2:02 Honeybee Song

Hello 1st Grade students! This is our final week of music! I want you to know how much I've missed seeing your smiling faces every week and hearing you sing! I hope you've enjoyed all of the songs and information I've posted.
The second song is about bees! We know how important bees are to us! Enjoy this jazzy tune as you sing along! There will be information included about bees under files.
Have a safe, great summer! Love, Mrs. G

00:39 Counting Out Rhyme

Hello 1st Grade students!
This is our final week of music! I want you to know how much I've missed seeing your smiling faces every week and hearing you sing! I hope you've enjoyed all of the songs and information I've posted. Today you'll find a speech piece called "Counting-Out Rhyme"! It is spoken instead of sung like rap music! It has a great beat and funny sound effects! It's all about insects except for one! See if you recognize what does not belong in the song! I suggest listening to it first so you can hear it clearly, then you can try it! If you don't recognize some of the insects mention, you can google them at home. Enjoy! Have a safe, great summer! Love, Mrs. G

00:60 Hotaru koi (Come, Firefly)

Hello 1st Grade Students! This week you'll be listening and learning a song from Japan called "Hotaru Koi" which means Come Firefly in English. Listen to the Japanese words first and the beautiful instruments from Japan called the Shamisen and the Koto. Both of these are string instruments played in Japan. They also use a flute like instrument called the Shakuhachi made out of Bamboo. Bamboo is a common material used to make flutes, etc. It is actually a grass!

Spotlight on Fireflies

There are many kinds of “lightning bugs,” as they are sometimes called. Fireflies aren’t flies at all, for flies have one pair of wings. Instead, fireflies are flying beetles, since they have two pairs of wings. Fireflies live mostly where the weather is warm and humid. In the United States, many are found east of the Rocky Mountains. Although fireflies’ glow and flash all day long, they can be seen at night only. Their larvae (eggs) are called “glow worms.” Guess why?

Lyrics in English
Come, Firefly (Hotaru Koi)

Come, Come, Come, firefly.
That water there is too bitter to drink,
This water here is much better, I think.
Come, Come, Come, firefly.

00:60 Come, Firefly

Hello 1st Grade Students! This week you'll be listening and learning a song from Japan called "Hotaru Koi" which means Come Firefly in English. Listen to the Japanese words first and the beautiful instruments from Japan called the Shamisen and the Koto. Both of these are string instruments played in Japan. They also use a flute like instrument called the Shakuhachi made out of Bamboo. Bamboo is a common material used to make flutes, etc. It is actually a grass!

Spotlight on Fireflies
There are many kinds of “lightning bugs,” as they are sometimes called. Fireflies aren’t flies at all, for flies have one pair of wings. Instead, fireflies are flying beetles, since they have two pairs of wings. Fireflies live mostly where the weather is warm and humid. In the United States, many are found east of the Rocky Mountains. Although fireflies’ glow and flash all day long, they can be seen at night only. Their larvae (eggs) are called “glow worms.” Guess why?

Lyrics:
Come, Firefly (Hotaru Koi)

Come, Come, Come, firefly.
That water there is too bitter to drink,
This water here is much better, I think.
Come, Come, Come, firefly.

Firefly Poem
By Elizabeth Maddox Roberts
A little light is going by,
Is going up to see the sky,
A little light with wings.

I never could have thought of it,
To have a little bug all lit
And made to go on wings.

2:19 Apples and Bananas

Apples and Bananas

1. *I like to eat, I like to eat,
I like to eat, Apples and bananas. *

2. *I like to ate, I like to ate,
I like to ate, aypples and banaynays. *

3. *I like to ete, I like to ete,
I like to ete, epples and banenes, *

4. I like to ite, I like to ite,
I like to ite, ipples and baninis, *

5. *I like to ote, I like to ote,
I like to ote, opples and banonos, *

6. *I like to ute, I like to ute,
I like to ute, upples and banunus, *

6:40 Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen
Listening Map
Someday you might play in a school orchestra.
Here are some instruments you might play.
Listen for the special sound of each instrument.

1:58 BINGO

Bingo

*There was a farmer had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o.

1. B – I – N – G – O, B – I – N – G – O, B – I – N – G – O,

And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

2. (clap) I – N – G – O, (clap) I – N – G – O, (clap) I – N – G – O,

And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

3. (clap) (clap) N – G – O, (clap) (clap) N – G – O, (clap) (clap) N – G – O,

And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

4. (clap) (clap) (clap) G – O, (clap) (clap) (clap) G – O, (clap) (clap) (clap) G – O,

And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

5. (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) -O-, (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) -O-,

(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) -O-, And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

6. (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap), (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap),

(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap), And B – I – N – G – O was his name-o.*

*Go back to the beginning and to next number

1:43 We’re Making Popcorn (Speech Piece)

We’re Making Popcorn (Speech Piece)

Refrain
*We’re making popcorn, pop, pop, pop, pop, popcorn.
Old . . .... fashioned popcorn!

Verse 1
You need oil, corn, and heat, heat, heat.
You need a pan and the urge to eat, eat, eat. *

Verse 2
Put the corn in the oil
On the stove to get hot.
Shake the pan so the kernels
Won’t stick a lot. *

Verse 3
With a lid on the pan,
All the kernels expand.
See the steam start to grow,
They have no place to go. *
*Go back to Refrain and Repeat

2:04 Louder than a Clap of Thunder

Louder than a Clap of Thunder
By Jack Prelutsky

Louder than a clap of thunder,
Louder than an eagle screams,
Louder than a dragon blunders,
Or a dozen football teams,
Louder than a four-alarmer,
Or a rushing waterfall,
Louder than a knight in armor
Jumping from a ten-foot wall.
Louder than an earthquake rumbles,
Louder than a tidal wave,
Louder than an ogre grumbles
As he stumbles through his cave,
Louder than stampeding cattle,
Louder than a cannon roars,
Louder than a giant’s rattle,
That’s how loud my father SNORES!!!!

2:06 Country Gardens

Country Gardens

1:30 Spring Walk

Spring Walk

1:38 Popcorn Popping

Popcorn Popping

I looked out the window and what did I see?
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!
Spring had brought me such a nice surprise
Blossoms popping right before my eyes.
I could take an armful and make a treat,
A popcorn ball that would smell so sweet.
It wasn’t really so, but it seemed to be
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree. (Repeat)