Performance Reading
Reading and Music
Note:
   Performance reading today has a totally new meaning.  When I was in college it was simply using a song to help in the teaching of reading.  You find a song that would be popular with the children.  You begin by teaching the song to the children.  I would usually end my day with singing the song with the children.  Once the children had most of the song down I would introduce the lyrics by using either a chart with the lyrics or an overhead projector.  Today, with smartboards and all, it would be a lot easier.  To make a long story short, the children pick up the sight words as they learn the song.  I would then provide the children with activities associated with the song.  The activities could be in any part of the curriculum depending on the song I used.  For example, the Garden Song, by Dave Mallet, provided many activities in the science area. 
    This was just another teaching tool I used in my approach to reading.  I happen to play a little guitar and so I got to play for a captive audience on most days.  It was fun for all of us in the room.
    I'll begin this page with one of my favorite songs, "The Garden Song" by Dave Mallett.  This was a great song to do in the springtime. 
    Have fun with it!!
The Garden Song -- by Dave Mallett
Lyrics -- The Garden Song
Antonym Activity
Classifying Activity
Coloring Activity
Compound Word Activity
Comprehension Activity # 1
Comprehension Activity # 2
Crossword Puzzle
Answer Sheet
Initial Consonant Activity
Matching Activity # 1
Matching Activity # 2
Science -- Parts of a bird
Parts of Speech Activity
Punctuation Activity # 1
Punctuation Activity  # 2
Rhyming Activity
Sequencing Activity # 1
Sequencing Activity # 2
Words List for the song
Word Shapes Activity # 1
Word Shapes Activity # 2
Word Search Activity
Answer Sheet
Welcome
America --by Samuel Francis Smith
Lyrics -- America -- First Verse
Words List for the song -- America
Alphabetical Order Activity
Coloring Page
A Dot to Dot Page -Number Words
Number Words Activity
Sight Vocabulary Activity
Skills Search  -- Vowels
Syllables -- Hearing
Visual Discrimination Activity
Visual Discrimination Activity
Word Family Activity
Word Family Activity
Word Shapes Activity
Mostly .PDF Files
You're A Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohen
Lyrics -- You're A Grand Old Flag
Words List for the song
Alphabetical Order--Initial Blends
Alphabetical Order
Categorizing
Coloring Page
Coloring Page - Betsy Ross
Contractions
Creative Writing
Crossword Puzzle
Design a Flag
Skills Search - Finding mistakes
Following Directions
Math - Ordinals
Pledge Of Allegiance
Punctuation
Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary Development-Antonyms
Word Ending --  er
Word Ending --  ing
Country Roads by John Denver,Nivert and Danoff
Lyrics -- Country Roads
Words List for the song
Alphabetical Order Activity
Antonyms
Crossword Puzzle
Tallying and Graphing
Hearing Syllables
Nouns
Penmanship
Plurals
Rhyming
Usage of  A and An
Word Endings
Word Families
Word Families
Word Search
Music and lyrics - .wmv file -Windows Media
Delta Dawn by Alex Harvey and Larry Collins
Lyrics -- Delta Dawn
Words List for the song
Alphabetical Order
Coloring Page
Math -- counting - writing 1 to 100
Initial two letter blends
Nouns
Hearing Syllables
Word Search
Puff The Magic Dragon by Peter,Paul and Mary
Lyrics for Puff
Words List for the song
Alphabetical Order
Comprehension
Crossword Puzzle
Following Directions
Nouns
Nouns and Verbs
Antonyms-Synonyms-Homonyms
Rhyming
Syllables
Word Endings
Word Search
Up On The Housetop by Benjamin Hanby
Lyrics for Song
Words List for the song
Alphabetical Order
Antonyms
Coloring Page
Crossword Puzzle
Penmanship
Punctuation
Synonyms
Tallying and Graphing
Word Families
Word Families
Word Search
Calendar Girl  by  Neil Sedaka
Lyrics for Song
Words List for the song
Music and lyrics - .wmv file -Windows Media
Alphabetical Order
Antonyms
Crossword Puzzle
Syllables - Hearing
Initial Sounds
Nouns
Penmanship
Penmanship - Months
Rhyming Words
Root Words
Tallying and Graphing
Usage -- a  and  an
Word Families
Word Search
More Calendar Activities on my Sight Vocabulary Page
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