CUXX-18

CU PKK K-1:19 Purim – Making music Goal: Students will make noisemakers and review the legend of Haman. Materials – mailing tube, hammers, a pound of nails for each child, rice, beans, duct tape, and tube stoppers 1. ** Gain attention of the learner ** How many different instruments can the students name? Ask them to demonstrate the different sounds the instruments make. How are the sounds from instruments different from the sound farm animals make? 2. ** Review relevant past learning ** The hero from the story of Purim is the beautiful Queen Esther. Since she was so brave, the Jews were spared obliteration. 3. ** Present new material ** The villain of the story is a man named Haman. He is the one that plotted the Jews demise. Tradition has it that when his name is mentioned, that the audience makes a great noise. 4. ** Provide guided practice ** Making noise is a dated practice of Jews. We sing, we dance, we read and we play instruments. Sometimes when we make noise we are celebrating feeling happy; sometimes we are letting off our anger; sometimes making noise is just a way of being silly. It is a tradition during the reading of the Purim story that people make noise. How many different ways can your students think to make noise? 5. ** Provide independent practice ** Students can also make a rain stick to make noise. Give each child a mailing tube, a supply of nails and a hammer. Instruct them all to drive the nails into the tube wherever they like. Advise them to drive the nails straight through if they are driven in at an angle. (If this happens, you can simply push the nails back out and adjust their angle by hand. Put tape over the hole.) Seal up one end of each tube, either with a stopper that comes with the tube or with wide plastic tape. Use a funnel to pour a test amount of rice or beans into the tube and stop the other end securely.
 * Close the lesson ** Test out the rain sticks. Can they make enough noise to drown out their talking? Have them draw pictures of this holiday to add to their “Me” books.