Good Bye Fun with Dr. Jean

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Here's a good-bye chant that will end your day on a positive note. Write the words on a poster and have the children chorally read before they go home.


Good-bye Friends!
See you later, alligator!
After while, crocodile!
In an hour, sunflower!
Maybe two, kangaroo!
Gotta go, buffalo!
Adios, hippos!
Chow, chow, brown cow!
See you soon, baboon!
Adieu, cockatoo!
Better swish, jellyfish.
Chop chop, lollipop.
Gotta run, skeleton!
Bye-bye, butterfly!
Better shake, rattlesnake.
Good-bye, my good friends!

Hint! Sing the song to the tune of "Down by the Bay." It's also on my Totally Reading CD.

This chant also makes a great class book that I've made many times through the years.

First, I enlarge the words and put one line on each page. I make two copies of each page since there are 15 lines and usually at least 25 children in a classroom.

After singing the song several times I let each child choose an animal and illustrate it for our book.

Sometimes we do a little research on the internet if they are not familiar with an animal.

I encourage the children to use lots of colors and to fill in the page.

I let them dedicate their book and then add the school's name as the publisher and the copyright date.

The children all sign their names as “Illustrators,” and then I punch holes and bind with book rings.

I use the extra pictures on the cover, “The End,” “Comments and Compliments,” etc.