Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
This research is about how a group of seven kindergarten classes used a short and straightforward song to recognize the following six common kindergarten sight words: on, off, up, us, no, & go. As a current music educator and former middle grades English teacher, I wanted to create an opportunity to establish cross-curricular connections in my music classroom. For this specific experiment, seven different classes, including General Education, Self-Contained Special Education, and English Language Learning classes, were selected. They were taught these six sight word songs through the “Sight Word Song.” I selected the sight words specifically because the students had not learned them previously in their homeroom classes; in theory, the selected sight words should have been unknown. Each class completed pretests and post-tests to show their growth and retention of the sight words learned using the “Sight Word Song.” All seven classes showed increased growth from their initial pretest to the final post-test. The student’s success is a result of having learned the “Sight Word Song.”
Recommended Citation
Guin, Taylor Hagood, "Using Song to Teach Sight Words" (2022). Graduate Research Showcase. 26.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/grposters/26
Included in
Elementary Education Commons, Music Education Commons, Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons
Comments
Taylor Guin is currently the music teacher at Elbert County Primary School. She received her bachelor of science in Music Education from the University of North Georgia in 2017. Since graduation, Taylor has taught middle grades English Language Arts, STEAM, Ukulele for gifted identified students, and General Music for kindergarten through fourth grades. As a current music educator and former middle grades English teacher, Taylor wanted to create an opportunity to establish cross-curricular connections in the music classroom, which is how this research began.