The+Little+Mouse

Concepts: dynamics, dance, ostinato, do mi so, syncopation

Behavioral Learning Objectives: Students will be able to choose which dynamics to sing in by using the descriptive words of a song. Students will be able to sing and play syncopated rhythms given spoken words to remember. Students will be able to play an ostinato pattern with a song.

Materials: The Little Mouse, Big Book pg 103, CD 11-7, Boomwhackers C and G, Jingle Bells, gong, Hickory Dickory Dock

Activities: 1. Learn Little Mouse with solfeggio Do Mi So 2. Listen to The Little Mouse…..What kind of mouse movements are in the song? 3. Sing The Little Mouse 4. Decide on movements as a class…..What kind of movements can we do for the song? "Living in a house" "hurrying and scurrying and footering" "Sniff, sniff"  Movement 1. Find a partner and stand in the middle of the room 2. Do our class movements for first two lines of song 3. Keeping very quiet - tip toe in place 4. Sniff - take hands with partner and trade places 5. Cheese - turn around to face your new partner! Repeat <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Dynamics <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">1. Review Forte and Piano <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">2. Sing song piano. Sing song forte. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. What parts of the song should be forte? what parts piano? <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">4. Sing the song with forte and piano parts <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Instruments <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">1. 4 students play jingle bells on "sniff" <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">2. 1 student plays gong on "cheese" <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. Keep beat with boomwhackers C and G <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Ostinato <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">1. Speak Hickory Dickory Dock <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">2. Clap and speak Hickory Dickory <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. Slap and speak Hickory Dickory with recording of "Little Mouse" <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">4. 1/2 room sing "Little Mouse" other half speaks Hickory Dickory, switch.