Incorporation of Song in a Math Classroom
Rise/Run, that’s how you can find the slope of a line. The 7th graders have been studying this concept and other concepts related to linear relationships. Several students were struggling to remember some of the essentials. So, I added “song” into my classroom. Trying something like this for me was a first. I have to be honest, when I thought it up, I thought only a few of the kids would like it and the rest would hate it. I anticipated bad attitudes. What did I get instead? Excited 7th graders! I told them they could use any school appropriate song and they had to write their own words to match the assignment. They had to incorporate one of 2 main concepts and I challenged them to add more for additional points. If they did not want to sing, they had the option of doing a chant/cheer. I let them have all sorts of choice on this assignment---the size of their groups, the people in their groups, song vs cheer, and concept(s) covered (from my list). How would I summari