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Music and Music and MovementMovement

A NESA presentationBy Katie Biank

April 2009

Stomp Video Clip

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgRGutjc7Y&feature=related

• Is this what you normally think of when you think about music?

• Name some items in your classroom you could use to make music?

Goal for today:

• Understand the relationship between music and literacy

• Realize how easy it is to use music in your classroom to improve literacy

Music & Literacy Similarities

Skills Definition

Expressive skills Convey feelings and thoughts

Listening skills Aural Discrimination

Decoding Skills Sound & symbol relationship

Rhythm skills Both have rhythm

Communication skills Verbal expression and written responses

Thinking skills Higher level questioning

Vocabulary Development New words and meanings

Memorization skills Music helps students remember facts

McIntire, Jean from Developing Literacy through Music

Expressive SkillsBoth media allow students to freely convey feelings and

thoughts

Activity

Stomp Activity

Stomp Activity1) Show video clip from STOMP or Pulse2) Ask students to find an object in the room that would

normally not be considered a musical instrument3) Have students create beats in small groups using their unique

instruments

Listening SkillsAural Discrimination and imagination required for both

music and reading

Activity

Zomo the Rabbit

Zomo the Rabit• Zomo: Hand Drum • Sky God: Cymbals • Big Fish: Guiro • Scales: Flexatone • Wild Cow: Cow bell

• Milk: Maracas• Leopard: Slap stick • Tooth: Ratchet

• Zomo’s Drum: Djembe • Tree: Nut shell rattle • Hill: Xylophone

•Name 3 books you can “Zomotize” and write it in your packet?

Decoding SkillsBoth Music and Literacy involve relationships between

symbols and sounds

Activities: Rhythmic Reading flash cards

Rhythm SkillsBoth Music and language have rhythm

Activity

Jazz Chants

Jazz Chants

I went to NESA one fine day.I went to NESA one fine day.And what did I find?What did I find? Warm, loving people with hearts so kind,Warm, loving people with hearts so kind,

I have a class in Mumbai yes I do.I have a class in Mumbai yes I do.And what do I find?What do I find?

Warm, loving people with hearts so kind,Warm, loving people with hearts so kind,I do, I do, I do, do, do.I do, I do, I do, do, do. After the chant has been learned divide into 2 groupsGroup1: chants the poem: “I went to ASB one fine day…”Group 2: chants: “Warm people, loving people, hearts so

kind.”

Communication SkillsMusic and the written word involve verbal expression

and articulation, and students can produce written responses to both

Activity

Abiyoyo

Abiyoyo1. Abiyoyo2. Father- magician/trickster3. Son- plays ukulele4. Card trick person5. Water glass person6. Wood cutter person7. Chair person8. Townspeople (as many men and women as needed)

Write 3 books that you could dramatize in your class.

Thinking SkillsBoth offer opportunities for high-level questioning to

encourage students to think deeply

Activity

Beat Walk

Do as I’m Doing

Beat Walk

• Pick any music• Students walk to eight beats two times in a

row• Add new moves each time (stomping,

hopping, clapping, anything!)• See how many moves students can count

remember

Do as I’m doing

• Song Lyrics:• Do as [I’m] doing, follow, follow [me]. Do as

[I’m] doing follow, follow [me].• Do as [Susie’s] doing, follow, follow [her]. Do

as [Susie’s] doing, follow, follow [her].• Sit as [I’m] sitting, follow, follow [me]. Sit as

[I’m] sitting, follow, follow [me].

Do as I’m doing

Do as {I’m} doing, follow, follow {me.}Do as {I’m} doing, follow, follow {me.} Do as {Susie’s} doing, follow, follow {her.}Do as {Susie’s} doing, follow, follow {her.}

Sit as {I’m} sitting, follow, follow {me.}Sit as {I’m} sitting, follow, follow {me.}

•What other movement activities could you do with your class?

Vocabulary DevelopmentBoth are sources of new words and meanings, often in

various languages

Activity

Dr. Seuss

Bump, Bump, Bump

Bump! Bump! Bump! Did you ever ride a wump?We have a wump with just one hump, butWe know a man called Mister GumpMister Gump has a seven-hump Wump.So…If you like to go bump-bump, just Jump on the hump of the Wump of GumpJump!

From One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish by Dr. SeussEach color can be a different instrument

•Any poems you use that might be enhanced through color coding?

Memorization SkillsSetting facts to music helps students remember them

Activities Today is Monday Selection of

learning songs to familiar tunes

Today is Monday

Today is Sunday, today is SundaySunday, ice creamSaturday, chickenFriday is Fresh fish

Thursday, roast beefWednesday, ZOOOOP

Tuesday spaghettiMonday string beans

All you hungry children come and eat it up

Feel free to add motions to demonstrate the food!

Fractions

Oh, when a pizza’s cut in half,Oh, when a pizza’s cut in half,There are equal parts for two people,When a pizza’s cut in half.

Oh when a pizza’s cut in Thirds,Oh, when a pizza’s cut in thirds,There are equal parts for three peopleWhen a pizza’s cut in thirds

Sung to the tune “When the Saints Go Marching in”

Say “Please”

Just say please, just say pleasePlease pass the bread, please pass the cheese.

If you want someone to help you out No need to worry, no need to shout,The best solution without a doubt,

Is just say “Please”

Sung to “Three Blind Mice”

Bugs

Chorus:Ha ha ha, hee hee, hee

Little brown bug, who can you be?Ha ha ha, hee hee, hee

Little brown bug, who can you be?

Who’s that creeping in the grass?See the beetle slowly pass!

Who’s that crawling across my pants?It’s a band of marching ants!

Sung to “Little Brown Jug”

Do as I’m doing

Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me.Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me. Do as {Susie’s} doing, follow, follow her.Do as {Susie’s} doing, follow, follow her.

Sit as I’m sitting, follow, follow me.Sit as I’m sitting, follow, follow me.

Conclusion

• Music and movement can be easily incorporated into your classroom to enhance literacy.

• Music and literacy share the following skills: decoding, listening, rhythm, communication, creating, thinking, vocabulary, expressive, and memorization.

Any questions….

Just remember…

If you can walk you can dance,

If you can talk you can sing

Zimbabwean proverb