- “Night Music” poem chart
- night
- nighttime
- sound
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Science and Technology/Living Things and Their Environment 15: Use their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to explore their environment using sensory vocabulary.
Recite Together: “Night Music”
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Educator Prep: Print out the Between the Lions “Night Music” poem chart or copy the words onto chart paper.
Tell children you are going to teach them a poem about night sounds.
- Display the Between the Lions “Night Music” poem chart. Point to each word as you read the title aloud.
- Read the poem aloud and have children repeat each line after you. Have a volunteer use his or her finger to show that print is read from left to right. You may need to guide the child’s hand as you read. Allow different volunteers to track each verse.
- Have children use the poem chart to review letters they have learned in earlier weeks: “Cc,” “Yy,” “Pp,” “Rr,” and “Ss.” Have children take turns naming a letter they know. Say, Look at the chart. Point to and name a letter you know. Allow children to point to and say the letter and the word if they are able. You may need to review the letters before doing this activity so all children will be able to name a letter.
- Talk about why the poem is called “Night Music.” Ask questions such as, Why do you think the author called this poem “Night Music”? Do you know any nighttime sounds that sound like music to you?
Night Music
Night in the country,
Listen to the sounds.
Night in the country,
There are noises all around.
Listen to the wind,
Whispering through the trees.
Listen to the frogs,
Chanting in the breeze.
Night in the country,
Listen to the sounds.
Night in the country,
There’s music all around.