What?
Writing music lyrics is fun. Fitting them to an already established tune is much harder. But it was a fun process, and I enjoyed learning about how to turn a book into a song, and then to put that song to music. In fact, I enjoyed the whole process until our presentation day, when I felt too sick to really participate.
So What?
We need to remember that while songs are fun (and should be sung during free time in the classroom), songs that fit into the core curriculum are scarce. So most teachers need to make their own or “borrow” from others’ ideas. And that’s alright. Teachers need to be flexible so they can alter songs to their own needs.
Now What?
I’ve already been looking through Thanksgiving songs that we have received in some of our classes, along with looking at books I could potentially turn into a song for that Holiday. Since our student teaching will be ending right before Thanksgiving Break, I think it would be a fun last-day activity to have us teach the class these songs and sing them together (to give them something to remember us by).
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