The place of music in beginning reading instruction has been supported but also refuted for many years. This article describes an on-going project that advocates song in literacy instruction and adds new evidence that it helps.
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Dr. Sheila Fitzgerald is professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University. She is a member of IRA, MRA, the Capital Area Reading Council, and a former president of the National Council of Teachers of English.
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Fitzgerald, Sheila
(1995)
"Read Me A Song, Write Me The Lyrics,"
Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 28:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol28/iss2/5
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