Reading Strategies for Use in Music Classrooms

Reading Strategies for Use in Music Classrooms

<p> Reading Strategies for Use in Music Classrooms </p><p>The following list of strategies can be helpful to create interest and increased comprehension in the arts and can potentially involve further cross-curriculum study:</p><p>Check them off as you try them with your students.</p><p>____Concept mapping: Present a musician’s name or genre and have students find all the information they can about it. Have them create a concept map with their notes and share with the class. </p><p>____Journaling: Have students keep a Band Book or a Book for brainstorming ideas/thoughts/ emotions for music assignments. </p><p>____Summarizing: Have students learn to summarize by analyzing music and lyrics through critical elements that is inspired by social influences or injustices (Hansen, 2001). </p><p>_____Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): Have students read music-related material if there is free time at the end or beginning of class. Or, reserve 10-15 mins per class for SSR.</p><p>____Outside reading and research assignments: Have students explore a favorite musical artist, composer, or music movement after perusing various web sites, magazines, or books. </p><p>____Comparing works of art: Have students create a Venn diagram that contrasts and compares the work of two musicians from a particular period (Hansen, 2001) & present.</p><p>____Writing: Have students write about music and musical components as a method of vocabulary development. </p><p>____Music inspired by a short story: Have students read a short story and create a soundtrack that connects/related to what they have read. </p><p>____On-line and virtual museum tours: Use the web sights hosted by famous museums to explore notable composers. </p><p>_____Interactive CD-ROMs: Use interactive software to allow students to read and explore music at their own pace or during free time at the end of class for enrichment or remediation of concepts.</p>

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