Train Music

For 1st grade music we have been identifying sounds and focusing on fast and slow rhythms. We sang a song called the Orange Blossom Special. We discussed paying close attention to the words within a song. This song talked about a train, which traveled from New York to Miami, so that the girl could get some sand in her shoes. The students explained that she was on her way to the beach! We talked about the sounds in the song, the rhythm, what the students knew about trains, and we moved to the beat of the song in the form of a train circling the perimeter of the classroom!

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Topics: 1 First Grade
Date: Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 11:02 am