Favorite Tales Set to Music

Nassakeag Elementary School fourth-grade students recently tested their creative skills when musician, songwriter, and storyteller Susan Trump visited the school to conduct a multidisciplinary Arts in Education program.

The workshop, which was a songwriting residency, enabled the students to use their English Language Arts and music skills to compose a song about a book they had read as a class. The students met daily with Ms. Trump during the course of a week and performed their finished songs during a closing assembly for their parents. The final pieces served as a concise overview of their chosen book, set to extremely catchy tunes.

At the end of the program, each teacher received a written copy and recording of the songs. 
 

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