Title: M is for Music
Author: Kathleen Krull has written over sixty books. However, writing was not always her dream. In college she got her degree in Music. From her love of music she decided to start writing children's books about music. Once she started writing she found a new passion, so she started writing about all different things.
Genre: Fiction
Grades: K-3
Subject Area: Music
Summary: This book gives children words that have to do with music from a to z. Some of these words are new vocabulary that has to do with music. It gives children a way to learn music terms in a book. This way the child can see pictures to go with the terms and introduce new terms.
Pre Reading Activity: On the white board think of words that might be in the book? Have students try and come up with one word for al least every letter on of the alphabet. If the students are struggle with a letter skip it an move on. This gets the children think about words that have to do with music.
Post Reading Activity: Have print out of pictures of some of the most popular vocabulary in the book. Have students write on the lines of the worksheet about the vocabulary word and define the picture in there own words. Have students color the picture. Then come up to the the front of the class and explain what they learned about the word they picked.
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