The Listening Walk by Paul Showers and illustrated by Aliki, and It’s My City: A Singing Map by April Pulley Sayre with pictures by Denis Roche, provide two examples of texts that aid in building children’s phonological awareness for reading and music. The author describes each narrative and discusses its function as a springboard to composition lessons in a primary and an upper-elementary general music classroom. Visual aids and examples of student work are presented.
Hansen, D., Bernstorf, E., & Stuber, G.M. ( 2007). The music and literacy connection. Reston, VA: MENC.
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Lamb, S., & Gregory, A. ( 1993). The relationship between music and reading in beginning readers. Educational Psychology, 13, 19-27.
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Moats, L.C. ( 1999). Reading is rocket science: What expert teachers of reading should know and be able to do. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
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Peynircioglu, Z.F., Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Öney-Küsefoglu, B. (2002). Phonological awareness and musical aptitude. Journal of Research in Reading, 25, 68-80.
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Sayer, A.P., & Roche, D. ( 2001). It’s my city! A singing map. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
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Showers, P., & Aliki. ( 1993). The listening walk. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
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Tunmer, W.E., & Hoover, W.A. ( 1993). Phonological recoding skill and beginning reading. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 5, 161-179.
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Yopp, H.K., & Yopp, R.H. ( 2000). Supporting phonemic awareness development in the classroom . The Reading Teacher, 54, 130-143.
