Pick-a pick-a pumpkin from the pile;

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Pick-a Pick-a Pumpkin
Pick-a pick-a pumpkin from the pile We can make
his eyes and a great big smile. Pick-a pick-a
pumpkin round and clean, Then well be ready for
Halloween! Halloween, Halloween Then well be
ready for Halloween. Halloween, Halloween Then
well be ready for Halloween.
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
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Pick-a Pick-a Pumpkin Lesson Ideas (What I
did) 1.  Introduce the words to the A
section   2.  We did a passing game a few times
through to the CD music (I did "take, pass, clap,
clap").  I used beanbags because I'm too cheap to
pay 1 each for those little bitty
pumpkins!   3.  Then I demo'ed a CG bordun (half
notes?) on Xylos and Metallos (I used CG
boomwhackers too) and demo'ed other patterns on
Rhythm Sticks for everybody else (about half the
kids on barred instr and BW, the other on Rhythm
Sticks)   - for my 2nd graders I had the rhythm
sticks players tap on the floor to a quarter note
beat (twice as fast as the mallet bordun) - for
my 3rd graders I had the rhythm sticks players
play 4 sixteenths and a quarter at the beginning
of the 1st four lines ("Pick-a pick-a pump", "We
can make his eyes", etc) and play "floor tap,
floor tap, click together" on the word
"Halloween".   4.  Practice playing the
parts.   5.  Sing and play the A section, and
speak the B section using different voice
inflections and articulations (teacher leads
students echo or say the words with their own
inflection, though you could divide them into 2
groups after they get the rhythm pattern.)  The
idea of the B section was to have them an
opportunity to be creative within the bounds of
the given rhythms.   6.  We repeated section A,
to complete an ABA pattern.   7.  Then we rotated
instruments and did it all again!   8.  I did not
get to do my final step which was to add a C
section - game (maybe ABCA or ABACA and rotate
instruments then repeat, etc).  I printed out a
bunch of pumpkins on orange paper and then
printed out matching 4-beat rhythms on the other
side.  I would play it sort of like a matching
game, boys vs. girls pick 1 or 2 boy and
girl rhythm stick players to pick 2 pumpkins and
try to get a match, getting a point for their for
a match.
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Slight Variation on Words
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Pick-a Pick-a Pumpkin
Pick-a pick-a pumpkin from the pile Find a match
and make us smile. Pick-a pick-a pumpkin round
and clean, Then well be ready for
Halloween! Halloween, Halloween Then well be
ready for Halloween. Halloween, Halloween Then
well be ready for Halloween.
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese
PowerPoint by D. Brian Weese