Title: Juanito
Grade Level: Kindergarten to 2nd
James Macklin, APS Elementary Music Teacher
Lesson Objectives for music:
Students will listen to a song in Spanish
Students will learn Spanish words for body parts
Students will create ways to move different parts of their body
APS Elementary Music Standards:
Standard 3: Creating melodies, ostinatos or movement variations.
Grade K-1, C: Improvise movements through dance and game activities
Grade 2-3, A: Create patterns of movement within a specific framework
Standard 4: Moving to a variety of music
Grade K-1, A: Move using locomotor and non-locomotor movement
Related Content Standards:
CCSS English Language Arts. Speaking/Listening, Comprehension and Collaboration
2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively,
and orally.
CCSS English Language Arts. Language, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use,
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context
clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as
appropriate.
Materials:
Recording of Juanito
Visuals of the following words:
el dedito—pinky
el pie--foot
la rodilla--knee
la cadera—hip
la mano--hands
el codo--elbow
el hombro--shoulders
la cabeza--head
Teaching Process:
Show the students the visuals of each word. With each one, have students echo the word back and point to each
body part. After reviewing them, tell the students that you have a friend Juanito who loves to dance. He wants to
dance using each of those body parts. Ask them, “How should he dance using his pinkie?” and let the students come
up with a way. Do this with the rest of the words.
Play the Juanito recording and perform movements with the music.
Assessment and Rubrics:
Are the students able to move to the steady beat?
3—the students stay with the beat for the entire song
2—the students stay with the beat for most of the song
1---no beat shown. No effort.
Modifications: 2nd grade--The dance can also be done with partners. Have the partners come up with ways to move
together. ESL-- Place fluent Spanish speakers with fluent English speakers.
Visuals or Illustrations: See below.