October 2024 Sub Plans

General Information

Emergency Binder is in the top left desk drawer
Seating charts are in white binder in brown cubby next to SmartBoard but students should know their spots.
Students should not touch any instruments in the room unless it is indicated in the sub plans.
Emergency "everything has gone wrong and I don't know what to do:" Google Chrome Music Lab or Incredibox.com and let kids play around as a class. Please only do this as a last resort!

Second Grade

Bernarducci 9:30-10:10

Play, "Pass the Pumpkin"

Students sit in a circle
While singing, they pass the blue/purple pumpkin around to the beat.
Once they get out they can sit on the small carpet and when enough students make a second circle they can play for fun or watch the original circle.

Halloween Rhythms

**Need at least 15 minutes to do this activity.

Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.

They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.

Materials:

2nd Grade Rhythm Bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled
Halloween erasers bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.

**STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. They should be able to self manage so long as you facilitate them getting organized and pausing every few minutes to share out via turns or with a neighbor.

They should clean up the same way they collected.

Play, Pass the Witch's Broomstick

Students STAND in a circle
Any student who breaks the rules is out. Non-negotiable (aide or sub makes this call, NOT the students)
Rules:
1. Students must pass to the beat. They cannot hold on to a broom longer or shorter than the beat on purpose.
2. Students who get "out" fly around the circle holding the broomstick. NO RUNNING
3. All other students must stay standing inside the carpet so they don't accidentally trip someone
Don't forget: the last verse (4 broomsticks) lasts a bit longer!
They can use colorful boomwhackers as broomsticks (in orange buckets by first entry door)
Play as many rounds as you have time for!

4th Grade

Aberman 11:00-11:40

Halloween Rhythms

Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.

They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.

Materials:

3rd Grade Rhythm Boxes - *located on brown cubicle in plastic rainbow bins bottom left corner. (YES, 3rd grade rhythm box even though they're 4th!)
Halloween erasers bag - *located on gray cubicle & labled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in top red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.

2. Watch, Skeleton Dance

Watch this old Disney classic of skeletons dancing. Notice how there are no words, only music, to tell the story.

3. El Reloj de la Calavera

Perform your, "El Reloj de la Calavera" chant.

STUDENTS: YOU need to help lead ALL of the Spanish! Can you be leaders and slowly try to speak the entire chant while performing?

4. Read a DIFFERENT version of Bone Soup

While reading, students can compare and contrast the books.

At the end, students can sing our old song while returning to carpet spots.

First Grade

1-Fajardo (12:50-1:30)

1-Mangiamele (1:35-2:15)

1-Bell (2:15-2:55)

Watch Pumpkin Bones Video

Students can watch this fun sing along video twice!

Dance to, "Dem Bones" Video!

Students can watch this fun sing along video twice!

Halloween Rhythms

**Need at least 15 minutes to do this activity.

Students can collect the following materials to use manipulatives to compose their own halloween stories.

They should practice saying the pictures & rhythms by themself and then share with a neighbor. You can have volunteers share their stories with the class and the class can sing the "Halloween is scary, halloween is neat, play the spooky rhythm on the creepy crawly beat" in between volunteers.

Materials:

1st Grade Rhythm Bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled
Halloween erasers bag - *located on brown cubicle & labeled. ***PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT ALL OF THE SAME ERASERS BACK IN THEIR BAG
"Placemat" to organize station (located under gray cubicle)
Heart/Beat Paper - located in red drawer of rainbow tower next to gray cubicle.

**STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. They should be able to self manage so long as you facilitate them getting organized and pausing every few minutes to share out via turns or with a neighbor.

They should clean up the same way they collected.

Play, "Pass the Pumpkin"

Students sit in a circle
While singing, they pass the blue/purple pumpkin around to the beat.
Once they get out they can sit on the small carpet and when enough students make a second circle they can play for fun or watch the original circle.

If time allows....

Read:

1. "Bear Feels Scared"

2. Click Clack Boo

or

3. Bone Soup