Intro to Justice and Moral Philosophy Quiz

Answer the questions below based on your notes from class.
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Hello Goodbye

     I really enjoy bringing music into the classroom. As I have written before, there are many great reasons to bring music into our classrooms, including that we like to have fun with our students.  If we can help students have fun with the language, then we increase the likelihood that they will come to enjoy the language and continue learning after we are no longer their teachers.

    I played The Beatles "Hello Goodbye" for my primary students one day in class, and they really seemed to enjoy it.  I played it at the end of class as my assistant teacher and I were ending class.  Students were packing their bags and coming to us to get their end-of-class stickers during this time, so I did not think much about it at the time.  I was completely surprised when several of these students started singing the song at the end of class about a week and a half later.

     Maybe I should not have been surprised, since John & Paul were masters at crafting catchy melodies.  Once I saw how much they enjoyed this, though, I decided to make this into a class activity.  I spent about 20 minutes in class one evening teaching with this song.  A couple weeks after we did this activity, several students began singing it again at the end of class, so I pulled the song up on YouTube and played it for them.  Several students sang along and even danced and jumped around with the song while it played.  They had fun while continuing their exposure to the language.

     If you read the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star post, then you are familiar with the way that I generally set up these presentation-driven lessons.  Since the lyrics are so very simple, I skipped the part in the beginning where we read through the words one time and went straight into defining the words.  Just like we did with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I encourage my students to demonstrate understanding through TPR (Total Physical Response) methods and comprehension-check questions.  After the vocabulary, we do a quick practice run through the words, and then sing.

     I have this presentation set up so that the slides will give students the lyrics as it scrolls through.  I wanted a way for the students to see the lyrics, and the official video does not have subtitles that can be turned on.  The lyrics to the song are presented in order beginning at slide 8.  Just begin the song, and the teacher can scroll through the slides so that the students can see the words as they sing.

Thank you for coming to chick this out, and I hope you have fun using this song in your classes.  Please feel free to leave comments if you use this song; I would love to hear about your experiences.

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Notes:

Slide 2:  For "Stop" and "Go", I tell the kids to "Go jump" and "Stop jumping".  (Yes, the English isn't perfect.  I do this because it allows younger children to be active while physically demonstrating that they understand the words.)

Slides 3 - 5: I include Vietnamese translations (I'm teaching in Vietnam now) to speed student's comprehension a little bit.  Also, words like "know" are very conceptual, and I am not sure if beginning primary students will understand if I just tap on the side of my head like I am thinking.

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Link:
You are more than welcome to copy and use this for your classroom.  With the link below, you will have access to an editable version of the presentation.  Once you open it, then please click "File>Make a copy" to make your own personal copy of this.  That way, you can edit slides and make them your own.

Hello Goodbye - G Slides Link

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The official video: