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The Drum Parade Chant

Read an original drum chant aloud three times, then practice accuracy, a steady pace, and expression with fluency questions.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.1.4.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students reread a short chant aloud to read it more accurately and smoothly.
Students use ending marks and commas to decide how their voice should sound.
Students choose an appropriate pace and expression for different parts of a text.

How to use

Have students read the chant aloud three times to a partner, with a different goal for each read. Then they answer the questions and talk about how each read improved.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.1.4.b

Read grade-level text aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

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The Drum Parade Chant

Read it again to read it better.

Read it three times

Read the chant out loud three times. Read 1: say every word right. Read 2: read smoothly at a steady pace. Read 3: use your voice to show feeling. The numbers show the verses.

The Drum Parade

1Tap, tap, tap goes the little red drum.
Who is that marching?
Here they come!

2Boom, boom, boom goes the big blue drum.
Can you hear the beat?
Clap along, everyone!

3Hooray, hooray, what a loud, loud day!
The drums are marching all the way.
Do you feel the beat in your feet?

4Tap, tap, tap, now the drums go slow.
Soft, soft, soft, and away they go.

Check your reading

Think about how you read the chant. Then answer the questions.

Why is it a good idea to read the chant more than once?

A. The words change each time you read.
B. The chant gets shorter each time.
C. You get smoother each time you read.
D. You can skip the hard words.

Leo reads the chant very fast and misses some words. What should he do on his next read?

A. Read faster to finish sooner.
B. Skip any word that looks hard.
C. Stop reading after one verse.
D. Slow down and say each word.

Read verse 1 again. Write the missing color word.

Tap, tap, tap goes the little drum.

Read verse 2 again. Write the missing color word.

Boom, boom, boom goes the big drum.

Look at the mark at the end of each sentence. Sort the sentences by how your voice should sound.

Who is that marching?Here they come!Can you hear the beat?Tap, tap, tap, now the drums go slow.Hooray, hooray, what a loud, loud day!The drums are marching all the way.

Ends with ? (voice goes up)	Ends with ! (excited voice)	Ends with . (calm, steady voice)

A comma tells you to take a tiny pause. Read the first line of verse 2. Circle each word that has a comma after it.

Boom,boom,boomgoesbigdrum.

Look at verse 4. How should you read it?

A. Quickly and loudly
B. Quickly and softly
C. Slowly and softly
D. Slowly and loudly

Sort what a reader does. Is it good reading, or does the reader need to fix it next time?

I say every word the way it is printed.I reread the chant to make it smoother.I stop and start in the middle of every line.I race to the end as fast as I can.I use my voice for the ? and ! marks.I read in a flat voice with no feeling.