In first grade there is A LOT of singing. There are songs for just about any topic that is being covered. I decided for this to be the topic of my post when I caught myself in my car singing "A penny's worth one cent, a penny's worth one cent, heigh-ho, the dairy-o, a penny's worth one cent". This is just one of many songs I listen to the students sing on a daily basis. The song then continues with a nickle, dime and quarter. It is sang every day during the students' math warm-up. I can tell that it is really helping some students when I see them lip-singing the song to come up with the answer to how much 'x' coin is worth.
Another song that is sung is the "Days of the Week" song. This one goes:
There's Sunday and there's Monday
There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday
There's Thursday and there's Friday
And then there's Saturday
Days of the week (snap snap)
Days of the week (snap snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (snap snap)
The students sing this one every morning during morning meeting. In my opinion it is their favorite because they all get really into the snapping and sing it louder than any others.
The last song that is sung daily is for the months of the year. This one is very simple, the students sing the months of the year while doing the motions of the Macarena. This is still a work in progress. A lot of the students were not familiar with the Macarena. So in addition to learning the months they have to learn the dance moves.
I'm excited to explore songs that I can use to enhance my lessons when I begin teaching. I don't like singing but I know it will benefit the students and it is obvious how much they enjoy the different songs. Today they began singing their own lyrics to "The 12 days of Christmas", using their version "The 12 days of School". This is actually something I may consider having them create an entire song of lyrics for (and possibly turn into a video).
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