The past couple weeks when I was on Facebook an ad forLyrics2learn kept popping up. Although Charlie was still in public school so I didn’t think much about it at the time. Then again last nightLyrics2learn popped up so I copied the link and went on about my business. Then this morning as I was putting together next weeks lessons. I came across the email with the link to Lyrics2learn inside it.
I went and checked outLyrics2learn as I looked around I listened to one of the videos and I was hooked and decided to give it a try for 30 days. As Lyrics2learn is free for that time period. Once we useLyrics2learn for the month I can see if it is helping Charlie then I will add it to our Lessons and if it doesn’t seem to be helping or isn’t something Charlie likes then we can dropLyrics2learn and find something else to use for reading.
This morning I have a question for you have you heard of Lyrics2learn and if so have you used Lyrics2learn with your students and if so what did you like about Lyrics2learn? Was there anything you didn’t like aboutLyrics2learn and if so what was it and why?
Lyrics2learn is a brain-based, online reading program created by Jeremy Spartz, a 15-year classroom teacher, and tutor. It was made as a daily reading center his students could do independently while he ran reading rotations.
Music is used to engage students with text and help them memorize information quickly. As kids retain more and more information due to the repetition, rhythm, and rhyme, question levels increase (aligned with the Common Core Depth of Knowledge levels (D.O.K). Each center or mini-lesson begins with literal comprehension on day 1 and ends with an open-ended constructed response. Every story uses this methodology. The more kids know, the more they’ll show.
If students do not retain a high percentage of the information they read, how can we expect them to connect on high levels and relate the text to themselves and the world around them? Below, we have a few one-minute videos to explain:
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
