Adirondack Curriculum
Project
NYS Content Area Standard
The Arts 1.
Create, perform, participate in the arts
MST 4. Science
See Related "Comparing the Raquette
& Hudson Rivers" Challenge
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Title: Water Music-A River Song
Grade Level: 3-4th Grade
Author: Karen Butters, Long Lake CSD
Email: kbutters@telenet.net
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Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
___ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: How can our
Adirondack rivers be celebrated in song?
Challenge:
Context for this Challenge: Students
should be given this challenge prior to beginning a study of the
Raguette and Hudson River so they can begin thinking about the
application of the knowledge they gain in the challenge. This challenge
may be given to an entire class with small groups composing their own
stanzas for the whole class song OR the challenge could be given to the
small groups such that each group creates its own unique song.
The Challenge: In
pairs formed with the help of your teacher, briefly review your
understanding of the important vocabulary you've learned about the
Raquette and Hudson rivers. Brainstorm some ideas describing what a
trip down either of these rivers might be like. Use some of your
vocabulary words correctly in this brainstorm.
Create a song that describes and celebrates the adventure of a trip
down either the Hudson or Raquette river. As you make up your song,
please keep the following in mind:
- Your song must include at least four terms from your vocabulary list.
The words must be used correctly in the song.
- Your song should include at least one 4-line rhyming stanza that is
set to a tune you select.
- Be sure to include a chorus that also fits the tune you have
selected. This chorus should be repeated between stanzas should you
create more than one stanza.
Be prepared to perform your song for your teacher and classmates.
We will discuss the time parameters for his challenge in class.
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Quality Standards:
- Students successfully complete
the
science lesson, becoming knowledgeable with the geography of the
Raquette and Hudson rivers and associated vocabulary
- Song includes at least four correctly used words from the following
vocabulary: tributary, oxbow, falls, downstream,
upstream, Blue Line, mouth, source, divide, basin, meander, floodplain,
wetland
- Song includes at least one 4-line rhyming stanza that is set to a
selected tune
- Song includes a chorus that may be repeated between stanzas.
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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