Using Songs to Teach Content

Teaching Content with Songs

Music can facilitate absorbing vocabulary and reading

material quickly. When information is put to rhythm and rhyme, these musical elements provide a cue for recall.
Songs, chants, poems, and raps will improve memory of

content facts and details through rhyme, rhythm, and melody.

Teaching these musical forms to students is a very

effective memory tool.

You could even have students write their own song or

poem!

Two Vowels Together

to the tune Are You Sleeping

I see two vowels

I see two vowels I hear one

I hear one
The first one does the talking second keeps on walking Yes indeed Yes indeed

The Line Up Song

to the tune of Do Wah Ditty
Here we go just a walking down the hall Singing doo wah ditty ditty dum ditty do We're so quiet when we're walking down the hall Singing doo wah ditty ditty dum ditty do We LOOK GOOD (look good) LOOK FINE (look fine) See us walking in a line Singing doo wah ditty ditty dum ditty do, doo wah ditty ditty dum ditty do!

Three Government Branches

to the tune of Three Blind Mice
Three Branches Three Branches Heres how they work Heres how they work The legislative branch makes all the laws The judicial branch Makes sure theyre obeyed The executive branch

Carries them out

Three branches

Because I have a Brain

to the tune If I Only Had A Brain
I can flex a muscle tightly, or tap my finger lightly,

It's because I have a brain. I can swim in the river, though it's cold and makes me shiver Just because I have a brain. It's because I have a brain. I can see lots of faces, feel the pain of wearing braces, Just because I have a brain. I can taste - a chicken stew, or smell perfume, or touch the dew. That life is never plain. I have lots of personality, a sense of true reality Because I have a brain.

I am really fascinated, to be coordinated,

Oh, I appreciate - the many things that I can do.

I am heavy with emotion, and often have the notion,

The Weather Song

to the tune of Bingo
There was a time when we got wet And rainy was the weather. R-A-I-N-Y, R-A-I-N-Y, R-A-I-N-Y And rainy was the weather. There was a time when we got hot And sunny was the weather. S-U-N-N-Y, S-U-N-N-Y, S-U-N-N-Y, And sunny was the weather

The next verses use Snowy, Foggy and Windy

The Shape Song

The Farmer in the Dell

A circle's like a ball,

A triangle has 3 sides,

A circle's like a ball, Round and round It never stops. A circle's like a ball! A square is like a box, A square is like a box, It has four sides, They are the same. A square is like a box!

A triangle has 3 sides, Up the mountain, Down, and back. A triangle has 3 sides! A rectangle has 4 sides, A rectangle has 4 sides, Two are long, and Two are short. A rectangle has 4 sides!

The Preamble Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHp7sMqPL0g
One of my personal Favorites From School House Rock- always an awesome resource

spanning so many content areas

LETS LEARN IT!!!!!!!!!!

Useful Links
Youtube.com/historyteachers
Songs for teaching TLC-sems.com/songs-that-teach Mrsjonesroom.com/songs http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/plantparts.html

Create a Brief Content Song

Select a familiar tune OR make up your own. BINGO Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Itsy, Bitsy Spider Row, Row, Row Your Boat Mary Had a Little Lamb Farmer in the dell London Bridge Or even a popular song on the radio

DONT BE SHY!!!!!!!!!!