UNIT X 236 | UNIT 6 Instructional Routine: Music p. Txxxiii 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 three lines, stop the audio, and have students repeat the lines, matching pronunciation and tempo. Repeat with the next three lines. Essential Question: Why do people sing songs about their country? Have students read the Essential Question. Then have students say their answers as you write them on the board. ANSWERS Sample answer: People sing songs about their country to remind them of the important people who helped build the country. They also sing songs to celebrate their country with other people. • B Ask and answer Have students ask and answer the questions in pairs. When they have finished discussing, ask a volunteer to share answers with the class. ANSWERS 1. ABAB, AABA; 2. It is about seeing the flag still waving during a battle. People sing it before events, such as baseball games. • C • Make connections Discuss the questions with students. Note that when you go to baseball games, people sing the national anthem. Say: Everyone stands and takes off their hat. • Draw conclusions Point out that the song is about ideas that are important to Americans. Ask: What ideas does the song talk about that are important to Americans? (freedom, bravery) ANSWERS Sample answer: I sang the national anthem when I was at an Independence Day celebration. People stood up and put their hands over their hearts. Men took off their hats. Practice Book p. 129 PRACTICE COMMUNICATE EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Discuss the meaning of words students don’t know in “The Star-Spanged Banner.” Replay the audio and ask students if they understand the song better when they reviewed new vocabulary first. Amplify Split the class in two. Each half can research another patriotic song and sing it for the class. The listening half takes notes on words they don’t know. When the signing group is done, listeners ask the singers for the meanings of the words they noted. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Say and write: An American idea Write down an idea that you think is important in America. Write a sentence about the idea with an ABAB rhyme pattern. Sing the sentence with the same tune as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” THE StarSpangled Banner Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Listen and Sing A Listen to the national anthem of the United States. Then, sing the song. B Answer the questions. 1. Find the words that rhyme at the ends of the lines. What two rhyme schemes does the song have? 2. What is the song about? When do people sing this song? C Making connections Have you sung the national anthem before? Where? What did people do when they sang it? Why do people sing songs about their country? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION UNIT 6 236 CONNECT TO Music UNIT 6 / CONNECT TO MUSIC
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