Content Songs

Content Songs:Teaching Content through MusicTED 387 Music MethodsDr. Steve BroskoskeThis is an audio PowerCast. Make sure your volume is turned up. Sound will begin on slide #2.How Music Can BeUsed in the ClassroomMusic can be incorporated in the classroom at 3 levels:Teach educational content (content songs).Enhance educational content. (Use music to help students understand, feel, and appreciate educational content.)Set tone/atmosphere. (Create an atmosphere conducive to effective teaching/learning: music to prepare, music to focus & concentrate.)HighLowReview

Music Makes LearningContent EasierMusic facilitates absorbing vocabulary and reading material quickly. When information is put to rhythm and rhyme, these musical elements provide a hook (cue) for recall.

Music Makes LearningContent EasierSongs, chants, poems, and raps will improve memory of content facts and details through rhyme, rhythm, and melody.Teaching these musical forms to students is a very effective memory tool.You could even have students write their own song or poem!

What Is Learning?Learning involves chemically encoding new material into the brain.Memories are stored in neurons, billions of cells that encode, store, and retrieve information.Neurons form networks of connected information.Learning involves making connections between neurons.

What is Learning?The way that information was stored (neural pathway), is the way that information will be retrieved.Examples:Driving a car.Showering.How did you store the alphabet?

Learning the AlphabetABC Songat Wikipedia

Students come to school already knowing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Notice how closely the ABC song resembles that song.

Learning the AlphabetLets learn the alphabet backwards!Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epyQLWu0GZQ8Content Songs

Memory-Boosting Mnemonic Songs for Content Area Learning (Paperback)by Meish Goldish$13.99

Content songs help teach educational material to students.

Schoolhouse RockSchoolhouseRock.TV

Fifty, Nifty United States (5th)Fifty, Nifty U.S.(YouTube)

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (by Robert Frost)Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ItNxpwChE12Content SongsSongsThatTeach.orgSongsForTeaching.com

Content SongsA teacher can use different types of music to which students will relate.Multiplication Raps(Teacher Tube)

Mrs. Burk has created some great multiplication rap tunes!

Using Familiar TunesStudents come to the classroom knowing many songs.Not only can we sing these songs, but teachers can put new words to these familiar tunes.Itsy, Bitsy SpiderRow, Row, Row Your BoatBingoTwinkle, Twinkle Little Start

Content SongsUsing Familiar TunesEarth Day (3rd or 4th)Recycle Songs(Earth911.org)More Recycle Songs(teach-nology.com)

AssignmentSelect a familiar tune OR make up your own.BINGOTwinkle, Twinkle, Little StarItsy, Bitsy SpiderRow, Row, Row Your BoatMary Had a Little LambSelect some educational content to teach:Vowels.Four seasons.Basic math concept.A part(s) of speech.Music theory (pitch, tempo, rhythm).Assignment: Create a brief content song.