In the name of being a cultural ambassador (and getting out of dealing with the increasingly thin lesson material provided for the end of the year), I taught my 3rd grade students to sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas". It's a classic (at least from my childhood), and it can't be found on the Korean Top 40 holiday songs that seem to play all year round, including "Last Christmas" by Wham, and "Santa Baby", which routinely blast out of speakers in cell phone stores and coffee shops.
To keep the kids engaged all the way through 12 days - a daunting feat for this iPhone4/angry birds generation - I made a little dance to go with the song, and taught it in 3 installments.
It's pretty hilarious.
It's hard to keep myself from laughing when the kids say "golden lings", "tuttle dobs" and garble the word "partridge" out of the side of their mouths, but add in the fact that they're only 3rd graders, and tend towards all around silliness in general, and I decided it would downright grinchy not to film it and share the Christmas cheer.
I have LOTS to be cheerful about this season, because I am coming home! I will touch down in Detroit, Michigan for the first time in over a year, this Friday.
So here it is. From my classroom, from my students, to you.
Merry Christmas everyone!
To keep the kids engaged all the way through 12 days - a daunting feat for this iPhone4/angry birds generation - I made a little dance to go with the song, and taught it in 3 installments.
It's pretty hilarious.
It's hard to keep myself from laughing when the kids say "golden lings", "tuttle dobs" and garble the word "partridge" out of the side of their mouths, but add in the fact that they're only 3rd graders, and tend towards all around silliness in general, and I decided it would downright grinchy not to film it and share the Christmas cheer.
I have LOTS to be cheerful about this season, because I am coming home! I will touch down in Detroit, Michigan for the first time in over a year, this Friday.
So here it is. From my classroom, from my students, to you.
Merry Christmas everyone!
4 comments:
this is soooooo cute :-)
have a great time home!
thanks!:)
Oh gosh, I totally dropped the ball with setting up our skype date. How long are you in the states?? Maybe we can try again?
<3 Lissa
No worries! I'm at home until the 7th. :)
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