Teacher Tip # 1: How to Make Your Review Fun
We want to help you make the most of your educational rap music. Thousands of teachers have downloaded songs from educationalrap.com. We asked them to tell us their favorite tips for using songs with students.
Tip: How to Make Your Review Fun
Use an educational rap song for an engaging way to review for your next test. All the songs on educationalrap.com come with worksheets and puzzles to reinforce important concepts and help students think about them in a different context.
Details: Present song and let students pick up information through rhyming lyrics. Review lyrics. Identify verses that are especially relevant and repeat rhymes. Use songs to assist in memory. Ask students to find concepts and information needed for understanding. Sing the song emphasizing the relevant parts and anything new that aids understanding.
Time: Any time allotment can be used.
“I play the math songs first thing in the morning as students complete basic math facts, and I use it as a supplement to content instruction after a lesson has been taught.”
– 6th grade teacher, CA
“The kids have memorized the words now and in terms of being able to apply it, well, how about 100 A’s on their figurative language quiz. Awesome!”
– 7th grade teacher, OH
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posted 16 November, 2011
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