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Rhythm/Rhyme: “Doctor Foster”
• MM performs rhyme:
“Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain
He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle
And he never went there again.”
• Try together
• “What did Doctor Foster step in?” (a puddle)
• Everyone speaks rhyme again
• Repeat rhyme while patting laps to the steady beat
• “What do we call this when we pat our laps to the steady pulse of the music?”
(keeping the beat)
• Repeating, tapping head to the steady beat
Teacher Led Activity
Pause for Practice
*Always give opportunities for S to keep the beat. Ask, “Who knows another way to
keep the beat?” Speak and pat the beat then ask for more suggestions.
S speak the rhyme with T
S keep the beat while speaking the rhyme
Speak and tap beat on shoulders, nose, head, etc.
Resume Video
“Punchinella”
• MF sings about the clown names Punchinella
• Continue to play the game and complete the song
• Repeat with a new MF
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