By week 3, lots of them had really nice little scarf routines. The first week, they explored and played around with different moves, but as they got more familiar with the music, their moves matched better and better.
You could extend it even longer if you wanted. (I did this last year with the same piece of music over 3 weeks.
Let them create their own scarf/ribbon/plate routine to a piece of music. This book also creates a great space for allowing students to create in many other ways. Check out the Pinterest board for other ways to blend art and music. Then, continue to play music and allow them to color each section a different color or however the music sounds to them. One of my favorites is to play a minute or so of music, giving students a black crayon to move it across the page with swirls and flourishes, crossing over, however the music moves them. To add another artistic/creative level, give students art supplies and allow them to create based on the music. You could do a comparison between classical violin and Lindsay Stirling, or just focus on some of your favorite violin music. Since the girl in the book plays violin, it's a great time to listen to some beautiful violin music. In addition to the specific ideas in the YouTube playlist and Pinterest board, consider these ideas for using EMET'S BOX in the music classroom. This book presents the perfect time to do an arts mash-up to explore creativity on a whole new level. Links, More Fun, Extensions for Families and Everyone! Write about why you think Darlene was finally able to double dutch. Write about an interesting dream you had. Make a list of 10 things you can do when things aren't going right and/or you're feeling overwhelmed. Each line should begin with one of the letters of your name.ĩ. Write a how-to article for "How to Jump Rope" or "How to Do Double Dutch"Ĩ. What strategies should you try? What should you do when you feel like giving up?ħ. #Malody fletcher how to#
Write a letter to yourself, telling how to do something that is hard for you. Write your own song to match the story.Ħ. Write about your place in your family and what makes you special.Ĥ.Write your own jump rope or double dutch chants.ĥ. Darlene was the middle child in her family and she didn't feel like there was anything special about her. Write about a time you were sick or someone close to you was sick.ģ. Write about a dream you have - something you'd like to be able to do, but you can't - YET.Ģ. What if you changed the style? Tempo? Rhythm?ġ. Do a variation on the author's melody.After listening to the author's song, allow students to try their hand at a chorus or verse and chorus of their own based on the story.Use Kimberly's song in class to reinforce the story, or to sing along.Or allow them to use simple percussion instruments. Allow students to tap the steady beat along with Double Dutch chants/performances, etc.Let students try their hand at Double Dutch.Discuss how chants differ from songs or poems, etc.
Analyze well known chants match them up to musical rhythm with sounds or notation. Write your own double dutch (or jump rope) chants. They have long and short sounds, pauses, and words overlaying the steady beat of the rope. The chants are where the rhythm comes in. If it's not steady, it will mess up whomever is jumping and they won't be able to jump well. This book would be a great way to introduce and talk about the difference in rhythm and beat (or jump rope in general.). Rhythm is really the musical key to everything in this story! Rhythm is ever-present: the rhythm of the chants, the rhythm of the ropes, using the rhythm/internalizing it to be able to jump. (Great project to allow students to choose one of the people mentioned in the story to write a biography or do research) Biography - Isaac Stern, Tchaicovsky, Moses, Einstein, etc. Discuss with students all the steps it took him and how he exhibited perseverance, and how students can. Isaac Stern had to exhibit great perseverance to accomplish his goal to save Carnegie Hall. Then let them try their hand at writing some different forms. Have students look for examples in the book, or pull them out and let them determine which kind it is. 
It would make a great introductory lesson or cumulative lesson to teach some of the different types. So many great examples of this in the book.Research it, and design a way they can help: Collecting change, writing letters, organizing a fundraiser, etc. Activisim is a big theme in this book - a great opportunity to get your students involved in a cause of their own.In addition to typical reading comprehension activities, following are some additional topics and ways to extend the learning begun in this book.
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