Learning Presidents through Dynamics

Title: I can say all the Presidents

Objective: For students to learn the presidents in order.
Grade: 4th -5th
Standard: 6. Covey meaning through the presentation of musical work.
Step by step:
1) Teacher will start off by having students stand in a circle and watch what the
teacher does. The teacher will demonstrate the following:
STOMP, SNAP, STOMP, CLAP, PAT (REPEAT)
2) Teacher will start with the stomp, snap, stomp, clap, pat and then have the
studnets repeat it a couple of times.
3) Then students will add the presidents in.
4) They have to say a president after finishing the line. So it will go a little like
this:
Stomp, snap, stomp, clap, pat (George Washington)
Stomp, snap, stomp, clap, pat (John Adams)
5) They will keep going until they get through all the presidents.
6) This will be a review for the students after learning the presidents.
Lyrics/ Resources:
Stomp, Snap, Stomp, Clap, Pat (President) Can be improvised