Sushi Roll Lesson Excerpt

Teach
Sushi Roll
Chant

1. Have the class get into a semi-circle formation

(concert arch).

9 min

favorite sushi is - Anyone here like sushi? Raise

your hand and tell me what your favorite sushi is.

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2. Begin the lesson by asking 4 students what their t

3. Based on the type of sushi, teacher will

demonstrate the pattern for the students, and
students will echo. For example: California roll has
5 syllables, so it would be *pat pat pat pat clap*
(ca *pat* -li *pat*-for *pat*-nia *pat* roll *clap*).
4. Next, have the students come up with a motion
for sushi and roll.
5. Proceed by going through the chant with the
motions. Go through the chant three times, having
the students follow the motions, while the teacher
chants (students dont chant yet).
6. Next, model the chant phrase by phrase, having
the students echo back the words and motions.

Phrase 1. Yum yum sushi roll..

Phrase 2. I just love that sushi roll..
Phrase 3. _ it, _ it, _it, _it..
Phrase 4. I just love that roll.

7. Turn the students attention to the SMARTboard

file. There will be an icon for spread, fill, roll, and
cut.
8. Fill in the blanks to phrase 3 by asking the
students what the order of making sushi is. The
result should be..

Phrase 3. Spread it, fill it, roll it, cut it.

9. Have the students create motions for spread,

fill, roll and cut.
10. Go through the entire chant by yourself, then
have the students echo with motions.
11. Next, add body percussion (patting lap,
clapping). Demonstrate first using phrase three.
Clap on it and pat lap on spread, fill, roll, and
cut. The result will be..

Spread(pat) it(clap) Roll(pat) it(clap).. etc

12. Go on to phrase 4. I just love that roll will

be..

I(pat) just(clap) love(clap) that(clap) roll(pat)

13. Next, have the students do the last two

phrases while you do the first two. Do this twice.
14. Teach the body percussion of the first two
phrases by having the students echo.

Phrase 1. Yum(pat), yum(clap), su(pat) - shi(clap)

roll(clap)

Phrase 2. I(pat) just(clap) love(pat) that(clap)

su(pat) - shi(clap) roll(clap)

15. Have the students go through the first two

phrases with the body percussion. Do this twice.

16. Finally, have the students go through the

entire chant using body percussion.
Teach Drum
Technique

Drums

4 min

1. Have the students hold out one of

their hands so that its flat and
perpendicular to the ground. (Demonstrate)
2. Tell the students to use their other
thumb and tap in a downwards motion
3. Tap across their open palm 4 times.
(Demonstrate).
4. Now you are going to use your fingers
to tap upwards on your hand. 4 times
(Demonstrate).
5. Have the students copy the motions
and say down and up
-Down 4 times.

-Up 4 times.

-Down, up, down, up.

-Down, up, up. Down, up, up.

-Up, up, down. Up, up, down.

6. Change to tapping on thighs and clapping.

Model for the students first, they copy after
each phrase.
Still saying down (pat) and up (claps).
7. Chunk it to be first line, repeat, second line,
repeat. Two lines, repeat. Third line, repeat,
fourth line, repeat. Two lines, repeat. Then from
the top.

-Down, up, down, up, up.

---Yum, yum, sushi roll.

-Down, up, down, up, down, up, up

---I just love that sushi roll.

-Down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up

---Spread it, fill it, roll it, cut it.

-Down, up, up, up, down *tss*

---I just love that roll. *tss*

Try it from the beginning to the end.

Combine 1. Introduce the instruments. Demonstrate how to

Chant and use them and explain they must be respectful to
Drums
each other when sharing. explain that if students
misbehave with the instruments, they will not be
5 min
allowed to participate.
2. Distribute drums, bells, and castanets to students.
Make sure they are in pairs, because we dont
have enough instruments.
3. Teacher asks students to echo on the drums. For
students that dont have drums, have them pat
and clap the pattern they learned in the previous
section.
4. After the class has gone through the pattern, ask
those with drums to switch with their partners, and
repeat the echo.
5. Have the class do the whole pattern with the
teacher modeling in the front.
6. Teach students with bells and castanets their part.
a. students with bells tap the the handle
on spread it
b. students with castanets tap on fill it
c. students with bells tap on roll it
d. students with castanets tap on cut it
7. Have students with bells and castanets go through
their part two times with models in front.
8. Tell students that we are going to do the whole
pattern again, except on the spread it, fill it, roll
it, and cut it line will be played by those with the
bells and castanets.
a. As students play through the pattern
the teacher will guide using the smartboard, and

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saying the pattern.

9. Remind them that on the last beat of the chant
they all do the tss
10.
Go through the pattern again, this time have
students with body percussion say the chant as
well.
11.
Have students trade with their partners
again.
12.
Have the drummers practice their part, and
then the bell and castanet players, while saying
the chant.
13.
Run through a final performance of the chant
and pattern.