3rd+Grade+low+D+on+recorder

 Speak through the chant by rote. Have the students be my echo. Sing 2 measures at a time. Repeat this process throughout the entire song. Have them speak through it by themselves. On their 3rd time I will play the melody that accompanies it. Next, I will introduce the melody to the students, since there are so many rests on the rests I will stomp my foot. Play the first 2 measures, have them be my echo. Next, play the 3rd measure. Have them be my echo. Then, the 4th and have them be my echo again. Play the first 2 measures, echo, 3rd and 4th measures, echo. Play the entire thing. Continue practicing the melody repeatedly till very certain.
 * 1st class From recorder routes pg 36, Down in the Jungle. Practice low D on recorder.

Review Down in the Jungle on the recorder. Ask a student if they can come up with something new to do on the rests. Then play through the song using their idea. Next, have the students break up into 2 groups. The first group will play the song while the second group fingers. Switch groups. Next, review the chant that is spoken. When the chant feels locked into the student’s brains have them say the chant while I play the song on the recorder. Do it a few times through. Can they play while I chant? Try that a few times too. Then split the class in half and have them play or chant in their group. Switch groups. Do this about 2 times.
 * 2nd class From recorder routes pg 36, Down in the Jungle. Practice low D on recorder.

Review Down in the Jungle on the recorder. Ask a student if they can come up with something new to do on the rests. Then play through the song using their idea. Next, have the students break up into 2 groups. The first group will play the song while the second group fingers. Switch groups. Next, review the chant that is spoken. When the chant feels locked into the student’s brains have them say the chant while I play the song on the recorder. Do it a few times through. Can they play while I chant? Try that a few times too. Then split the class in half and have them play or chant in their group. Switch groups. Do this about 2 times.
 * 3rd class From recorder routes pg 36, Down in the Jungle. Practice low D on recorder and G pentatonic)

Have the students set up in G pentatonic, take off F’s and C’s. Teach the xylophone part to the students by wrote. Take it apart measure by measure and have them be my echo throughout the song. Continue this process but with bigger sections. Then try the whole song together. Can the students notice you pretty much go right up the instrument? Have them play while I chant the poem. Can then chant and play? Try to put both sections together.
 * 4th class From recorder routes pg 36, Down in the Jungle. Practice low D on recorder and G pentatonic)

Review all 3 parts and do a final performance INTRO-Random animal noises for 16 counts A-chant 2x B- Recorder 4x A-Chant C- Xylophone- 2x A- Chant 2 x B- Recorder 4x A- Chant 2x Coda- Random animal noises for 16 counts
 * 5th class From recorder routes pg 36, Down in the Jungle. Practice low D on recorder and G pentatonic)