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Sept/Oct Month-At-A-Glance Plans: 7th & 8th

Submitted by Gretchen Taylor, Illinois

Idea posted 2002-08-19

Here are my specific month-at-a-glance plans for Sept/Oct for my 7th & 8th grade classes.

7th: Focus on Battle songs and songs of the Armed Forces.
Songs/Activities:

America

America The Beautiful (with sign language)

SQUILT: American Salute, Martin Gould

I'll be following the list of suggested activities from the Bowmar level 3 book

Yankee Doodle (giving background, history, and all verses)

Yankee Doodle stick passing game (modified with more difficulty)

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

4 Corners Game: Branches of the Armed forces

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines (accompanied by a military march selection)

The Caisson Song

both to be sung and played on Boomwhackers®

Anchor's Aweigh

Sailing, Sailing (or other sea chanty from battle times)

SQUILT: US Air Force Song (instrumental)

we will be making paper airplanes and flying them to the music, then singing the song

Wheel Of Fortune game using the phrase "From the Halls of Montezuma..."

Marine's Hymn

(Handout of Armed Forces insignia)

SQUILT: Liberty Fanfare

will be creating listening maps

Along with these activities, we will also be singing You Are Our Heroes (from Music K-8, Vol. 12, No. 4, also available as a Singles Reproducible Kit) for 9/11. Also, during our recorder classes, we'll be playing When Johnny Comes Marching Home (from Music K-8, Vol. 12, No. 4).

8th: Focus on our National Anthem and those of our English-speaking allies.

Songs/Activities:

America

America The Beautiful (with sign language)

SQUILT: National Emblem by E.E. Bagley

will be responding to various questions from their listening journal helper page, discussing March form, etc.

The Cup Game (modified to show the form of the Nat. Emblem march form)

The Star-Spangled Banner

handout with brief history of song
also deriving the rhythm from SSB to work on some rhythm patterns
creating fireworks effects on all the half notes of the song

God Save The King (Great Britain's National Anthem)

discussing text & learning song
deriving rhythm

SSB Reader's Theatre

O Canada

discussing text and learning song
deriving rhythm

My Flag (from Music K-8, Vol. 12, No. 5)

discussing the importance of flags, comparing those of US, Great Britain, and Canada

SQUILT: Stars & Stripes by Sousa

will be creating listening maps

(Stars & Stripes handout from Plank Road Publishing's Sing For The Red, White And Blue)

Stars & Stripes (song)

Australia's National Anthem

discuss text & learning song

Along with the 7ths, the 8ths will also be preparing You Are Our Heroes for 9/11.

That's it for these two groups.