Jazz Chants for Children; Teacher's Edition

by Carolyn Graham

• ISBN13: 9780195024975
• ISBN10: 0195024974
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-07-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

Jazz Chants are Carolyn Graham's snappy, upbeat chants and poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. Her first book, "Jazz Chants, was published in 1978, followed by "Jazz Chants for Children one year later. For over 25 years, classes all over the world have enjoyed jazz chanting as a unique way for students to improve their speaking and listening comprehension skills while reinforcing the language structures of everyday situations. "Jazz Chants for Children, the original edition first published over twenty-five years ago, contains the chants, songs, and poems that started it all.

Table of Contents

What is a Jazz Chant?	v
Some Preliminary Notes	vi
Structure Key	xi
Chants, Songs and Poems:
Ernie	3	(2)
Shoes and Socks	5	(2)
Who is Sylvia?	7	(2)
I Love to Say, ``I Won'T.''	9	(2)
The Hot Dog Song	11	(2)
Stop That Noise!	13	(2)
I Saw A Little Beetle in the Kitchen Sink	15	(2)
Gus Always Takes The Bus	17	(2)
The Sun is Shining	19	(2)
Scaredy Cat	21	(2)
Where's Jack?	23	(2)
You Did it Again!	25	(2)
When I was A Baby	27	(2)
Listen to Me	29	(2)
I Asked my Father	31	(2)
I've Got a Secret	33	(2)
I'm Mad at You	35	(2)
Four Short Poems	37	(2)
Where's Mine? Is this Mine?	39	(2)
What Color is the Sun?	41	(2)
The Elbows Song	43	(2)
I Found a Cow	45	(2)
Downtown	47	(2)
When I was One	49	(2)
Mama! Mama! My Socks Don't Match!	51	(2)
Who's Knocking at the Door?	53	(2)
I've Got a Friend Named Fia	55	(2)
I Like my Friends	57	(2)
It's Time to go to Bed	59	(2)
What are you Going to do When You're Twenty-Two?	61	(2)
I'm Thinking About Tomorrow	63	(2)
I'm Always Right	65	(2)
Grandma's Going to the Grocery Store	67	(2)
Polka Dot Pajamas	69	(2)
I Feel Terrible	71	(2)
I Bought A Dog For My Cat	73	(2)
Go Away!	75	(2)
If You Go, I'll Go	77	(2)
Snow Is Hot	79	(2)
Give Me A C	81	(2)
The Horse March	83	(1)
About the Author	84