Literacy+and+Music

__**Discussion 7 - More Literacy**__

//**1) Standard - CSO's for reading and english language Arts that relate to elements of music**// RLA.O.1.1.1 develop a rhythm and rhyme of words (nursery rhymes, songs, poems, tongue twisters) RLA.O.1.3.1 Listen, recite and respond to familiar stories poems, nursery rhymes, songs and stories with repeated patterns (retell in sequence, relate information to own life, describe character – setting – plot, engage in creative and dramatic play, imagine beyond the story) RLA.O.2.1.6 Read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: appropriate rate, accuracy, and prosody. //**2) Electric Company**// - [] My Comments: This is the Electric Company Song by the Music Man about the letters “Sh”. It introduces words that have “sh” in them, beginning, middle and at the end. I think using music is a great way to keep a child’s interest and motivates them to want to learn.

//**3) Hubbards Cubbard**// - [] My Comments: This is a great website and it provides many different resources to connect music with literature. Using familiar children story books is an excellent way to get students interested, involved, and motivated in their own learning. I chose the book, Who Took the Cookies? it provides a lot of cross curricular activities such as Math, Literacy, Music and Movement. Students will gain knowledge allowing them to focus on identifying words, retelling, picking out details, describing, clapping patterns, rhyming, etc. I would rate this activity of 5

//**4) Teaching ESL Through Music -**// [] My Comments: ESL’s Café Music, provides many listening activities using many different songs. As we all know music motivates students of all ages and all activities can be changed to adapt music to focus on language. I liked the activity Song Bingo []. It is a lesson activity to increase awareness. By playing the bingo game allows teachers to reinforce what was introduced and lets the students practice and clarify what they learned.