The Power of

Integration
By Kim Hunt and Alli Rainwater
 ~Reading Discussion~

Boy learning about Pablo Picasso

and music creates art from his
knowledge of both-- a funky guitar!
 Music in the Classroom
Bringing Music Into a Classroom Environment
 Use Music for Transitions.
Can give whatever quality you want to transitions: quick or fast!

Can help with impulse control and self-regulation

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.

Marching steady with your feet,

Getting into line.

**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:

How would you use an Eric Carle book, like

I See A Song in the elementary classroom?

Look how this book changes when music is incorporated.

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

Parachute work is a great outlet for energy and kinesthetic movement.

In addition to being a favorite for many students, it can help develop self-regulation, coordination, and teamwork
when applied to a rhythmic pattern.

Great for teambuilding

 Music in Morning Meeting
Making a playlist for the classroom at the beginning of the year to
play when students are working, coming in in the mornings or
cleaning up at the end of the day builds community and a sense of
comfort.

Use morning meeting to encourage sharing of music. A melody

theyve made up, something they heard that stuck out to them or
sharing their favorite song can be something for sharing time in
morning meeting.

*Respects differences, learning about each other in a very natural

way, great way to connect and bond. Listening to the selections
would be paramount to screen for inappropriate content.
 Songs As Traditions
Songs can also be used for birthdays, special events, holidays, and as part of year-end and graduation/moving up
ceremonies.

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)

Multiplication mash up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgjCLhoI9Mk

Folk songs for ESL students to help learn English, storytelling and
pronunciation

Bring in music on a culture day to learn about other peoples

heritage and their culture
 Music in Writing
Writing about emotions that come from songs, talking about beginning middle and end (having kids
signal when they feel the story is moving on and then have them explain why)

Using Music Writing to Trigger Creativity, Awareness, Motivation, and Poetry

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/music-writing-trigger-creativity-jeffrey-pflaum

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

Gloves (CLAP).rhythm sticks

Hat (NOD)...triangle

Pumpkin Head (BOO).flexitone

Other ways to bring in reading to music:
Teaching students about beat and melody
Turn it into a game! Mystery lyrics in books-- what
kind of song would it be?
Creating a playlist for a book
Characters theme song
Teaching about visualization
Teaching beginning, middle, and end
Workshop Activity
Your job:

With a partner choose a book

Then integrate the book and a music

aspect into one lesson.

You can pretend youre a music

classroom bringing in the book or
pretend to be from a grade level
classroom bringing music into a reading
lesson.

*Challenge yourself and put on the hat of the other

cohort!
Additional Books to Add to Your Classroom!
Barnyard Dance - Sandra Boynton Farmer in the Dell - Ilse Plume

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

Rosies Walk - Pat Hutchins London Bridge - Peter Spier

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

Dawn - Uri Shulevitz Wheels on the Bus - Maryann Kovalski

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

The Crabfish John Feierabend Jenny Jenkins John Feierabend

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

Hush Little Baby (A Folk Song with Pictures) Marla Frazee

Somewhere in the Ocean Jennifer Ward

Summertime - Wimmer

The Tailor and the Mouse John Feierabend

Theres a Hole in the Bucket John Feierabend

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout Teri Sloat

This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie/ Kathy Jakobsen

There Were Ten in the Bed Childs Play

What Will You Wear, Jenny Jenkins? Jerry Garcia/David Grisman

What a Wonderful World Ashley Bryan

Who Killed Cock Robin? William Stobbs

Yankee Doodle Steven Kellogg

Skip to my Lou Robert Quackenbush