Written by Lauren Thompson
Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
ISBN 978-1-4351-5969-3
This story has a wonderful rhyme pattern that makes it easy to sing with many familiar folk songs - however, I sang the book using the melody from Rocky Mountain. You could also use Frog in the Bucket. Add a B Section by inviting GR 3 students to read / play / create and play / improvise simple B-A-G melodies after each 4-line phrases were sung.
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To support the improvisation opportunity, students were given 8 frog patterns that had B, A and G written in absolute notation. Through a step-by-step elimination process, they created an 8 note melody with only the B (yes - simply but a necessary first step for the student), then the B and A, and finally all 3 notes.
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