Lesson: The Mars Rap!

Student Materials: The Mars Rap sheet music.

Teacher Materials: The Mars Rap Sheet Music. The melody goes along with the "I muse aloud" – by Jane Siberry- (Canada’s top hit folk/new age/rock artist) remix track, available in "above CD quality" in the MP3 format over the Internet. Search- "Jane Siberry" or "Jane Siberry MP3" (Appendix F).

Class Description:

This is designed for a 4^th to 5^th grade levels.

Objectives:

1. After the lesson, the students will be able to sing the Mars Rap, which has many facts about Mars in it.

Introduce the rap by singing and clapping to the class.

Role of Teacher:

First as a facilitator of discovery, second as an information giver and collector.

Procedure:

1. Introduce the rap by singing and clapping it in step, to the class.
2. Pass out the words to the song. Play the melody and have your students rock down!
3. Practice

Some students may have a fear of signing because of tone deafness, allow them to sign off key, we are looking to see if they can say the words in order, not if they are the next Jane Siberry!

Closure:

After we have completed the activity, have the students add to the KWL chart what they have learned today. See if their first predictions are still viable or if they need to be revised.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Evaluation:

The students will be able to sing the words found in the Mars Rap. We are checking for the right words to give the song a meaningful context.

Extension Activities:

The students who finish before the allotted time is over may help the students who have yet been able to master the words to the song.