MUS 405 - Music Integration Lesson: Farmyard Fun

Name:
Grade:
Subject:

Gina Meredith
Kindergarten
Language Arts

Content Standard:
RL.K.1-Reading: Literature
-With prompting and support, as and answer questions about key details in a text.
Content Objective: By listening to the book Farmyard Beat, students will be able to
answer questions about details from the story.
Music Standard: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Music Objective: By listening and singing along to the book, students will be able to
recall details and relate the words they sang to the events in the story.

Materials for Instruction: (links, books, supplies, handouts, etc)

-Farmyard Beat book
-Character Worksheet for formative assessment
- Characters on Popsicle sticks (6 chick, 6 sheep, 2 cats, 2 cow, 2 dogs, 2 owls, 1
farmer Sue)
- cut outs of characters
Rationale for Instruction:
Why is it important that students learn this lesson? What will they gain from
this content?
Students need to be able to read a text and recall details from the text. By
listening to the book Farmyard Beat they will be seeing characters and
hearing sounds they make. From listening to the book multiple times,
singing, and having character sticks, they will better understand the details of
the book and also recognize the sequence of events. Learning about details
and events of a story will help students comprehend what they read and that
will lead to them becoming better readers.
How will the inclusion of music enhance the overall lesson and the other
subject matter?
By having the students sing the parts of each character will help them make a
connection with the character. By making a connection with what the
character says in the book will help the student remember details about the
book.

Teaching Process: (Introductory Activity, Body of Lesson, Closing Activity)

Introductory Activity: (Engage students, use questions) (Activity to introduce
concepts)
-Start with all students up at the front carpet. First ask them to raise their hands if
they have been to a farm? What animals did you see at the farm and what sounds
were they making? (Take a couple answers and let students make some sound that
they heard)
-Then let them know that you will be reading a book called Farmyard Beat by
Lindsey Craig. What is the name of the person who writes the book? (Take an
answer from a student) Yes, thats right, the author!
- Before reading the book, have them keep track of all the animals in the story and
the sounds that they make. If they can, have them try to remember the order of the
animals. Then Read the story (during the parts where the characters make noise
really emphasize the sounds they make, and then sing the repeating part that says,
Because they got that beat so you can model how it should sound for the students
so they will be ready when it is their turn to sing with you.
Body of Lesson: (Use multiple teaching strategies, multiple assessment
activities/opportunities, engaged and active learning)
-After you finish reading the book ask the students to tell you in order the animals in
the story and the sounds they made. If they have a hard time remembering, help
them out. As you take answers put the character up on the front board with a
magnet so students can see the order of the characters in the story. Then above the
cut out of each character write the sounds they made.
1. Chick: peep, peep!
2. Sheep: tatt tatt!
3. Cat: purr meow!
4. Cow: swish clank!
5. Hank the dog: woof Ha-woo!
6. Owl: whoop!
7. Farmer Sue grrrrr!
-Thank you for all your help with remembering the characters and the sounds they
made. Now we are going to read the book again but this time I need your help
during the characters sounds. So every time we come to the sounds the characters
make, I want you to sing them with me. Sound good?! Great here we go. (Read the
book again with the help of the students singing the characters parts.)
-Thank you for your help with singing the characters parts. Now, we are going to
split up into different characters. (Hand out Popsicle sticks with the characters on
them to the students.) Explain that when it comes to their part they hold up the
character on the stick and sing their part. Remind them at the end of the book is
when all the animals sing together and make their sound, so when that part comes
just sing your characters part. (the teacher will be Farmer Sue since she only makes

a mad sound grrrrrr). Read the book then with all the students holding up their
character sticks when it is their turn and singing their parts.
Closing Activity: (Bring it all together: Why did we do this lesson? What was
learned? Where is this going? What connections can be made?)
-Very great job boys and girls with your singing and holding your characters up. So
from reading this story we learned that we can remember the order of things that
happen. You all remembered the order of all the characters and also what they said.
When reading books it is very important that you pay attention to the order that
things come into the story because it will help you remember what you read about.
Characters in a book or events in a book are put in a certain order for a reason. If
they werent then we could just start reading in the middle of a book or the end and
that wouldnt be fun, right?!
-So to finish up our fun Farmyard lesson, we are going to do a worksheet about the
story we just read. So when I dismiss your color dot, head back to your seat and get
out a pencil (Dismiss the students back to their seats by the color dots they were
sitting on at the carpets to reduce chaos).
-When everyone is back at their seats and ready to go, hand out worksheet and go
over the directions with the students. Have them answer before you move on to the
next question. For number 1, circle the animal that was first in the book. (Give
students time to answer) For number 2, circle the animal that was last mentioned in
the book. (Give students time to answer) For number 3, circle the animal that
wasnt in the book. (Give students time to answer) For number 3, you need to draw
your favorite animal and write the sound they made during the book. If you finish
and want to color your picture, that is fine. (Give students a good amount of time to
finish this)

Assessments: (How are you assessing? What are you assessing? What are your
goals for assessing? What were students gaining from assessment?)
- I will be giving the students a formative assessment to see if they remember details
from the book Farmyard Beat. I want the students to recall the order of which the
characters were introduced and the sounds that each character made. Students will
be working on recalling the information they learned from listening to the story
multiple time, visuals of the order of characters and their sounds, and then also
acting out individual characters. I have attached a copy of the formative assessment
worksheet.