3rd and 4th graders have moved on to a new rhythmic unit and started their year by learning some songs and rhymes that featured their new rhythmic element. The first rhyme we learned was a nonsense rhyme called "Oh My, Fish in the Sky." The words are:
Oh my, fish in the sky.
Shoes on the ceiling and trees walking by.
Reaching up low, bending down high.
Everything seems to be wrong, right?
To help us learn the rhyme, we needed to hear it as many times as possible. To keep students actively engaged, we played a game called Four Corners while saying the rhyme. By the time the rhyme ended, students needed to choose a corner of the rug to stand on. We would use an online random number generator to choose a corner for us and those students would be out. They got to play the steady beat on the rhythm sticks until we were left with only one person: the winner!
After students were able to successfully say the words of the rhyme, they were asked to decode the rhythm of the rhyme using rhythm syllables. Using these rhythm syllables, we will soon be able to read and write the rhythm of this rhyme.
3rd grade families: Did your child teach you this rhyme from their "Ask Me" book? Let Mrs. Hiltz know by filling out this form. Your child will earn a sticker.
