Music and Literacy

🎜Music & Literacy🎜

A place to find resources with the help of music

About Me

Hi everyone! My name is Kathleen Alyce Sanchez, and I am a singer, songwriter, and teacher studying at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am currently a Graduate student pursuing my degree in Education & Human Development in Literacy Education. I aim to become a reading specialist, incorporate music in my lessons, and share my experiences with all educators. This platform is for anyone who has challenges teaching different topics and needs some advice, including articles and videos. I will continuously update this site when new activities come up and also share my journey through my educational experiences.

Music Background

Roles Performed

Marcellina “The Marriage of Figaro” Texas Wesleyan University November 2014

Manuelita-Chorus Member “Carmen” Opera San Antonio October 2016

People of the Creek-Chorus Member “Las Fundaciones de Béjar” Opera San Antonio September 2016

Education and Training

University of the Incarnate Word

Music Education Major with Concentration of Voice and Piano August 2015-2016

San Antonio College

Liberal Arts & Education August 2015

Texas Girls’ Choir 1997-2000

San Antonio Choral Society January 2018

Teachers/Coach/Conductors/Directors

Shirley Carter-Alissa Layne Trent-Debi Weir (Texas Girls’ Choir)

Cynthia Sanchez (San Antonio College)

Dr. Orit A. Eylon (University of the Incarnate Word)

Dr. William J. Gokelman (University of the Incarnate Word)

Brian Stratton (South Hills High School)

Allison Ward (Texas Wesleyan University)

Dr. Cheryl Linquist (University of the Incarnate Word)

Dr. Jennifer Seighman (San Antonio Choral Society)

Related Skills include Basic piano skills, Ballet Folklorico Dance, and Flamenco Dance. I can play the castanets and dance with the castanets.

Singing with the San Antonio Opera Chorus GroupChorus of Cigarette Girls

Song by Georges Bizet

Engineering Design Processes Lyrics

Ask the right questions.

Imagine how to solve them.

Plan out each and every move.

Create a solution to the problem to see what works and then improve.

Don’t forget to COMMUNICATE! (Sing or Shout this word)

Share and ask for feedback.

Are you teaching an introduction to Enginnering and Technology?

I wrote a piece to help my kindergarten students during the pandemic learning and got terrific responses to learning the process. Please take a look at my video and the link to the song below.

reference: Engineering Design Process. TeachEngineering.org. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://www.teachengineering.org/populartopics/designprocess

Interview: Calypso Music and Memorization

Please take a listen as we dive into the world of Calypso music, how music words are incorporated into memory with oral traditions, and how it continues to grow within the Trinidad Trabago Culture. The interviewee: Alison Hendrickson, pictured with her Father, who is known in the Calyspsonia music scene as AllRounder.

Reference: Kurlansky, M. (2017). Epilogue. In Paper: Paging through history (pp. 334–335). essay,

W. W. Norton & Company.

Resources: Repeated Reading

Check out this video about Repeated reading and how it is used within the classroom setting. Repeated reading is also a form musicians use when learning long pieces of music, such as an opera. Giving examples to children to understand why they need to know this information can get them engaged and set goals for what they want to become.

reference: Timed Repeated Readings: Classroom strategy. Reading Rockets. (2022, May 19). Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/timed_repeated_readings

Article: Music and Language: Sound Features for Teaching Literacy by Elaine Bernstorf in the Issue Kodály Envoy

This article discusses the importance of music programs related to literacy. She gives vital examples of how decoding with language, music, and sounds is interchangeable within literacy learning.

https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.105362210500583

Reference: Bernstorf, E. (2008). Music and Language: Sound Features for Teaching Literacy. The

Kodály Envoy, Winter 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.105362210500583

reference: Upstart. (2017, May 1). Music and Literacy. Upstart. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from https://upstart.scot/music-and-literacy/