K-5 Christmas Songs and Activities

GOAL IN TODAY'S LESSON:

REVEW FUN CHRISTMAS SONGS TO SING ALONG TO WITH LYRICS.

PLAY GUESS THE CHRISTMAS SOUND ACTIVITY (GREAT FOR SOUND AWARENESS)

PLAY GUESS THE CHRISTMAS WORD AND PICTURE

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THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (25 minutes)

ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER

WHAT SONG ARE THEY GOING TO ACT OUT?

SILENT NIGHT

JOY TO THE WORLD

SILVER BELLS

SANTA BABY

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

SILENT NIGHT

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

k-5 Christmas Songs

IT IS DECEMBER

AND IT IS

THAT TIME OF YEAR

AND IN DECEMBER

IT IS ALMOST CHRISTMAS 

AND IT'S TIME TO START 

PRACTING THOSE FUN

CHRISTMAS SONGS

BUT FIRST...

I NEED YOU TO STAND UP...

AND DO THE 

BOOM CHICKA CHRISTMAS

NOW DURING CHRISTMAS TIME

WE SHOULD REALLY 

TRY TO GET AND KEEP

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

ALL YEAR LONG

NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

SO...

WHAT DOES THE

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS MEAN?

WHY THE 

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

MEANS TO BE HAPPY AND

FULL OF JOY, AND...

WANT TO HELP OTHERS

NOW LET US SING...

WE WISH YOU A

MERRY CHRISTMAS

NOW LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN SING AND KEEP UP WITH

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

For younger students

(IF THERE IS TIME)

THE FOLLOWING IS

FOR OLDER STUDENTS

 WITH LYRICS

TO HELP WITH IMPROVING READING

I SAY...

WE REALLY SHOULD WATCH

THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE

OF 2 MEN PERFORM THE...

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

GET THOSE JINGLE BELLS OUT

AND PLAY ALONG AS YOU

ROCK OUT TO THE

WE WILL JINGLE SONG

TIME TO DO THE...

JINGLE BELL ROCK

NOW LET'S SING THE ORINGINAL

JINGLE BELLS

WITH THE CHIPMUNKS

OKAY, LET'S PUT THOSE JINGLE BELLS

ON SOME REINDEER

TO HELP PULL SANTA'S SLEIGH

WITH...

RUDOLPH 

THE RED NOSED REINDEER

LEADING THE WAY.

GUESS WHAT?

SANTA CLAUS IS 

COMING TO TOWN

NOW I WANT TO HEAR YOU SING

SANTA CLAUS IS

COMING TO TOWN

FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS

WHO DON'T KNOW IT THAT GOOD 

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT,

SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN.

ANOTHER NAME FOR SANTA IS

SAINT NICHOLAS

AND HE LOVES TO BE 

JOLLY

WHICH MEANS HAPPY

GUESS WHAT?

I SAW SANTA

UP ON THE HOUSETOP

AND THEN...

I SAW MOMMY KISSING

SANTA CLAUS

ON THE CHEEK 

BECAUSE SHE WAS HAPPY

ABOUT ALL THE GIFTS

HE WAS GIVING HER KIDS.

HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME

SNOW AROUND

AT CHRISTMAS TIME

TIME TO STAND UP AND LEARN

THE LET IT SNOW DANCE MOVES

AND WHEN THERE IS SNOW

WE CAN

BUILD A SNOWMAN

TIME TO 

STAND UP

YES, I WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN.

December 3rd Grade Christmas Songs to practice

 3RD GRADE:  

THIS YEAR IT IS TIME FOR THE

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD 

PROGRAM FOR 3RD GRADERS

WE WILL FIRST START OFF WITH

CHRISTMAS IN ANY LANGUAGE

THE LANGUAGES WE ARE FOCUSING ON

LEARNING TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS

IN THE PROGRAM ARE

AMERICAN ENGLISH = MERRY CHRISTMAS

HAWAIIN = MELEKALIKI MAKA

ITALIAN = BUON NATALE

SPANISH = FELIZ NAVIDAD

WHAT BETTER PLACE TO 

HAVE CHRISTMAS THAN:

TIME FOR A LITTLE MELEKALIKI MAKA

IN THE LAND OF ALOHA WITH A:

"BUON NATALE" IS HOW WE SAY

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ITALY.

