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Dawn Roberts

Nov. 4, 1997

#651120

Song: Who Has the Penny?

Materials Needed: poster with rhythms, safety pin and penny

Musical Activities: Listening, singing, clapping

Musical Concepts: Rhythm and dynamics

Grade Level: 2^nd grade

Goals: 1) To show children that music is fun by playing a game.

1. To practice a steady beat and to add a rhythm to the beat.

Objectives: 1) Students will clap the rhythms that appear in the song.

1. Students will practice dynamics by humming softly and singing loudly, or with full voices.
2. Students will keep a steady beat while learning the rhythms.

Introduction:

Tell the students that they will be learning a new rhythm called an eighth note. Ask them to pay close attention and listen carefully for the difference between an eighth note and a quarter note.

Procedures:

1. Begin clapping a steady moderate beat. Ask the children to join in and to try to match your beat, reminding them not to speed up or slow down.
2. Ask them to stop and listen. Have them direct their attention to the board where a poster displays the following rhythms in 2/4 time: quarter eighth-eighth quarter quarter and quarter eighth-eighth quarter rest. Clap the rhythms and have them echo you.
3. Now divide the group in half. Tell them that they will each have a very important job to do. One group will keep the steady beat while the other claps the rhythm on the board. Repeat switching roles.
4. Next, introduce the song "Who Has the Penny?" by singing it all the way through. Ask the students to clap the beat while you sing. Then switch, you clap the beat while they sing the song.
5. Ask the students to stand up and form a circle. Show them the penny and the safety pin and tell them that you are going to play a game using the song they just learned. Have the students close their eyes and hold their hands out. Hum the song softly while you give the penny to one student and the safety pin to another. When the song ends, whoever has the penny and the pin in their hands will sing the appropriate lines as you sing the song loudly (with a full voice). After playing the first time, let the children pass the penny and the pin on to other students.

Closure:

Ask the children to identify which word of the song occurs on the eighth-eighth pattern.

Evaluation:

Teacher watches and listens while the students are clapping their rhythms. Also, make sure that they know the difference between humming (softly) and singing (loudly).