MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1 Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “I’ve Been Working on My Straw House” #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme, Repetition), Vocabulary
Invite children to sing a song about what they learned about the three little pigs and their houses. After singing, ask, How would you feel if the big bad wolf came and blew your <house, bridge, etc.> down? Why?
- Sing the first verse and the chorus to remind children of the lyrics.
- Have children sing the song with you.
- Encourage them to act out building and huffing and puffing as they sing.
I’ve Been Working on My Straw House
(sung to the tune of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”)
I’ve been working on my straw house (pantomime building)
All the live-long day.
I’ve been working on my straw house
Just to keep the wolf away.
Can’t you hear the bad wolf coming,
Huffing and puffing up the hill?
Can’t you hear the bad wolf coming? (cup ear as if listening)
Just wait . . . soon you will!
Chorus
Wolf is gonna huff. (huff like wolf)
Wolf is gonna huff.
Wolf is gonna huff and puff. (blow like wolf)
Wolf is gonna huff. (huff like wolf)
Wolf is gonna huff.
Wolf is gonna huff and puff. (blow like wolf)
Verse 2: I’ve been working on my stick house
Verse 3: I’ve been working on my brick house