Stimulus materials: Book – “Five little Pumpkins” by Iris Van Rynbach and the song “Five Little Pumpkins”.

Process:

1. 1.Students list or demonstrate a Halloween sound.
   
   1. a. Discuss what makes the sound and which direction
      the sound goes
      
   2. b. Student acts out the character that makes the
      sound and makes the sound again.
      
   3. c. A student plays the sound’s direction on step
      bells while another acts out the Halloween
      character and makes the sound.
      
2. 2. “Five Little Pumpkins” (song)
   (the words of the poem are sung to a descending
   scale. The ooo part starts on low do and scoops
   up to high do)
   
   1. a. Play a scale on the bells; then sing it as
      a student plays it on the bells.
      
   2. b. Learn to say the poem expressively, then
      sing the song expressively and play the
      bells. Talk about the direction that their
      voices, the music notes and the bells are
      moving.
      
   3. c. Students will move their paper ghost with the
      direction of the music as they sing and play
      the song again.
      
3. 3. Read the book “Five Little pumpkins” to the class.
   Students may help with the ooo sounds in the
   book and may even act it out and play the
   step bells.
   

My kindergarten – second grade love this one. The more advanced students like to orchestrate this more elaborately by using the autoharp, maracas, sticks and castonettes, etc.

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