This song is available on Hap Palmer's One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers.
Subject:
'OP' word family o
Initial consonants: B, H, P, M, O o
Blends: CH, FL.
Vocabulary:
hop, mop, chop, bop (dancing to jazz music), pop (to move suddenly, quickly; to explode or burst), flop, (to fall or drop limply, heavily) short 'O' sound
Activity:
(Teacher places the letters 'OP' on the board.) Who can think of a word that ends with the sound /op/? (Teacher lists words then circles any words that will be used in this song.) Let's try a fun way to play "freeze dance." When the music plays, do the motion that ends with OP. Stop moving when the music stops and listen for the next motion.
Well let's bop, bop, 'til we drop
Dance 'til we hear the music stop
Bop, bop, 'til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Let's hop, hop, 'til we drop
Hop 'til we hear the music stop
Hop, hop, 'til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
With the short O sound and the letter P
We can do so much it's plain to see
Let's pop, pop 'til we drop
Like kernels of corn on a hot stove top
Pop, pop 'til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Let's mop, mop 'til we drop
The floor's all sticky with slop and glop
Mop, mop til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
With the short O sound and the letter P
We can do so much it's plain to see
Let's chop, chop til we drop
Pile logs in the shed right up to the top
Chop, chop til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Let's flop, flop til we drop
Like Raggedy Ann dolls in a toy shop
Flop, flop til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Let's /h/ op 'H' 'O' 'P', /p/ op 'P' 'O' 'P', /m/ op 'M' 'O' 'P',
/ch/ op 'C' 'H' 'O' 'P', /fl/ op 'F' 'L' 'O' 'P', /b/ op 'B' 'O' 'P',
Well let's bop, bop, 'til we drop
Dance 'til we hear the music stop
Bop, bop, 'til we drop
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Everything we do ends 'O' 'P' op
Follow Up:
What other words can you think of that end with the letters 'op'? (Examples: crop, shop, top, stop,
drop, plop, stop, top)
I'm going to place six movement words on the board. Examples: JUMP, SLIDE, SKIP, RUN, SWING,
STAMP, SHAKE, FALL
Let's move with the instrumental version (#14). During each pause, I will call out a word ending. Look
at the board and find the word on the board which uses this ending and show in movement the word
that fits.
Use other word families and find ways to move Examples:
'UMP' jump, bump, pump
'IDE' slide, ride, hide
'INK' blink, sink, wink
'OCK' rock, knock, block, walk, talk
'UG tug, shrug, hug
'AW' draw, saw, paw
'ASH' dash, mash, bash
'IP' skip, dip, sip, tip, flip
'ING' swing, sing, cling, fling
'AMP' stamp, clamp, tamp
As you listen to the instrumental version (#14), create your own ways to
move. After each pause, find a different way to move.
This song is available on Hap Palmer's One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers.
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