Sunday, May 3, 2015

5 Little Spacemen

Name:
Courtney June
Grade:
Kindergarten
Subject:
Language Arts
Standard
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A
Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Objective:
After doing this activity, the students will be able to classify and create rhyming words from the poem.
Materials:
Definition of rhyming words.

Lesson/Activity Description: 
Intro (Whole):
·         T:  Today we are going to learn a song and a little dance about astronauts. Can anyone tell me what an astronaut does?
·         S: Answer along the lines of traveling into space
·         T: Very good! Now, first I will show you the whole thing and then I will teach you how the song goes piece by piece. How does that sound?
Learn the song (“Part”):
·         T:  First, we are going to start with the motions. Let’s make sure all of our body parts are working!
·         T: Let’s start with our legs. Pat your legs like this, your right leg first then your left.
·         S: echos
·         T: Now are your hands working, let’s clap!
·         Group: echos
·         T: How about your feet? Are your feet working? Let’s stop 4 times.
·         T: Demonstrates, right foot first then left.
·         S: echos
·         T: Now can everyone clap their hands and slide their right hand forward like a rocket? 
·         T: Demonstrates.
·         S: echo
·         T: Perfect! Now let’s put them all together. I will demonstrate what to do, and when I point to you, you repeat what I just did.
·         Demonstrates line by line and students echo:
o   Pat R, Pat L, clap, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, Repeat
o   Pat R, Pat L, clap, throw up arms, Repeat
o   Pat R, Pat L, clap, clap, shoot R hand forward like a rocket, Repeat
o   Pat R, Pat L, clap, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp,
o   Pat R, Pat L, clap, clap, hand on forehead searching.
·         T: Now that we have learned the motions, let’s learn the words. I will say the line, then I will point at you when it is your turn.
o   T: Five little spacemen sitting on the stars.
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The first one said, “Let’s go to Mars!”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The second one said, “There are rockets in the air.”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The third one said, “But we don’t care.”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The fourth one said, “Let’s go up in the sky.”
§  S: Repeats
o   T: The fifth one said, “Let’s fly, fly, fly.”
§  S: Repeats
o   T: Then swish went the ship into the night,
§  S: Repeats
o   T: and the five little spacemen flew out of sight!
§  S: Repeats
·         That was great! Now let’s put them together.
o   T: Five little spacemen sitting on the stars.
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The first one said, “Let’s go to Mars!”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The second one said, “There are rockets in the air.”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The third one said, “But we don’t care.”
§  S: Repeat
o   T: The fourth one said, “Let’s go up in the sky.”
§  S: Repeats
o   T: The fifth one said, “Let’s fly, fly, fly.”
§  S: Repeats
o   T: Then swish went the ship into the night,
§  S: Repeats
o   T: and the five little spacemen flew out of sight!
o   Pat, Stamp, Clap, Rocket, Searching, throw arms up
·         T: I will sing each line of the song, and I want you to follow along with the motions with me.  I will leave off the last word, see if you can fill it by singing it out loud as a class.
o   T: Five little spacemen sitting on the stars. The first one said, “Let’s go to Mars!” The second one said, “There are rockets in the air.” The third one said, “But we don’t care.” The fourth one said, “Let’s go up in the sky.” The fifth one said, “Let’s fly, fly, fly.” Then swish went the ship into the night, and the five little spacemen flew out of sight!
·         T: sings each line of the song, students echo, singing each line.
·         T: invites students to sing the whole song.

·         T: That was great!! Now, let’s talk about the lyrics of the song. Did any of these words sound similar? Which words? Can you think of any other words that rhyme with these words?

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