Chapter 6 talks about using “piggyback songs” to help students learn classroom procedures or academic material. For this assignment, you will create your own piggyback song. *Note – avoid simple tasks like washing hands. These songs should be for K-3 grade, so consider what academic material is appropriate for that age range.
Part 1: Choose an existing familiar song, and change the words to fix either a specific purpose or subject.
Examples of good songs (not complete):
“You Are My Sunshine”
“I’m A Little Teapot”
“Twinkle, Twinkle”
“Head Shoulders Knees and Toes”
“Do Your Ears Hang Low”
“Clementine”
“On Top of Old Smokey”
“Bear Went Over the Mountain”
“Yankee Doodle”
“Row, Row, Row your Boat”
“Skip to My Lou”
“Down by the Bay”
“Itsy-Bitsy Spider”
“Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Don’t use:
“Are You Sleeping” or “Frère Jacques”
“1 Little, 2 Little”
“Miss Mary Mack”
“Wheels on the Bus”
“Bingo”
“If You’re Happy and You Know It”
“London Bridge”
Part II: Submit the following:
1. In the text editor, explain briefly the EXISTING song you chose, WHY you chose this song, THE PURPOSE the piggyback song will serve, and the TEXT of your piggyback song.
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