1. Exploring Elementary Music Classroom Activities in Elementary Schools (grades K-5) in Two Different Cultural Settings: Brazil and the United States by
Claudia Liedke and Maritza Sadowsky
ISME – Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 21, 2014

2. Exchange of Experiences
Similarities
Students learn by doing
Teaching fundamental elements of music
Foreign music
Interdisciplinary
Activities use speech, singing, movement, body percussion, instruments playing
Develop listening, performing, creative musicianship skills
Differences
Socio-culture
Language
Assessment/Avaliacao

3. In this workshop we will explore:
Singing
Movement
Listening
Playing instruments

4. LESSON PLAN GREETING SONG WHAT HOW LISTENING (Comments) GOODBYE SONG
Which concept we will learn in each activity?
Exchange of Experiences.
HOW
Activities in English/US that can be done in Portuguese/Brazil
Activities in Portuguese/Brazil that can be done in English/US
Activities from Foreign Sources that can be done in the US and Brazil
LISTENING
(Comments)
GOODBYE SONG

5. GREETING SONGS Hola Amigo! Hola amigo! Hello friend!
¿Como está usted? How are you?
Estoy muy feliz I am very happy
de verlo a usted. to see you.
Salude a su vecino. Greet your neighbor.
Boogie para abajo. Boogie on down.
Dése un tope Give a bump
y de la vuelta And turn around.

6. Other Greeting Songs: 1. “Hey, Hello, Bonjour, Gutten Tag!”
2. “Gilly, Gilly, Gilly, Good Morning!”
3. “Bonjour, mes amis, Bonjour!”
4. “Buenos dias!”
(Using the French tune: “Frere Jacques”)
5. “Hello, There!”
6. “Jambo”
(Swahili)
7. “Your Own!”

7. WHAT (which concept we will learn in the activity)
Beat Rhythm
Tempo Dynamics
Form Meter
Loudness Harmony
Melody Tone color (timbre)

8. HOW Activities in English/US that can be done in /Brazil.
1. Acka Backa
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo.
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you!
Acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker, out goes you!

9. 1. Acka Backa
Concepts:
beat/pulso – circle passing a cushion ball or bean bag, or teacher walks around and taps a student on “Boo!”
Dynamics, Form, Tempo Timbre (instruments)
Variations:
Speaking, whispering, shouting, thinking, improvised singing
with babies – “… I love you!” – at the end
with rhythm notationhttp://
with boomwhackershttp://

10. Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese
2. Jump Jim Joe
Jump! Jump!
Jump, Jim, Joe!
Shake your head, nod your head,
and tap your toes!
Around, around, around we go,
Then we choose another partner and we

11. 2. Jump, Jim, Joe
Concepts: 
beat
rhythm
movement
dynamics

12. Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese
“Alabama Girl”
“Draw a Bucket of Water”
“Father Abraham”
“Miss Mary Mack”
“Circle ‘Round the Zero”
Partner Songs:
“Pick-a-Little / Good Night Ladies”
Listening Maps:
“Country Garden”
“Dry Bones” (with Boomwhackers)

13. Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese
“Native American Songs”
“Call & Response Songs”
“Freeze Dance (with statues)”
“Bow wow wow”
“Cut the Cake”
“Simon Says”
“Mbobela” (same as“Acka Backa”)
1, 2, 3 Little Indians

14. Activities in English that can be done in Portuguese (with rhythm notation, Orff, movement)
“Rain, Rain, go away”
“Hot Cross Buns”
“Epo I tai tai e” (Hawaii)
“See, Saw”
“Limbo Rock”
“Double This”
“Oh Well we walk”
Materials:
Plastic Rhythm Manipulatives
Rhythm Chart
Body Percussion Chart (from “Gameplan” by Kriske & DeLelles)
Vocal Contours (yarn, clowns, flying puppets, pipe cleaners, on cards, etc.)
Sound Stories (Anansi the Spider, etc.)

15. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
3. Xique-xique (Relogio)
Cade o meu relogio, que eu botei no chao?
Fazer xique-xique com a palma da mao.
Botei no ouvido para escutar
Fazer xique-xique pra la e pra ca.

16. “Xique - Xique” Concepts: beat dynamics form
tone color (timbre) exploration
instruments (sand block, woodblock, tambourine, hand drum, conga drum, etc)
use of different materials

17. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
4. Eh Marinheiro!
E marinheiro, eu ia nao vou mais
Voce diz que vai pra frente, marinheiro
E torna a voltar pra tras

18. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
“Eh, Marinheiro”
Concepts:
beat
sound x silence
movement
timbre

19. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
“Little Train of the Caipira” “Sambalele” “Pezinho” “Na Bahia tem” “Cidade Maravilhosa” “Bao ba la lao” “A Linda Rosa Juvenil” “Na Loja do Mestre Andre”

20. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
Fui a China (I went to China)
Caranguejo (The Crab)
O Jacaré foi passear lá na lagoa (The Alligator went for a walk in the lake)
A Mare encheu, a mare baixou (High and Low tide)
Cordless Phone
Passar uma Flecha (Send the Arrow)
Serra-serra serrador/To and fro/Asserin, asseran

21. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
Musical Games (Jogos Musicais com Percussao Corporal e com instrumentos de percussao: percepcao de ritmo)
Body Dance (O Corpo fala atraves da Danca)
Dances (forro, frevo, catira, quadrilha)
Sound and movement (Aliando som e movimento)
Making Music and Playing Ball (Fazendo musica e jogando bola)

22. Activities in Portuguese that can be done in English
Ritmos e Movimentos / Rhythmic and Movement
Instrumento musical humano (Body Percussion)
Composicao com nomes ou outros termos (Composing using names of people, animals, etc.)
Paisagem sonora (Sound effects)
Jogos Musicais:
“Baralho musical/music cards,”
“Notacao grafica/music notation,”
“Musica e Artes Visuais/interdisciplinary,”

23. Activities from Foreign Sources that can be done in English and Portuguese
With Books:
5. “Trum e o Passaro Musical” by Elzbieta
Concepts:
Sound environment (Paisagem sonora)
Instruments
Other books:
“Dona Baratinha” (by Ana Maria Machado)
“Diapason” (by Laetitia Devernay)
“The Water Hole” (by Graeme Base)

24. 6. Seven Jumps (Danish) Concepts: rhythm form instruments movement
Activities from Foreign Sources that can be done in English and Portuguese
6. Seven Jumps (Danish)
Concepts:
rhythm
form
instruments
movement
different materials

25. Activities in a foreign language that can be done in English and Portuguese
7. Tumba (Israel)
Use as Canon

26. Activities in other languages that can be done in English and Portuguese
Songs: La Mar estava serena Sakura (Japan) Frere Jacques/Are you sleeping?/Buenos dias Songs with Movements: A tu ti ta Juanito La Vibora de la Mar La Tia Monica Macarena Math El Juego Chirimbolo (Ecuador) Cabeza, Ombro (Head, Shoulders) Kye Kye Kule (Africa) Un Elefante (sp.)/Elephant (fr.) “Overture from ‘William Tell’ by G. Rossini” (with plastic plates)

27. Activities in other languages that can be done in English and Portuguese
Dances: Vaya Khadimba (Ghana) Hava Nagila (Israel) La Raspa (Mexico) Chicken Dance Nokken Dancer (Norway) “Sasha” (Russia)

28. GOODBYE SONGS 1. “It is time to say goodbye to our friends!”
(Using the American tune: “She will be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes”)
2. “Adios, Adios, Adios es hora de terminar”
(Using the tune from ‘La Raspa’)
3. “Your Own”

29. liedkeclaudia@gmail.com maritza.sadowsky@apsva.us