Submitted by Dianne Park, San Diego, California
Idea posted October 28, 2009
My fifth graders are loving "Agents Of Change" (from Music K-8, Vol. 18, No. 3) as a graduation song. We have fun choreography I got from the MusicK8.com Mailing List, and I wrote something for them to introduce it. VERY upbeat and fun! I can recommend this one.
Intro. for "Agents Of Change": Make cards with individual letters on them spelling out the word, "CHANGE." Students speak as letters are shown. Speaker 7 says lines after the word is revealed.
Speaker 1: "C" is for Care and Community. We can change our community by taking care of our school and parks.
Speaker 2: "H" is for Health and Home. We can live a healthy lifestyle and help out at home.
Speaker 3: "A" is for Attitude and Agent. We own our attitude. We can change from negative to positive if we want. We are the "Agents Of Change!"
Speaker 4: "N" is for Now! Now is the time for change - to help our world to be a better place. We know the problems; we've got solutions!
Speaker 5: "G" is for Growing and Giving. We are growing up and we want to give back to our parents and our society.
Speaker 6: "E" is for Education, Ecology and the Environment. We can help to make changes to keep our planet clean. We pledge to further our education. We have college in our future!
Speaker 7: Yes, we are the future; we have the power; we are the "Agents Of Change!"