Reading Comprehension Strategies
through Music and Sound

Definition: noun

1. A gathering of students during the day for an interactive program on reading comprehension; includes entertaining musical instruments, amusing sound effects, classic stories, TV show games, and one box of animal crackers.

2. A gathering of parents and students during the evening for a follow up program on reading comprehension; includes instrument making, interactive stories, and classic old time radio broadcasts.

ASSEMBLIES
“Reading for meaning” is at the heart of this year’s new program on Reading Comprehension.

Phil begins the program with an entertaining musical activity entitled “Reading For Meaning” that highlights three comprehension strategies: sequence, inference, and prediction.

Phil performs the classic Russian tale, Peter and the Wolf with his computerized trumpet.

Following this introduction, he quickly demonstrates how to apply these strategies by retelling the classic Russian tale, Peter and the Wolf— complete with Phil’s updated musical score, interactive questions, story mapping ideas, and think-aloud activities.

After the kids learn how to apply these strategies to a traditional story, Phil transitions to what he calls a sound story—a story made up completely of sound effects.  As the students listen intently to thunderstorms, barking dogs, and race cars, they also learn to connect their knowledge of sequence, inference, and prediction, to the sounds in their world.

Lastly, Phil demonstrates a variety of fun reading comprehension games the kids can play with their friends and families.

Phil uses a bamboo Hmong flute called a Sao to reanimate the Vietnamese story, Uncle Toad, at the Story Reading Night.

FAMILY ACTIVITY NIGHTS
– Story Reading Night –
Invite your families back to school for this wonderful hands-on activity night. 

The kids build their own didgeridoos, toad croakers, bee buzzers, and duck quackers, and then join together for an interactive Vietnamese musical story about a very special toad. 

Phil also shows parents how they can help their kids become better readers by playing comprehension games at home. 

Finally, they finish off the night with a sound effects concert featuring some of Phil’s favorite old time radio broadcasts!

ONLINE  ACTIVITIES
The following multimedia activities relate to this program:

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