This song is available on The Learning Station's "Literacy in Motion."
This song can be used as an extension activity for Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Before starting the song, make up movements for the refrain and act out the verses. Discuss ways we can make ourselves feel better on "sad, bad, terrible days."
Chorus:
It's sad, bad, terrible day.
Things just aren't going my way.
It's a sad, bad, terrible day.
Will it end or will it stay?
I fell down and scraped my knee.
I made a hole in my new blue jeans.
I got a patch and glue and covered it up
Uh, oh, I got my fingers stuck.
Refrain:
I'll brush it off from my head to my toes,
Brush, brush and wiggle my nose.
I'll laugh it off ha, ha, and ho, ho, ho,
I'm feeling better now don't you know
Chorus
I sat down on my favorite chair.
I didn't see what was sleeping there.
I heard a snarl, a scream and felt a scratch,
Uh, oh. I sat on my cat.
Chorus
Suppertime, I cant wait to eat.
I saw the liver and a plate of beets.
"No thanks", I said, " I don't like this food."
I got grounded for being so rude.
Chorus
This song is available on The Learning Station's "Literacy in Motion."
