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Reading, Rhythm and Rhyme
- having fun with Expression, Phrasing and Meter -
ASSEMBLIES
Reading, Rhythm and Rhyme
Phil's new multimedia program explores the Common Core Language Arts standards through music and rhythm.
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Students read along with historical speeches by John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Your kids learn how students in Ghana speak and drum phrases in their language. |
Through the use of rhymes, alliterations, cartoons, and historical speeches, Phil shows your students how we determine the meaning of our words. He accomplishes this through a variety of entertaining activities on expression, phrasing, and meter.
He teaches the students how to use expression and punctuation for effect, and integrates the musical elements of pitch, tempo, and dynamics into their reading.
Then, he shows them how to improve their comprehension, and how to convey their ideas precisely, by grouping words into phrases.
Lastly, students learn how rhyme, rap, poetry and song, use groupings of syllables called meter. Using two and three syllable words, Phil and the students create rhymes and popular rhythms from Africa and Latin America — please also see Phil's Cucumber Pickle Machine.
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At the family night, students integrate rhythm and musical instruments with their reading! |
FAMILY ACTIVITY NIGHTS
Reading in Rhythm
Get ready to move on this one! Reading in Rhythm begins with an entertaining exploration of the rhythms of language through shared reading, movement, and a variety of Caribbean, African, and Latin American instruments.
Next, the students make their own Peruvian rain sticks, African stamping tubes, and Latin American guiros. After everyone finishes, we all join together for a dynamic concert of rhythm and shared reading.
In addition, Phil covers the major elements of how parents can read with their children and encourage their children to read through a number of helpful handouts and displays based on Jim Trelease’s classic, The Read-Aloud Handbook.
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ACTIVITIES
The following multimedia activities relate to this program:
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Drum Language in Ghanaian Schools
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Cucumber Pickle Machine |
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Reading with your child |
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Encouraging your child to read |
