GOLDILOCKS RAP

WITCHES' BREW OVERHEAD ACTIVITY

                                                                                                                                                                     Exciting Halloween Project.  Listen to the song  until the students are singing along.  Get out the overhead machine and do the activity.  Brainstorm some items that can go into a brew.  Discuss ways to mix a brew.   Write and Proof.  Hand out paper for students to make a neat 'final copy'.  Color.  Find a witch to post in the hallway with the caldron.  Place student writing all around. Listen to your students hum and sing the song everytime they pass the display.  Put the student writing in Journal/Memory book when you take down.

  

GO TO THIS SITE TO LISTEN TO SONG:

http://www.imeem.com/alec7/music/3PxmjXGV/hap-palmer-witches-brew/  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foTIHscfzs

Action:
"Dead leaves, seaweed..."
Children pretend to throw ingredients in a cauldron.
"Stir them in my witches' brew." Children do stirring motion.
"I got magic, Alakazamakazoo." Children pretend to cast spell using any hand movements they feel are appropriate.
"Boo!" Make a sudden scary movement.

ALTERNATIVE BREW

PAPER PLATE SKELETON ART/SCIENCE PROJECT

LARGE SKELETON THAT CAN BE EASILY LABELED WITH BODY PARTS. Place pieces on (cheap, thin) paper plates, trace, and cut.  Make sure you cut 8 arms/legs.  Punch holes and use string to put together.  Label as appropriate to grade level.  Hang in hallway or from ceiling.  Listen to Dem Bones song as doing project as a class or can be a CENTER PROJECT.