Honoring the rhythm children bring to the classroom. Bridging research to best practices
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Lesson Plan (45 minutes): Rhythm Rhymes: Moving and Grooving with Words
This 40-minute lesson plan integrates the Dalcroze Eurythmics approach to music instruction with English Language Arts concepts for 2nd grade students. Through a series of engaging movement and rhythmic activities, students will explore vowel sounds, prefixes, and suffixes in a multisensory way. Read.
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Lesson Plans (6-10)
Did you miss my last five lesson plans? I’ve listed them here for your convenience! Read.
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Lesson Plan (50-min): Rockin’ Grammar Grooves in 2nd grade
In this engaging lesson, 2nd graders learn grammar concepts by translating sentences into rhythmic musical phrases. Creating beat patterns reinforces subjects, verbs, and pronouns through auditory and kinesthetic activities. Performing the “grammar grooves” allows students to creatively experience and internalize standard English conventions. Read.
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Lesson Plan (50 minutes): Beats and Bytes: A Percussive Exploration of Phonological Frontiers
This dynamic lesson integrates drumming to kinesthetically reinforce phonological awareness skills. Students drum rhythms representing rhymes, sounds, and syllables – segmenting words into beats and blending beats into words. The multi-sensory approach promotes literacy development through interpretive movement and rhythmic improvisation, aligning with music and ELA standards. Read.
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Lesson Plan (45-minutes): Jazz Up Your Vocabulary
This multisensory lesson connects vocabulary development to jazz music. Students interpret vocabulary words through movement, improvisation, and performance, exploring how context clues and musical elements convey meaning. By bridging ELA and music, learners deepen word comprehension through an engaging, interdisciplinary approach. Read.
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Lesson Plan (50 min): Rhythmic Writing and Word Play
New blog: Rhythmic writing lesson fuses #ELA and #music for grades 2-3. Incorporates #musicpriming, clapping/moving to word rhythms, and “air writing” for multisensory #spelling, #sightwords and #handwriting practice. Engages kinesthetic learning, improves phonics and motor skills. #elementaryed #lessonplan Read.
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Lesson Plan (45-min): Hip-hop Music in ELA
Try this Hip Hop-themed lesson plan for K5 to teach nouns and verbs. Share feedback if you use it in class! #ELA #MusicEducation #K5 #LessonPlan Read.
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Lesson Plans 1-5
I’m excited to share with you the last 5 lesson plans I’ve developed that seamlessly integrate music into the ELA classroom. These innovative plans aim to enhance student engagement and foster a multisensory learning experience. Feel free to implement them in your own classroom setting. If you do, I would greatly appreciate any feedback or… Read.
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New Lesson Plan: Using musical note identification in ELA (40 min)
Elevate ELA with music integration! This 40-minute lesson empowers students as expressive storytellers through solfege melodies and hand signs. Blending music with narrative elements sparks creativity, enhances comprehension, and captivates young minds. #musiceducation #ELA #2ndgrade #storytelling #lessonplan Read.
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More Rhythm and Rhyming! (45 minute Lesson Plan)
New Lesson Plan using Rhythm and Rhyming with Music Priming! Read.
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