FOR THE ITALIAN CHRISTMAS SONG

WE WILL BE SINGING

REMEMBER 

GIRLS SING WITH PINK WORDS

BOYS SING WITH BLUE WORDS

EVERYONE SINGS 

WITH RED AND BLACK WORDS

THE NEXT SONG WE WILL BE USING

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

IN A SPECIAL SONG THAT WAS

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN AUSTRIA

AND HAS SINCE BEEN SUNG

IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES

(I WILL POST ONE WITH ME

DOING SIGN LANGUAGE AND SINGING, 

AS SOON AS I GET THE TIME)

FINALLY, WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH A SONG 

THAT WAS WRITTEN IN SPANISH 

BY A PUERTO RICAN SINGER

Mirror Image Reflections Activities for End of Year Assassment

 

The Reflection in Me YouTube Video ad Animation about Self Appreciation

SLEF AWARENESS FOR KIDS 2minutes

SELF REFLECTION CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (2 minutes)

 

Reflection Worksheets PDF File

November Thanksgiving k-3

 

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS ABOUT

THE BERNSTEIN BEARS 

COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS

REMEMBER THAT THANKSGIVING

IS A SPECIAL TIME TO THINK OF

THE THINGS IN OUR LIFE

THAT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR

(THIS VIDEO IS 11:30 MINUTES) 

STAND UP

K-2 GRADES

LEFT & RIGHT HANDS AND LEGS

GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE

TURKEY HOKEY POKEY

GRADE K-2

YOU KNOW, 

BEFORE WE EAT SOME 

PUMPKIN PIES, 

WE REALLY SHOULD EAT A TURKEY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

TURKEY BINGO

I FOUND SOME MORE SONGS

ABOUT TURKEYS

TIME TO CLAP ALONG WITH SOME

TURKEYS.

I WONDER WHO CAN KEEP UP

TO THE TURKEY BEAT

TURKEY BINGO

K-2 GRADES

LEFT & RIGHT HANDS AND LEGS

GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE

GRADE K-2

November 3rd Grade Thankful and Christmas Around the World introduction

 

 NOVEMBER GOALS

THEME: 

CHARACTER TRAIT: GRATITUDE

THANKSGIVING

3RD GRADE:  

Silent Night with ASL Sign Language 

WK 1:

learn/review Silent Night, Dormi Bel Bambin, and Christmas in Any Language

introduce bells, practice mirror image/reflection

WK 2 introduce Hawaiin puppet and learn Hawaiin song

Mele Kaliki Maka and use bells with song and Italian Dormi Bel Bambin song. Work on Christmas in any Language, and then introduce Christmas in the West

WK 3 

WK 4 

FOR 3RD GRADERS,

I LIKE TO TEACH

CHRISTMAS SONGS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD

THIS FOLLOWING  SONG

WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN

IN AUSTRIA 

AND HAS SINCE BEEN SUNG

IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES

WK 2

warm up voices with ASL: DO-DO, C-C, 1-8 

PRACTICE #1-10 ASL

REVIEW MIRROR IMAGE GAME

AND THEN CLAP SPECIAL RHTYHM TO THIS OLD MAN

ASL ALPHABET TO H AND SING TO SILENT NIGHT

DORMI BEL BAMBIN, AND INTRODUCE 

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

AFTERAWARDS DO MONSTER MASH BODY PERCUSSION

THE MONSTERS ALL COME OUT

LOS MONSTROUS TODOS SALEN EN

OKAY, OVER IN ITALY

THEY LOVE TO SING THIS

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS SONG

ABOUT A BABY 

CALLED...

