Let's Get Started

Using Songs for Classroom Management

Stage of Literacy Development:

Stage 0: Foundation for Literacy
Stage 1: Beginning Literacy

Ages:

3-6

Grade Range:

PreK K

Food Groups:

Primary:
Oral Language
Secondary:
Motivation for Literacy

Transcript

Teacher and Students: Lets get started 

Teacher: Cant hear you. 

Teacher and Students: Lets get started. Because weve got so many things to do.  

Teacher: Cant hear you. 

Teacher and Students:  Lets get started. Lets get started. Because weve got so many ways to move. Lets reach, reach, and bend, bend, can you twist, twist, and dance again. Lets get started, lets get started. Lets get started, lets get started.  

Teacher: I cant hear you.  

Teacher and Students: I want everybody to stand up, and reach way up to the sky. Stretch high, and low. Stretch high, and low. Stretch high, and low. Lets get started, started. Because weve got so many things to do. Lets get started, lets get started.  

Teacher: Okay turn, and the other way. 

Teacher and Students: Because weve got so many ways to move. Lets reach, reach, and bend, bend, can you twist, twist, and then. Lets get started, lets get started. Work it out.

Teacher and Students: One, two, three, four, now its time to sit on the floor.

Activity Objective

The goal of Let's Get Started: Using Songs for Classroom Management is to develop oral language skills by pairing various actions with a song. The teacher leads the students in song with a call and response and invites students to move their bodies according to her directions.

Quick Tips

Additional Comments:

- This activity is a great way to start your morning as it energizes the students by engaging them in movement.
- You could also use this activity as a brief brain break as it provides students with a great opportunity to stretch and move before getting back to work.