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Rhythm/Rhyme: “Engine, Engine”
• MM performs rhyme:

“Engine, engine number nine
Going down Chicago line.
See it sparkle, see it shine.
Engine, engine number nine.”
• Miss Melody (MM) & Music Friends (MF) repeat rhyme together.

In class students (S) join too!

• MM asks, “What was the number of the engine?” (Engine #9)
• MM & MF add patting lap while repeating the rhyme

• Beat - the steady pulse of music

• Speak rhyme while patting beat on knees one more time

Teacher Led Activity

Pause for Practice
Students (S) speak the rhyme, “Engine, Engine” with their own teacher (T)
S keep the beat while speaking the rhyme:
Speak and tap beat on head and shoulders
S provide suggestions for other ways of keeping the beat
S suggest other words for the poem (words that rhyme: such as “ten/hen”)

Resume Video

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