Rocky Mountain

Rote Teaching Sequence (Whole-Song Approach)

Targeted Age Level: Grade Three
Starting Pitch: Middle C
MIND CAPTURE: Favorite vacations; picture of mountains.
TEACHING SEQUENCE:
1x Teacher sings whole song and asks children to figure out what state I visited in the picture and
snap once at the end of each phrase.
2x Teacher sings whole song and kids walk to the beat in a circle, turning the phrases on the snaps.
3x Teacher sings the whole song and kids step in-out on the doo-doo section.
4x Teacher sings whole song and asks children to sing along with the section of doo-doo-moves.
5x -- Teacher sings whole song and children count the Rocky Mountains (four three in a row, and
one extra).
6x Teacher sings the whole song and kids add singing the Rocky Mountain phrase (first 3 RMs in a
row), also do a motion for Hang your head and cry line.
7x Teacher sings whole song and kids add singing Hang your head and cry line.
8x Teacher sings the whole song and children sing along, adding in the only line they hadnt learned
yet (How, I love that Rocky Mountain).
CHILDREN SING SONG ALONE
Words:
Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain high
How I love that Rocky Mountain,
Hang your head and cry.
Do, do, do, do, Do remember me
Do, do, do, do, Do remember me.
Teachable Segments (should add up to the entire song, or very close to the entire song):
(1) Do, do, do, do, do remember me.
(2) Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain high
(3) Hang your head and cry.

Ha, Ha This-A-Way
Whole-Song Rote Teaching Sequence
Targeted Age Level: Grade K-1
Starting Pitch: E

MIND CAPTURE: Teacher sits in circle and does silent laughter. Lead to learning the American Sign
Language sign for happy.
TEACHING SEQUENCE:
1x Teacher sings whole song and asks children to perform ta-ta-ta-rest throughout.
2x Teacher sings whole song and kids count how many times five years old is heard.
3x Teacher sings whole song and kids put high-five motion on each five years old.
4x Teacher asks for a little girl motion we could do each time those words are sung. Teacher sings
whole song and kids add that motion as well as sing along with the two high-five motions.
5x Teacher sings whole song and asks them to sing along on the first line with their new motion (as well
as the five years old section they sang last time).
6x Teacher introduces happy sign and motion for ha-ha this away sections. Teacher sings and kids
do new motions and sing old sections.
7x Teacher sings the whole song and children sing the whole song along.
CHILDREN SING SONG ALONE

Song Lyrics:
When I was a little girl, little girl, little girl,
When I was a little girl, five years old.
Ha, ha, this a-way,
Ha, ha, that a-way,
Ha, ha, this a-way,
Five years old!

Teachable Segments (should add up to the entire song, or very close to the entire song):
(1) Five years old
(2) When I was a little girl, little girl, little girl
(3) Ha, ha, this-a-way/that a-way