My students need Interactive Listening Maps for grades 1-5 to use on our Interactive White Board. These CD-ROMS will include 100 different music examples to listen to.
I teach 500 Kindergarten through 5th grade students in Kansas. I try to find new and interesting ways to help my students learn using music. We would like to get 100 different music examples to listen to during music class. These pieces of music will be connected to children's literature.
This summer I was invited to attend a workshop by McGraw-Hill showing the new interactive listening maps.
Because I attended the workshop I was given a free copy of the Kindergarten listening maps. I have already used two listening maps with my K-1st grade students. They were a big hit and after the first week of school my students were already asking if they could do the car song again. For the car song we got to hold large plastic circles and pretend to drive our cars through the country side. The next week we listened to the song Children’s March and learned nursery rhymes. The listening maps are a wonderful tool that can be used on our interactive white board. The Children’s March also included a game. Students had to listen to the song and choose the picture that matched the nursery rhyme. There are many other wonderful activities and books shown in the workshop that I would love my students to experience.
My Project
I have developed a new music curriculum “ABC’s Music & Me” for my K-1 grade students. Our weekly lessons include literature connections with children's books, music and movement activities, quality music examples, and rhythm instrument activities all based on the theme for the week. Students also learn 6-10 songs and 2-4 chants or finger plays for each theme. We sing our way through the alphabet with “A” is for Alphabet to “Z” is for Zoo with this fun music curriculum. My students love how all the songs and stories are connected to one another. Now I would like to add new interactive listening maps to our curriculum so my students can have focused listening activities centered on children’s literature. One example is using the book Elmer by David McKee with The Elephant by Camille Saint-Saens. Students will finish this lesson by composing their own song by making a patch work elephant. This is just one example of many songs and story books that can be used together.
Your help will ensure that my students take an active role in the creation and exploration of music.
As students are listening and evaluating music, they will be gaining essential listening skills. The effect is an education that puts an emphasis on learning by doing. Student knowledge and learning in music and literature are enhanced as a result. This will help to create a community of life-long music makers and readers.
More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Swedberg and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
