In honor of Martin Luther King Day, 3rd Graders have been working on the song Freedom Train. We briefly talked about the historical significance of this song (everyone deserves to freedom, but not everyone always had freedom).
Students started out by singing the ostinato (repeating pattern) while Miss Dagenais sang the melody. The ostinato was meant to sound like a train going down the track. Then, students learned the melody and were able to divide into groups to sing both parts. Singing ostinatos helps us to begin singing in parts.
Ask your child to sing this song for you:
This old freedom train is such a long time in a'comin'
Ain't nobody can't afford it, so you better climb aboard it.
Gimme that freedom, gimme that freedom,
Gimme that freedom, freedom, freedom, ch, ch,
Freedom, freedom, freedom, ch, ch.
Hear Mrs. Adler's 3rd Grade class perform this song in the following video.
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