My Teacher Rides a Harley: Enhancing K-5 Literacy Through Songwriting [With CD]

By Gary Dulabaum and Dulabaum

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929895568
• ISBN13: 9780929895567
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Capstone
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Gary Dulabaum's book - you need it!

My Teacher Rides a Harley: Enhancing K-5 Literacy Through Songwriting is a valuable book for all teachers - not just K-5. Any teacher can use it to make curriculum happen - no matter what the subject. Dulabaum teaches you, step-by-step, how to have students use curriculum to write lyrics to familiar tunes. Students (and you) have fun, and REMEMBER! He also addresses the music we all have inside of us. He shows how reading fluency can be enhanced by putting books to rhythm and music. Another plus is Gary's story of entering schooling - something for all educators to laugh and cry about - and learn from. Use the tools and enjoy the message - it has life-changing implications for those who listen and take action. Enjoy!

Highly commended resource for classroom teachers

My Teacher Rides A Harley: Enhancing K-5 Literacy Through Songwriting is a thoughtful guide by educator, songwriter and musician Gary Dulabaum to learning how to write and share songs in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms, in order to enhance each student's literacy skills. An accompanying audio CD of sixteen sing-along songs for students complements the guidelines, recommendations, encouragement, and techniques for creating fun and enjoyable songs to share. Enhanced with occasional black-and-white illustrations by Michael Tonn, My Teacher Rides A Harley is an excellent and highly commended resource for classroom teachers, reading instruction specialists, and home schoolers.