4.+Names

NAMES __**Home  Yo, man! Hey, man! (metals, woods) What’s you name? (drums – tones - bass)  Yo, man! Hey, man! (metals, woods)  Say again! (drums – tones – bass)  Yo, man! Hey, man!  What’s your name?  Yo, man! Hey, man!  Let’s play the name game. 
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  My name is (individual solo on drums) His name is (echo – full circle on drums) <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(8, 8, 13); text-align: right"> **Process:**

1. Teach the poem using body percussion – (metals – snap; woods – clap; drums – pat and stamp) 2. Divide group into instrument families and have them perform and speak their part 3. Perform only the rhythm of the poem. 4. Put it on instruments (each person in the circle has a drum as well as auxiliary percussion instruments) 5. For the B section – four students will drum the phrase “My name is ___” The whole group will echo it back. After four students the group will chant the names in reverse order while keeping a steady beat on the drums. 6. The A section is performed once again followed by the C section where four new students perform their individual name solo. At the end of the C section the eight names that have soloed are chanted in reverse order. 7. The process continues until all students have performed a name solo.

<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(45, 61, 235)"><span style="color: rgb(28, 20, 225)">**Rhythmic Warm-up: Name reading exercises** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">**1.** Have all the name cards on the board at the front of the room. Allow one student to select four cards and put them in order on the chalk board. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">2. Have the entire circle air drum the names while speaking them aloud. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">3. Continue this process by allowing different children to create new name rhythms. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">Extension: An extension to this activity is for the teacher to drum one example, but changing two cards. The students will echo the rhythm and then see if they can make the correct changes to the name sequence. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">**Note:** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 38, 255); text-align: left; display: block">  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(38, 26, 239); text-align: right; font-size: 120%"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(8, 8, 13); text-align: right"> Home
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">This is a great activity for the beginning of the year. It helps students get to know each other. It also provides practice for name recognition. However, if students already know one another you could use middle or last names.
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">If you wish to create variety, use the song Name Rap by Cheryl Lavender found in her book
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">Students may also be encouraged to write their own Name Poem for the A section.
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">Music Extension – Grade 3 Activity - Match your name with the rhythm and picture on the bulletin board (Monkey, Alligator, Frog)