Purpose: to make our own version of "Down by the Bay"

Material- the book and, or song by Raffi, "Down by the Bay", blue construction paper, manila tag or paper of the same weight.

Procedure: After singing/reading "Down by the Bay" by Raffi have the children brainstorm for creatures that live in the ocean. I like to have a list 3-4 animals more than the students.

-We drew names to decide who would get to what animals.

-The students had to think of a word that rhymed with their animal and what that animal could do with the rhyming word (e.g.. Did you ever see a crab riding in a cab?)

-They folded their page by a third, wrote the chorus on the front and typed their sentence in and pasted it inside the fold (see pictures)

-Using the collage method they illustrated their picture and made their animal on the manila paper (coloring their animal).

-They made their animal into a pop-up by adding a stick to the animal and a hole to the bottom of the page so that the animal can pop up as we are singing the song. 

-A songbook was compiled of all the children's verses. We also replaced 'mother' with the person's name.

The children had a great deal of fun sharing their verse with others. 

 Down by the Bay

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Haley C would say:

Did you ever see a crab, riding a cab...down by the bay?

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Daniel would say:

 Did you ever see a stingray, in San Jose ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Kirsten P. would say:

Did you ever see a seal, kissing a wheel ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Kelsey would say:

Did you ever see a clown fish, with a polka dotted dish ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Hailey P. would say:

Did you ever see a snail, kissing it's tail ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Brayden. would say:

Did you ever see a shark, playing in the park ...down by the bay?  

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Helena would say:

Did you ever see otters, reading Harry Potter ...down by the bay?  

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Eric would say:

Did you ever see a turtle, making a gurgle ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Ryan would say:

Did you ever see a jellyfish, making a smelly dish ...down by the bay?  

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Raymond would say:

Did you ever see a piranha, eating a lama ...down by the bay?  

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Nicholas would say:

Did you ever see a whale, eating a nail ...down by the bay?

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Amanda would say:

Did you ever see a fish, washing a dish ...down by the bay?  

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Trenndin would say:

Did you ever see a killer whale, reading his mail ...down by the bay?  

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Niamh would say:

Did you ever see a mermaid, drinking lemonade ...down by the bay?  

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Nicole would say:

Did you ever see a clam, eating a dam ...down by the bay?  

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Sabrina would say:

Did you ever see coral reef, wearing a leaf ...down by the bay?  

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Dane would say:

Did you ever see a dolphin, kissing a falcon ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Shanelle would say:

Did you ever see a starfish, washing a dish ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Jacob would say:

Did you ever see an electric eel, trying to steal ...down by the bay?

 Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Scarlet would say:

Did you ever see a fish, washing her dish ...down by the bay? 

Chorus

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, Philip would say:

Did you ever see a goldfish, washing a stinky dish ...down by the bay? 

Submitted by Connie Cackett