UNIT X 158 | UNIT 4 Listen and Sing A Listen to the song. Then sing the song. We’re going to help out when we can In our community, In our community, In our community. We’re going to help out when we can In our community. We’re going to help our neighborhood. We’re going to help our neighborhood. We’re going to sweep up our streets. We’re going to plant some nice new trees. We’re going to build a new playground. We’re going to paint a great big mural. We’re going to have a lot of fun In our community. ln Our Community B Answer the questions. 1. What words in the song repeat? 2. What actions are in the song? 3. How is a neighborhood a community? C Making connections What ideas does the song have? Which of the ideas can you do in your community? What other ideas can you add to the song? How can people help their community? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONNECT TO Music UNIT 4 158 CON22_3_SE_U04_158-159_CMA.indd 158 30/10/2020 13:44 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Say and write: Helping my community We’re going to _____ our community. We’re going to help out when we can in _____ _____. We’re going to _____ a new _____. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Discuss the meaning of repeat. Then write the first stanza on the board and ask a volunteer to underline the repeating phrase. (In our community). • Review that verbs are words that name actions. Say: Run is a verb. Gesture running. Then have students name verbs, and write them on the board. Revisit the song and ask students to identify verbs they see. Provide comprehensible input by gesturing or pantomiming the verbs. Amplify Have students write additional stanzas of the song. First have them revisit the texts from the unit and take notes about ways people help in their communities. Then small groups can work together to use their notes and generate new stanzas. PRACTICE Instructional Routine: Music p. Txxxiii Essential Question: How can people help their community? Have students read the Essential Question. Then have students say their answers as you write them on the board. ANSWERS Sample answer: People can help their community by working together to solve problems. Listen and Sing A • Match oral to written words Have students listen to the song once without looking at the lyrics. Then replay it, asking students to follow along silently. • Listen and repeat Replay the first stanza, stop the audio, and have students repeat the stanza, matching pronunciation and tempo. Repeat with the second stanza. B • Ask and answer Ensure students understand the term repeat. Then have students ask and answer the questions in pairs. When they have finished discussing, ask a volunteer to share answers with the class. • Use nouns and verbs Ask students to point out nouns and verbs in the song. Remind students that a noun names a person, place, or thing, and that verbs name actions. ANSWERS 1. “In our community” and “We’re going to” repeat. 2. help, sweep, plant, build, paint; 3. Sample answer: People live near each other and help each other. C • Make connections Discuss the questions with students. Then have students work in pairs to answer them. ANSWERS Sample answers: It has ideas about cleaning up and making the community look nice. We could paint a mural in my community. We could also build a new playground. We could sing about planting flowers and picking up trash. • Build social awareness Point out the kids’ faces in the photo. Ask: How do you think these kids felt about helping their community? Elicit that helping probably made them feel proud, and that they had fun and felt good about doing something nice for others. Practice Book p. 85 COMMUNICATE EXPLORE AND LEARN UNIT 4 / CONNECT TO MUSIC
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