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You can't help but sing, laugh, and dance as Jeff performs his hilarious and interactive original songs. They’re southern-like grits mixed with country boy humor and Mr. Rogers’ schooling, helped along by a visit from the fuzziest guy in show business, Mr. BB Fuzz. Younger elementary students are given multiple opportunities to reinforce beginning and ending word sounds and syllables. Older elementary students explore creative writing by crafting their own rhymes with help from various reference books. All students have a blast connecting word play and poetry with songwriting and elements of music to create fascinating songs.

Intended Outcome: Students connect word play and poetry with songwriting and elements of music.

State Standard:

ELAKR2.a - The student demonstrates the ability to identify and orally manipulate words and individual sounds within those spoken words. The student identifies and produces rhyming words in response to an oral prompt and distinguishes rhyming and non-rhyming words.

ELA2R4.q - The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student uses dictionary, thesaurus, and glossary skills to determine word meanings.

Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson is a Board Certified Teacher in early and middle childhood music who knows how to get students excited about learning. His high-energy performances offer a unique approach to teaching about creativity, self expression, and crafting fascinating musical stories. Jeff earned his bachelor of music and master of music education degrees from the University of Georgia and an education specialist degree from Piedmont College.

In 2003, he was chosen Newton County Teacher of the Year. He is the Elementary Worship Leader at First Baptist Conyers and was an invited presenter at the 2009 National "I Teach K" Conference in Las Vegas as well as the 2010 South Carolina State Kindergarten Conference. Jeff performs educational concerts for families and kids throughout the Southeast.