Basic Book Information
Publisher: Star Bright Books
Copyright: 2003
ISBN: 1-932065-10-5
Series:
Ormerod, Jan, author
Omerod, Jan, illustrator
Book Type: Fictional Narrative
Reading Levels
Grade Level Equivalent:
Lexile Measure: AD510L
DRA Level:
Guided Reading Level:
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Book Subject: (Key Words): body, animals, feelings, emotions
Book Description: This song is a new version of the song "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Book Illustrations: The illustrations are large and colorful. Easy to see.
Read Aloud Adjustments: The Narrative has one sort of bold text, while the singing text is very wavy. The reader should ask the children to sing only the "singing words" at first and then perhaps add the narrative in subsequent reads.
Book Description - Single Song Title - Folk Songs
Song Type: Folk Song
Song Title: If You're Happy and You Know It
Source 1: The Great Family Songbook
Source 2: The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs
Comparison of book and folk song: The text of the book is based on animal body parts rather than the human body parts in the folk song.
Book Description - Notation Description
Description: There is no notation in this book.
Range: M7
Tonality: F Major
Form: AABA
Meter: Simple Quadruple
Rhythm Comments: Although notated with barred eighth notes, the song is intended to be sung in a trip-ty rhythm of quarter note, eighth note, quarter note, eighth note.
Instructional Resources
Instructional Resources: Reading Connection
This is a music teacher blog post about how to use this text in a series of music lessons.
Pedagogical Suggestions
Kodaly Lesson Ideas
Song Acquisition:
Aural Skills:
Music Reading: YES
Music Writing:
Singing Games: YES
Singing Skills:
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3rd grade
Idea: Students can play the game as suggested by the book.
Grade Level: 1st grade - 2nd grade
IDEA: Portions of the text could be covered up and replaced with corresponding rhythm patterns
Orff-Schulwerk Lesson Ideas
Speech as Rhythm: YES
Ostinato: YES
Creative Movement: YES
Improvisation: YES
Instrumental Exploration: YES
Instrumental Accompaniment:
Grade level: Kindergarten - 1st grade
Idea: Students can choose instruments to represent different animals.
Grade level: Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Idea: Students can develop ostinati based on what the animals say, (i.e. click clack)
Fine Arts Integration Lesson Ideas
Language Arts: YES
Math:
Science:
Social Studies:
Fine Arts:
Grade level: 1st grade - 2nd grade
Idea: Students compose new lyrics and illustrate their lyrics to go into a new book.
Generative Theory of Music Learning Lesson Ideas
Content/Concept: musical points of enclosure
Context: song, “If You’re Happy And You Know It”
Behavior: Describing = physically (movement)
Mode: enactive (action based)
Level of Cognition: medium-level
Grade level: Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Idea: Students walk around and when they are supposed to clap at the end of the phrase, they freeze.
Social Constructivist Lesson Ideas
Real World Problems: YES
Peer Interaction: YES
Collaboration: YES
Open Ended Products: YES
Embedded Assessment: YES
Grade level: Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Idea: Students could collaborate with other students about strategies for improving feelings and attitudes. These ideas could be incorporated into the song. For example, "If you're sad and you know it, play outside". "If you're angry and you know it, take a walk".
Grade level:
Idea: Students could collaborate with other students about strategies for improving feelings and attitudes. These ideas could be incorporated into the song. For example, "If you're sad and you know it, play outside". "If you're angry and you know it, take a walk".