The schools here call their end of the year programs “sharing programs” because they always relate directly back to what the kids are doing currently in the curriculum. The first and second graders received a grant this year to work with a local theater company to write a play related to what they were learning in science. Second grade created a play all about simple machines, and first grade created a play all about the states of matter.
Here is the entire intro of the program and all of first grade’s play, broken into segments. The first and last songs were not original, but the middle song (chant? rap?) – “Matter Matters” – was written entirely by the kids, with the help of the Theater Guy.
Principal Introduction: http://youtu.be/1KHpf1_bgQ0
Second Grade Teacher Introduction: http://youtu.be/Tu55Ikyjcnw
Theater Guy Intro: http://youtu.be/L572EStLFYY
Song 1 “Matter is Everywhere”: http://youtu.be/jR4YnONhnIA
Song 2 “Matter Matters”, with the Solids: http://youtu.be/1TCx9YEJ6vQ (look for Claire in the front – she’s the smart phone!)
Song 3 Liquids: http://youtu.be/prBNlIPynF8
Song 4 Gasses: http://youtu.be/exPXy8U4iuM
End of “Matter Matters”: http://youtu.be/wD7ShuoQdiw
Song 5: “States of Matter”: http://youtu.be/wD7ShuoQdiw
It was soooo cute! And what a fabulous way to teach such a boring topic!
...may you stay 