Alison Bitle

Gabe Fuentes

MUSC326

12/3/20

Singing

Music lesson Plan

Title: ​Alligator 

Grade 3

Source:​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJiTWd-25O​A

Materials needed:

Youtube video to play the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJiTWd-25OA

Procedure:

Anticipatory set and closure

A.S: ask them “Who here has heard of an alligator before?”

1. Say “I know that alligators can seem kind of scary with their big mouths and

pointy teeth, but in my song they are actually our friends.”

2. Sing the chorus of the song

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Can be your friend can be your friend can be your friend too! (Can be your friend can be your friend can
be your friend too!)

3. Alligators are actually really important to us all. Does anyone know why?
 4. Give the following answer (and show corresponding pictures)

○ They maintain other animal populations and keep them under control

○ Alligators make nests in the soft mud. This creates holes and large depressions

that become filled with water. These large alligator-created “puddles” become

home to all sorts of small reptiles and fish and become birdbaths and drinking

spots

5. Learn the chorus with the motions. (one of the teachers does both parts using the rote

process) Half of the class sing call half students sing response.

6. Sing the first verse (shoes) with teachers singing call and students sing response. have

students sing the chorus (half and half)

7. Tell the students that although we need these animals in the world, the american

alligator is currently a threatened species.

8. Sing the second verse (pants) have students sing the chorus

9. Reiterate why alligators are important

10. Sing the whole song together

Lyrics: (the red lyrics are meant to be a whisper getting quieter each line)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Can be your friend can be your friend can be your friend too! (Can be your friend can be your friend can
be your friend too!)

The alligator is my friend (the alligator is my friend)

And he can be your friend too (and he can be your friend too)

If only you could understand (if only you could understand)

Don't wear him as a shoe (don’t wear him as a shoe)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Can be your friend can be your friend can be your friend too! (Can be your friend can be your friend can
be your friend too!)

The alligator is my friend (the alligator is my friend)

He likes to sing and dance (he likes to sing and dance)

If only you could understand (if only you could understand)

Don't wear him as your pants (don't wear him as your pants)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Alligator (alligator)

Can be your friend can be your friend can be your friend too! (Can be your friend can be your friend can
be your friend too!)

Closure: Why are alligators important? What do they do to help other animals in their ecosystem? What

would happen if we didn’t have alligators?

Educational Objective: ​ By the end of this lesson, students will have learned . . .

That alligators can impact the wildlife around them and ecosystem as a whole.
Social Emotional Cognitive Physical Musical Non-musical subjects

Brainstorming Thinking about Making alligator National Standards (science standard)

together the impact of over chomping with 1. ​Singing 3-LS4-4. Make a claim

hunting animals hands 2. Play Instruments about the merit of a

3. Improvising solution to a problem

4. Composing caused when the

5. Reading & Notating environment changes

6. ​Listening and the types of

7. ​Evaluating plants and animals

8. I​ntegration that live there may

(outside arts) change.* ​[Clarification

9. History/Culture Statement: Examples

of environmental

Core” Music changes could include

Standards changes in land

characteristics, water

Creating distribution,

Imagine temperature, food, and

other organisms.]

Plan and Make [Assessment

Boundary: Assessment

Evaluate & Refine is limited to a single

environmental change.

Present Assessment does not

include the
Performing greenhouse effect or

Select climate change.]

Analyze

Interpret

Rehearse,

Evaluate, & Refine

Present

Responding

Analyze

Interpret

Evaluate

Connecting

Connect #10

Connect #11