Teaching Common Core Standards With Songs 2

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This Old Man Is A Scarecrow!

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I liked to involve music and gross motor movement whenever I could, to help make learning extra fun and get the wiggles out at the same time.

Incorporating rhyming songs via music with a beat, helped children get the hang of things quickly.

This Old Man is a terrific vehicle to introduce counting.  After reading that story, and playing the CD, I told my Y5’s that they were going to pretend to be scarecrows.

I showed them how a scarecrow would stand, and pointed out the 2 scarecrows we had propped in the corners of our room.

I demonstrated how to slap, clap, and snap and asked them if these words rhymed.

After passing out the manipulatives I read the teacher's edition of This Scarecrow; the students did the movements.

Afterwards, children transitioned to their desks to read, trace, write, count and spy numbers of scarecrows completing their own booklet.

Once everyone was done, we read the booklet as a whole group to reinforce concepts of print.

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scarecrow activities, easy readers, counting booklet, number words, daily 5 activities, word work activities, rhyming word activities, rhyming word lessons, common core lessons for first grade, common core lessons for kindergarten, nursery rhymes, activities for this old man, this old man lessons, scarecrow lessons, class booklets, fall counting booklets,scarecrow activities, easy readers, counting booklet, number words, daily 5 activities, word work activities, rhyming word activities, rhyming word lessons, common core lessons for first grade, common core lessons for kindergarten, nursery rhymes, activities for this old man, this old man lessons, scarecrow lessons, class booklets, fall counting booklets,My favorite scarecrow "craftivity" I did with my Y5's was the "Personal Scarecrow"

I pre-cut large sheets of construction paper into the various shapes.

Students cut and glued smaller shapes to the body portion of the scarecrow.

We reviewed them as they assembled their scarecrow.

For the head, I enlarged their school photograph on the copier. 

When you enlarge to that size, it becomes pixilated so their face really does take on a  burlap-scarecrow kind of appearance!

For great fine motor practice, have students snip  yellow pieces of construction paper so that they look like straw.

Children glue these behind the end of the sleeves and pant legs.

I used brass brads so that the arms and legs were "jointed."  The scarecrows could dance and prance down the hallway wall.

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scarecrow activities, easy readers, counting booklet, number words, daily 5 activities, word work activities, rhyming word activities, rhyming word lessons, common core lessons for first grade, common core lessons for kindergarten, nursery rhymes, activities for this old man, this old man lessons, scarecrow lessons, class booklets, fall counting booklets,Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN anything you think others may find helpful.

Do you have a scarecrow idea you could share with us? I’d enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com or leave a comment here.

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” –Mark Twain

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