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BLAST Elementary Thematic Program
Poetry & Music
(March and April 2005)
Some Days I Feel...Yellow
In this program we will look into the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss and explore his book of colored emotions, titled: My Many Colored Days. Every time you turn a page in this book you are presented with a new color and a relative emotion. Students will observe rhyming and rhythmic poetry about colors as well as participate in a craft related to the story. Recommended for grades K-1.
Fiction Books:
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Black All Around by Patricia Hubbell
Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar
Sometimes by Keith Baker
My World of Color by Margaret Wise Brown
Informational Text:
The Crayon Counting Book by Pam Munoz Ryan
Poetry Time with Dr. Seuss Rhyme by Cherly Potts (Teacher Resource)
Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan
Return to the topWe Got the blues
In this program we will be exploring the art of blues music. The main focus of this program will be to identify the rhythm and rhyme used in some blues songs. Students will also see how feelings play a BIG role in blues music. Students will have the opportunity to express their emotions through bluesy poems and a craft. Recommended for grades 2-3.
Fiction Books:
Yesterday I Had the Blues by Jeron Ashford Frame
The Sunday Blues by Neal Layton
Arthur Plays the Blues by Marc Brown
Out of the Blue: Poems About Color by Hiawyn Oram
Informational Text:
The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth: Celebration of Music by Jaime Adoff
Hey You! C'mere: A Poetry Slam by Elizabeth Swados
Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers
Love to Langston by Tony Medina
Blues: Its birth and growth by Elmer Howard
Poetry in Music...Over the Years
In this program we will be traveling through music over the years, and investigating how music and poetry are related to one another. From blues to swing, rock n' roll to hip hop, the students will travel down the musical timeline feeling, seeing and hearing the rythm of music that makes up American history. Recommended for grades 4-5.
Informational Text:
I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus
The Sound that Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford
Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren
Deshawn Days by Tony Medina
The History of the Blues by Sandy Asirvatham
One Nation Under a Groove: Rap Music and its Roots by James Haskins
The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth: Celebration of Music by Jaime Adoff
Perfect Harmony by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Song and Dance: Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins
The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World by Julius Lester
The History of the Blues by Sandy Asirvatham
