Howard Co. (MD) Public Schools: Mark Coates, Fine Arts Coordinator

Common Core

Music and Literacy

Music and Math

Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans:

  • An extensive Arts Integration website that addresses Common Core Literacy and Math standards by former Howard County Music Educator and Arts Integration Specialist, Susan Riley.
  • High School Instrumental Music Program’s site. Includes actual writing prompts for Common Core assignments.
  • Resources and links for teaching literacy through music education.
  • Specific Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening lessons.
  • - Great list of songs, including lyrics and publications.
  • Cross-Curricular approach to music education and reading.
  • Includes detailed lesson plans.
  • Elementary school literacy lesson using “Carnival of the Animals.”
  • 1960’s Folk Music Lesson Plan: The Influence and Social Impact of Music.
  • Must create a free account to access BrainPop.
  • Searchable database for lessons on a variety of topics (music, visual art, theater), and includes connections to other subject areas.
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll song form lesson plans.
  • Includes lessons and links, connecting music to literature.

Supporting Documents:

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  • Over 30 separate sites for information about the arts and Common Core.
  • A long list of Common Core resources related to the arts.
  • An extensive Arts Integration website that addresses Common Core Literacy and Math standards by former Howard County Music Educator and Arts Integration specialist, Susan Riley.
  • Resources for music teachers integrating the Common Core into their current practice.
  • Discusses connections between music and reading/language.
  • Presentation resources about developing literacy through music and movement.
  • Includes language terminology, flashcards, and song examples.
  • Look for Powerpoint at the end of the site, which includes all the lesson and resource descriptions.
  • Integrate music in your K-2 classroom! The ten songs on the included CD focus on twenty standards-based mini-lessons that allow you to teach phonemic awareness, visualization, letter and sound identification, movement, and specific writing-craft skills.
  • Includes examples to incorporate music into the English classroom. Great ideas for using music (especially song lyrics) as “text.”

Pinterest

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  • Highlights music and language arts connections by presenting language arts performance standards (Albuquerque Public Schools, 2007) followed by musical connections and activities.
  • Focuses on English literacy through the medium of music. Gives examples of songs.
  • A Research Summary In Support of Kindermusik’s ABC Music & Me
  • Includes activities, online games, etc… for music learning. Specifically geared for elementary school.

Articles and Books:

  • Clay, M. (1993).An observation survey of early literacy achievement. NH: Heinemann.
  • Davies, N.L. (2000). The beat goes on.Childhood Education,148-153.
  • Feldman, J. (2000).Learn to sing with Dr. Jean.
  • Dee Hansen; Elaine Bernstorf and Gayle M. Stuber. (2004). The Music and Literacy Connection. NAfME.
  • Jalongo, M. & Ribblett, D. (1997). Using song picture books to support emergent literacy.Childhood Education15-22.
  • Wolf, J. 91992). Let's sing it again: Creating music with young children.Young Children.

Student Research

Music Industry “How To”

  • Focus just on student research, rather than site registration.

Student Resources

Listening/Videos:

Spotify

Pandora

YouTube

Vevo

Sharing Composition/Projects:

Soundcloud

Weebly

Voice Thread (cost for educator registration)

Advocacy

  • Research Publication by the New London Orchestra’s “Literacy through Music” program.
  • Includes neurobiological research and advocacy tools.

MATH

  • Help students find the connections between mathematics and music with these lesson plans, printables, and references.
  • Integrating Music and the Curriculum Using Music with Math.
  • Creating a clapping symphony.
  • Patterns in music and math.
  • Get the Mathcombines video and web interactivity to help middle and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills for solving real-world problems.
  • The purpose of this page is to catalog lesson plans for incorporating music into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) classes.
  • How can you connect music and movement to math? By incorporating musical activities throughout your day, you can provide children with opportunities to strengthen basic math skills.
  • These sites are about the application of mathematical principles in music.
  • Includes links to sites on music and fractions/ratios, Pythagorean tuning, Fibonacci sequences, symmetry, fractals, and more.
  • Includes lesson plans, worksheets, a podcast on how music is being used to teach math concepts, and interactive lessons.