing the known song “Kangaroo, skippy roo” while sitting in a circle. Students take turns be the “kangaroo” and to be the “hunter”. Teacher encourages singing and chooses students to be the “kangaroo” and the “hunter”. Teacher uses the Observational record to assess the hunter’s singing. Guide to making judgments — Observational record Section 2. Instrument detectives 5–10 minutes for 6 lessons Students listen and look at classroom instruments played by their teacher. With the help of the teacher they identify the name of the instrument. As a class they discuss words that describe the sound of the instruments (see Word bank, Appendix B). Teacher shows and plays the students different classroom percussion instruments. Classroom percussion instruments 15–20 minutes Students sing the song “Kangaroo, skippy roo”. Instead of the “hunter” singing “Guess who caught you just for fun?”, students listen to the teacher play a classroom percussion instrument. Students identify the instrument they heard by gluing the instruments in the correct order into their Student booklet. Teacher “secretly” plays a classroom percussion instrument to the rhythm of “Guess who caught you just for fun”. 6 classroom percussion instruments Images of the instruments for students to glue into their Student booklets Resources for the assessment Appendix A Instrument detectives If you have these instruments available to you, this resource can be used in conjunction with the like titled section of the Student booklet. If you don’t have these particular instruments, consider using the resource as a template to create your own images. Appendix B Word bank