The Music and Literacy Connection

This practical text is filled with ideas that can immediately be put to use in the classroom. This book goes beyond a thematic link between reading and music to an examination of those skills that are directly parallel in music learning and text reading.

Including instructional examples, it provides specific strategies for music and reading teachers to support each other. It also presents the latest research supporting the links between music and literacy, making it a valuable advocacy resource.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Threads of the LIteracy Fabric: Foundation for The Music and Literacy Connection
• Section I: Children Are Active Learners
• Chapter 1: How Children Learn through Musical Play
• Chapter 2: The Role of Music in Play and Literacy Learning
• Section II: Music Teachers Are Literacy Teachers and General Classroom Teachers Are Music Teachers
• Chapter 3: Music in the Reading Environment: Decoding
• Chapter 4: Reading in the Music Environment: Decoding
• Chapter 5: Music in the Reading Environment: Comprehension
• Chapter 6: Reading in the Music Environment: Comprehension
• Chapter 7: Considerations, Adaptations, and Enhancements
• Section III: Children Construct Their Own Knowledge
• Chapter 8: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking: Building Blocks for Language and Literacy
• Chapter 9: Writing in the Music Classroom
• Section IV: Literacy Is Not Measured by a Single Output
• Chapter 10: Assessing Music Literacy Skills
• Codetta
• Appendix I: Authentic Excersises
• Appendix II: Student Work
• Appendix III: Lesson Unit and Extensions: Advanced Conceptual Learning
• Appendix IV: Cross-Curricular Connections
• Appendix V: Curriculum Standards
• Appendix VI: Resources
• Song Reference List
• References