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The Drum Parade Chant

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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.

1.
Why is it a good idea to read the chant more than once?
Question 1 options
2.
Leo reads the chant very fast and misses some words. What should he do on his next read?
Question 2 options
3.
Read verse 1 again. Write the missing color word.

Tap, tap, tap goes the little drum.

4.
Read verse 2 again. Write the missing color word.

Boom, boom, boom goes the big drum.

5.
Look at the mark at the end of each sentence. Sort the sentences by how your voice should sound.
6.
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.

7.
Look at verse 4. How should you read it?
Question 7 options
8.
Sort what a reader does. Is it good reading, or does the reader need to fix it next time?
9.
Read the chant aloud one more time to a partner. Write one thing you did better on your last read.