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(Hal Leonard Publishing)

!Mystery Song

I Have Lost My Valentine (“Closet Key”)

mi re do !!!!

by Sharon Burch

Teachers: www.TeachingWithFreddieTheFrog.com !

BEGIN WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.

Raise your hand if you can chant the rhythm of box 1. !

(Then, box 2, 3, and 4.)

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–Which boxes are the same? !

–Which boxes are different? !

–How are they different?

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Raise your hand if you can sing the melody of box 1.

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(Then, box 2, 3, and 4.)

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Everyone sing the melody.

Can you solve the mystery?

What is the singing game?

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

Play the Game!

or…

Notate with Craft Sticks

“I have lost my jingle bells”

How many sticks does it take to write box 1?

in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Count 10 sticks and

notate box 1.

“I have lost my valentine”

Move your sticks up or down to match the melody in box 1.

in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Point to the first stick on the left.

Point and sing box 1.

in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

How many sticks does it take to write box 2?

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Count 8 more sticks and

notate box 2.

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Point to the first stick on the left.

Point and sing box 2.

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Point to the first stick on the left.

Point and sing boxes 1 and 2.

“I have lost my valentine in my music classroom.”

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Stop.

What is different between boxes 2 and 4?

Which stick needs to move to match

box 4?

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Move one stick to match box 4.

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Point to the first stick on the left.

Point and sing boxes 3 and 4.

“I have lost my valentine in my music classroom.”

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in my mu – sic class- room.

in my mu – sic class- room.

I have lost my val- en - tine

I have lost my val- en - tine

Let’s change the lyrics!

What other instrument could you lose?

“I have lost my_____________ in my

music classroom.”

Point and sing the song with YOUR lyrics.

“I have lost my_____________ in my

music classroom.”

What else could you change?

“I have lost my_____________ in my music classroom.”

Teacher’s Notes

Create new lyrics to match holidays

• Christmas • I have lost my jingle bells in my Santa’s

workshop. • Valentine’s Day

– I have lost my valentine in my music classroom. • St. Patrick’s Day

– I have lost my lucky charm in my music classroom.

Common CORE: MATH www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics Included in this lesson:

• Number names and count sequence. • Count to tell the number of objects. • Compare numbers. • Geometry shapes • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Addition and Subtraction • Equal groups of objects (multiplication)

Common CORE MATH Questions• Geometry shapes

– Can you make a circle? A square? A triangle? (Human & stick) • Operations and Algebraic Thinking

– Do you see a pattern? Describe the patterns seen. Make patterns. • Addition and Subtraction

– How many sticks do we need to add to make the pattern? – How many sticks do we need to subtract to make the pattern?

• Equal groups of objects (multiplication) – If we have the same amount of sticks in each pattern, how many

sticks do we have?

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