In this warmup activity, one student is the conductor, and the other students are the choir. The choir copies the sounds and moves the conductor makes. The conductor can control how loud or quiet the choir is and combine different sounds to create music.

Students will work in cooperative learning groups to practice reading one of two reader's theater scripts. Groups will discuss the type of hats worn by the characters and possible reasons they wore the hats. A group scribe (volunteer from the grroup) will make a vocabulary list as the scripts are read. In this list, five difficult vocabulary words are recorded for later learning. The teacher will collect word cards and make a vocabulary list for students to learn and present to the class. Finally, students will perform the reader's theater scripts for their classmates. This lesson was developed by Sarah Owen-Palethore as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.