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WHAT IS SING ALONG SCHOOL® ?

* Sing Along School®  is an entrepreneurial project-based learning initiative to help students learn academic concepts while building their self-confidence.

* Created by Dr. Sean Strasberger, Sing Along School®  is a YouTube Channel that features students at the center of their learning with original raps, covers, and parodies of pop songs.

SEASON 1

• Takes place at East Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills Schools

• Completed production on 3 videos• Multiply by 9 (Flocabulary Cover)• GCF (Original Song)• Classify Those Shapes (All About That Bass Parody)

• Sing Along School ® Cast• Jack Buckley as Himself Malik Paulateer as Black Falcon• Ben Burnham as Dave Monte Paulateer as Melody• Joey Eichmann as Devin Adam Reinke as Himself• Scott Eichmann as Himself Sophia Stevens as Lily• Asani Henry as Shaggy

CREATIVE PROCESS STEP BY STEP

1. Select cover, parody, or original song.

2. Select Common Core State Standard to teach.

3. Master Academic Concept.

4. Write Lyrics to Song.

5. Record Song Using Garageband and Rode NT1A Microphone.

6. Record Video Using iPhone 6 64 GB.

7. Edit Video Using iMovie.

8. Share Video Via E-Mail, Facebook, and Twitter.

1. SELECT COVER, PARODY, OR ORIGINAL SONG

2. SELECT COMMON CORE STATE STANDARD TO TEACH.

Example: Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

 

Example: Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram.For example, interpret -3 > -7 as a statement that -3 is located to the right of -7 on a number line oriented from left to right.

3. MASTER ACADEMIC CONCEPT.

• Videos/Flocabulary• Connecting Math Concepts• Lecture• Guided Practice• Independent Work• Teach others

4. WRITE LYRICS TO SONG.

"Classify Those Shapes“

I like to classify those shapes, all those shapes by angles (Sophia)like to classify those shapes, all those shapes by angles (Joey)

I like to classify those shapes, all those shapes by angles (Ben)

I like to classify those shapes, all those shapes (Monte)

(Scott)

There’s a triangle

3 angles and 3 sides

I can draw it out

I know because I tried

5. RECORD SONG USING GARAGEBAND AND RODE NT1A MICROPHONE.

6. RECORD VIDEO USING IPHONE 6 64 GB.

7. EDIT VIDEO USING IMOVIE.

8. SHARE VIDEO VIA E-MAIL, FACEBOOK, AND TWITTER.

SING ALONG SCHOOL®  ON WXYZ CHANNEL 7 DETROIT!

Sing Along School: On the News (Link)

CONTACT INFO:

Sean Strasberger, Ph. D.

Bloomfield Hills Schools

sstrasberger@bloomfield.org

Michigan State University

strasbe2@msu.edu

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