Activity: Students listen, then practice and memorize the chorus to this song, and more lines if they can. Teachers can guide students to create actions to go with the song. Materials needed: the video of the song; the lyrics to the chorus on a story boardFrom “The Honesty Song”Tell the truth, it’s right to doTell the truth, always be trueTell the truth, you always shouldTell the truth, you’ll feel good. Directions: Explain: “Today I’d like to teach you a song about telling the truth. But first, can you tell me what it means to tell the truth? [pause for responses] Is it easy or hard to always tell the truth? Can you remember a time when you didn’t want to be honest? [pause for responses] I’ve written out the words of the chorus of this song. I’ll say one line and you’ll repeat it with me. We’ll go through the whole chorus one line at a time. Then we’ll listen to the song on the video and you can try to sing along with the chorus.” Go through the lyrics to the chorus, one line at a time, using the story board. Show the video and guide students to sing along. Make up some movements to go with the words. Wrap it up: Conclude by thanking students for doing their best to memorize and sing the song with you. Ask them to say the chorus one more time with you. Remind them that they will feel good when they tell the truth, even though it’s hard sometimes.
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Activity: Students listen, then practice and memorize the chorus to this song, and more lines if they can. Teachers can guide students to create actions to go with the song. Materials needed: the video of the song; the lyrics to the chorus on a story boardFrom “The Honesty Song”Tell the truth, it’s right to doTell the truth, always be trueTell the truth, you always shouldTell the truth, you’ll feel good. Directions: Explain: “Today I’d like to teach you a song about telling the truth. But first, can you tell me what it means to tell the truth? [pause for responses] Is it easy or hard to always tell the truth? Can you remember a time when you didn’t want to be honest? [pause for responses] I’ve written out the words of the chorus of this song. I’ll say one line and you’ll repeat it with me. We’ll go through the whole chorus one line at a time. Then we’ll listen to the song on the video and you can try to sing along with the chorus.” Go through the lyrics to the chorus, one line at a time, using the story board. Show the video and guide students to sing along. Make up some movements to go with the words. Wrap it up: Conclude by thanking students for doing their best to memorize and sing the song with you. Ask them to say the chorus one more time with you. Remind them that they will feel good when they tell the truth, even though it’s hard sometimes.
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