DORMI BEL BAMBIN

WHICH MEANS TO 

SLEEP BEAUTIFUL CHILD

RE DEVIN

MEANS

KING DIVINE

November Kindergarten Thankful

 

WEEK 1

HIDE AND SEEK

WITH THE MELODITTIES

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WITH THE MELODITTIES

WARM UP TO 

A E I O U

PRACTICE 1-10 IN SIGN LANGUAGE

TURKEY HOKEY POKEY

NEXT

October Westside, Elvis, Halloween, Instruments

 

OCTOBER GOALS

THEME: 

CHARACTER TRAIT: FRIENDSHIP

HALLOWEEN

Songs for OCTOBER:

4/5 OLD LADY WHO WASN'T AFRAID song

4/5 Silent Night with ASL Sign language

4/5 BUCKET DRUMS

4/5 DRUMS and BELLS to We Will Jingle

4/5 DARCY PUPPETS

4/5 PIRATES

4/5 TRUMPET IN THE BRASS FAMILY

4/5 THANKYOU (we really want to thank you)

4th/5th Grades:  Elvis theme, Silent Night, Everybody's Going on a Sleigh Ride, North Pole Rock & Roll, Santa Clause Rock, Bucket Drums, Bells, Jingle Bell Rock

Lesson Outline

WK 1 

WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY

DOES THE TRUMPET BELONG TO?

1-10 SIGN LANGUAGE

PRACTICE #1-10 ASL

TO THIS OLD MAN

THE MONSTORS ALL COME OUT

on HALLOWEEN

 TIME TO PRETEND YOU ARE WALKING

IN THE WOODS WITH YOUR HANDS BY

HITTING THE BEAT ON YOUR LAP

Silent Night with ASL Sign Language 

Elvis theme 

WHO WAS ELVIS PRESLEY?

(WAIT AND WATCH NEXT WEEK)

QUICK 15 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY

(To the tune of Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley)

WE WILL BE SINGING: 

Everybody's Going on a Sleigh Ride

SINCE ELVIS IS THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL

OUR OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS WILL BE:

North Pole Rock & Roll, 

Santa Clause Rock, 

WE WILL JINGLE

PLUS OUR TRADITIONAL SONG: 

SILENT NIGHT WITH ASL SIGN LANGUAGE

BEFORE WE LEARN ABOUT ELVIS,

WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE SONG

WE WILL ROCK YOU

BECAUSE WE WILL BE SINGING 

TO THE TUNE OF THAT SONG

WE WILL JINGLE WITH 

DRUMS AND BELLS

NOW LET'S LISTEN TO

WE WILL ROCK YOU

SUNG BY  POLLY IVANOVA

she is from Bulgaria

She was 8 years old, 

when she first performed at 

Bulgaria's Got Talent

and when she sang this song,

she was only 10 years old.

She is now 15 years old, as of 2022

THE BOY FROM TUPELO

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

JAILHOUSE ROCK 

WE WILL JINGLE 

IS  FROM THE TUNE

WE WILL ROCK YOU

WE WILL ROCK YOU

SUNG BY  POLLY IVANOVA

she is from Bulgaria

She was 8 years old, 

when she first performed at 

Bulgaria's Got Talent

and when she sang this song,

she was only 10 years old.

She is now 15 years old, as of 2022

TODAY WE WILL BE 

LEARNING ABOUT

4 INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

(3 minute video)

WHAT ABOUT THE OLD MAN?

PRACTICE 

CLAPPING AND SINGING

TO THIS OLD MAN 

1-10 SIGN LANGUAGE

REWARD ACTIVITIES

FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

THOSE WHO GOT MOVED TO THE RED

WILL BE ASKED TO SIT AND WATCH

STAND UP

FOR THE...

PATTING ON YOUR LAPS

ONE HAND AT A TIME

TO THE FOLLOWING PIRATE SONG

BECAUSE WE ARE PIRATES

HARRY POTTER VIDEO REWARDS

FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

THOSE WHO GOT MOVED TO THE RED

WILL BE ASKED TO SIT AND WATCH

ALL GRADES LOVE WATCHING THE...

HARRY POTTER DANCE ASSEMBLY

HARRY POTTER RAP PART 1

HARRY POTTER RAP PART 2

HARRY POTTER RAP PART 3

DO YOU REMEMBER THE...

DANCE MONKEY SONG?

JUST FOR FUN 

LET'S WATCH THE...

HARRY POTTER DANCE MONKEY

CAN YOU...

HARRY POTTER RHYTHM GAME