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By Kim Hunt and Alli Rainwater
~Reading Discussion~
How to Do It
Sing the following to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" while lining up at the door:
Stand up and move with the beat, with the beat, with the beat.
**If singing isn't your thing, you can rhythmically chant your instructions while tapping a steady beat or clapping your hands.
Students tend to naturally respond to tempo changes in both singing and tapping, so you can regulate the pace of the activity and
student response.
Soundtrack for Favorite Book
Lessons about feelings in younger grades or connection to students love of music in the older grades
Compose your own simple soundtrack to reinforce pre-literacy skills such as parts of a story, sequencing, and
phonemic awareness. Students begin to connect events in the story and understand that musical elements can also
tell a story.
Select a favorite classroom book. Read a page or two and then ask students to make sounds that go along with the
narrative.
Mini Activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-YASEXP4ds
The Classic Parachute
Great addition to any class activity. If you don't have one, a large bedsheet or colored scarves work too
In addition to being a favorite for many students, it can help develop self-regulation, coordination, and teamwork
when applied to a rhythmic pattern.
Something special for just your class can build community as well as singing to each other
Sing happy birthday in more than one language and bring in other cultures!
Songs to Reinforce Content
English: Alphabet song (classic)
Folk songs for ESL students to help learn English, storytelling and
pronunciation
Brainstorming activity or calm down sessions: Close your eyes and count down from 50. When
you open your eyes and write down everything you remember.
Make music a station for cool down
Station for individuals or for
whole class
GoNoodle.com for brain breaks
(can bring in growth mindset
and perseverance) in music
Play soothing music while kids
work-- clear expectations of the
noise level and behavior
Reading in the
Music Classroom
Bringing Reading
Into a Music Environment
Reading with Instruments
Within a story like The Little Old Lady Who Wasnt Afraid of Anything, different characters can
be given different instrument voices. For example, in this story:
Shoes (CLOMP)...woodblock
Pants (WIGGLE)...guiro
Shirt (SHAKE).....tambourine
Hat (NOD)...triangle
Oops! - David Shannon Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - Sophie Fatus and Fred Penner
Rap a Tap Tap - Leo and Diane Dillon How to Speak Moo - Deborah Fajerman
Max Found Two Sticks - Brian Pinkney Hush (A Thai Lullaby) - Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
Grand Old Duke of York - Maureen Roffey My Aunt Came Back - John Feierabend
Charlie Parker Played BeBop - Chris Raschka Roll Over - Merle Peek
Mysterious Thelonious - Chris Raschka (CD Included) Wheels on the Bus - Sylvie Kantorovitz Wickstrom
The First Strawberries - retold by Joseph Bruchac Over in the Meadow - John Feierabend
All The Pretty Little Horses Linda Saport Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Nadine Bernard Wescott
Derby Ram John Feierabend Mary Wore Her Red Dress Merle Peek
The Dream Keepers Langston Hughes Mommy Buy Me a China Doll John Feierabend; Harve/Margot
Zemach
Duke Ellington Brian/Andrea Davis Pinkney
Native American Stories told by Joseph Bruchac
The Erie Canal Peter Spier
Oh, A Hunting We Will Go John Langstaff/Nancy Winslow Parker
The Farmer in the Dell Mary Maki Rae
On the Day You Were Born Debra Fasier
The Farmer in the Dell Diane Stanley Zuromskis
Over in the Meadow David Carter
Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night Peter Spier
Over in the Meadow Mary Maki Rae
Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder
Over in the Meadow John Langstaff/Feodor Rojankovsky
Georgie Robert Bright
Seals on the Bus Lenny Hort
Hush Little Baby - Aliki
Summertime - Wimmer