by Kalynn L. Andrieu

Make Your Own Music!

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HarcOUrT

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HougHton Mifflin

Online Leveled Books

Level: J

DRA: 18

Genre:Informational Text

Strategy:Question

Skill:Text and Graphic Features

Word Count: 192

by Kalynn L. Andrieu

Make Your Own Music!

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These children love to sing! Music is an expression of how they feel.

Do you like music?

Music can make you tap your feet.

A good tune makes you want to sing.

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Everyone can learn how to

make music.

You can be creative and

make your own music.

Here is how to do it.

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Make a Drum!You will need these things.

box

paintspoon

yarn

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How To Do It

1. Paint the box.

2. Make a hole in the top

and the bottom.

3. Pull the yarn through the holes.

4. Put the string over your head.

5. Play your drum with a spoon.

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Make a Horn!You will need these things.

paper tube

wax paper

rubber bands

pen

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How To Do It

1. Punch a row of holes in the tube

with a pen.

2. Cover one end with paper.

3. Put a rubber band

around the paper.

4. Hum a tune into the open end

of the tube.

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Make a Maraca!You will need these things.

bottle beans

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How To Do It

1. Put some beans in your bottle.

2. Put the top on the bottle.

3. You can shake the bottle

to make music.

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You can sing your own song!

You can start your own band!

You can make your own music!

The girls play music for a performance.

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4 box, paint, spoon, yarn

what you need to make a drum

PagePictures and Labels

What it Shows

Responding TARGET SKILL Text and Graphic

Features What do the pictures and labels in this book help you understand about

making instruments? Copy and complete

the chart below.

Text to Self What is something you and

your friends could make? Write a few

sentences about what you would like to

make. Be sure to tell why you want to

make it.

Write About It

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concentratecreativeexpressionperformance

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TARGET VOCABULARY

TARGET SKILL Text and Graphic Features Tell how pictures and labels make the text easier to understand.

TARGET STRATEGY Question Ask questions about what you are reading.

GENRE Informational text gives facts about a topic.

by Kalynn L. Andrieu

Make Your Own Music!

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HarcOUrT

1507957

9 7 8 0 5 4 7 8 8 9 7 4 0

9 0 0 0 0

2.3.12

HougHton Mifflin

Online Leveled Books

Level: J

DRA: 18

Genre:Informational Text

Strategy:Question

Skill:Text and Graphic Features

Word Count: 192