Music Lesson 2: 'The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School' (Melody)

Author:KerryMessick
Datecreated:01/16/201711:49PMEDTDatemodified:01/17/201712:50AMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
Grade/Level Kindergarten

Time Allotment 1 class periods. 30 Mins. per class.

Subject(s) Music

Topic The topic of this lesson will be the book, The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School written by Deborah Diesen, and the
incorporation of singing a melody with children's literature.

Lesson Concept(s) Melody

Essential Questions What happens to the Pout-Pout Fish at the end of the book?

Have you ever felt like giving up when you are trying to learn something new? If so, what did you do?

Prerequisite Skills and/or Students will have had a previous lesson involving singing "Three Blind Mice" so they will be familiar with the melody to sing
Concepts a piggyback song using the same melody.

Materials for Students The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Diesen (one copy for the class to be read aloud)

Teacher Resources
Technology resources:
Firefox
The number of computers required is 1.

Links:

1. The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School Song

STANDARDSANDOBJECTIVES/LEARNINGOUTCOMES
Lesson Students will be able to sing and actively participate in singing a piggyback song to the melody of "Three Blind Mice" with
Objective(s)/Learning verses from the book, The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School.
Outcomes (ABCD)
Standards MD- Maryland Content Standards
Subject: Fine Arts
Domain: Music: Grades PK 8
Standard:
1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to
music.
Grade: Grade K
Performance Indicator:
2. Experience performance through singing, playing instruments, and listening to performances of others
Detail:
c. Wait and listen before imitating rhythmic and melodic patterns

ASSESSMENT
Assessment/Rubrics 1. Students will be informally assessed throughout the lesson as they are singing. The teacher will make notes and
observations for students that are struggling and/or not participating.

PROCEDURES(WithAttentionToUDL)
Introductory Activities I will begin by showing students the front cover of The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School. We will do a brief book walk, turning
(Engage) throught the pages until finally reaching the end. I will ask students to predict what they think might happen in the book. I will
also ask if there were any pages that looked the same or repeated.

I will allow time for students to answer. (Students should notice that some pages do repeat more than once.)

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 I will praise them for noticing this and explain that we will be using those pages in our lesson today.

Teaching Activities 1. The teacher will explain that we will be singing some of the words in this book. The teacher will reference back to the pages
(Explore, Explain, Elaborate) that appeared more than once. These are the words that we will be singing.

2. The teacher will then read these verses aloud:

"So he flub-flub frowned

Making blub-blub bubbles,

Then he plopped down his pencil

And he counted off his troubles:

Trouble One: I'm not smart!

Trouble Two: I'll never get it!

Trouble Three: I don't belong!

So Four: I should forget it!"

3. The teacher will then model singing the repeated verses to the melody of "Three Blind Mice." (Rote technique for teaching
a piggyback song.)

4. After modeling, the teacher will then have the class join in singing the verses to the melody of "Three Blind Mice."

5. The teacher will begin reading the book reminding the students to join in singing during the verses that were just
practiced.

6. On the fifth to last page, the teacher will pause and announce that they verses have slightly changed to the following lyrics:

"Fact One: You are smart.

Fact Two: You can get it.

Fact Three: You belong.

So Four: Don't forget it!"

7. The teacher will model singing these new lyrics to the melody and ask the class to repeat.

8. The teacher will finish reading the book aloud.

9. After concluding reading the first time, the class will read the book once more and sing their parts without the teacher's
help.

Closure Activities (Evaluate) 10. The teacher will ask the essential questions and allow time for students to share their answers with the class:

What happens to the Pout-Pout Fish at the end of the book?

Have you ever felt like giving up when you are trying to learn something new? If so, what did you do?

11. As a final activity the teacher will play "The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School Song" with music by Gordon True as another
alternative melody for the words in the book.

Links:

1. The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School Song

Differentiated Instruction The students will be singing as whole class group to accommodate varying needs of students. The teacher will be singing
along with the whole group and will step in to help guide students that are struggling with singing.

REFLECTION
Reflection

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