New Products Available for Fall 2010
This fall, Q4 is offering a new line of products. I have a new series titled, Bubbles - Burbujas. This 4-part series includes 'the best songs' that I've written for Reading and Language Arts in English and Spanish. For many years I offered a mix of songs in different content areas. This series is exclusively for reading and language arts. Many new songs and recordings are available in this series. Thanks to Johnny Saldivar, the master musician featured throughout, and Savoy, @ ICEE Studios, for helping me to produce this awesome collection.
CD & Lyrics Books
Series A is titled, Bubbles - A Compilation of Songs in English for Reading and Language Arts by Linda Quiroz, Part 1. The CD is newly recorded and varies in musical genre with upbeat and rhythmic selections throughout. The lyrics book is absolutely beautiful with vivid graphics that bring the lyrics to life. Thank you Shabbir, graphics artist, and Durriya at AC Printing for helping me produce this nifty flipbook. The flipbook includes 10 English songs that start to lay the foundation for reading with the popular and animated, The Alphabet 'a la Q'. Nine more songs follow, each one, addressing skills and concepts for reading and language arts for grades K-3. Flip the book over and, Voila! - The Spanish side, Burbujas, is conveniently coupled for ease in transitions for dual language and bilingual programs. Whether students' L1 is English or Spanish, this book will help them learn L2 because music is so conducive to retention due to its repetitious nature.
Series B, the sequel to Part 1, continues the development of Reading and Language Arts addressing higher level skills and concepts. Series B engages students with songs targeting compare and contrast, capital letters, elements of a narrative passage, inferences, tenses, parts of a sentence, prepositions, long and short vowels, procedure and summarization. Flip the Bubbles over and you have a slew of Spanish reading and language arts targets in range. Whew! Can you visualize your students singing and role playing to these instructional targets? They will do it in the classroom and away from the classroom, because it's so much fun with music!
Series C includes all 20 of the English songs for reading and language arts. This series is great for English regular, special and GT education. This series is also highly recommended for ELL & ESOL students at the secondary, and newcomers at all levels, in your district. Music can be a non-threatening tool for engaging struggling students in the content areas by providing repeated exposure that eventually becomes so familiar in sound and concept that it provides security. Students can retrieve this language much more readily if they have memorized it through song.
Series D includes all 20 of the Spanish songs for reading and language arts. Make your Spanish classroom come to life with targeted music. As a high-school Spanish teacher, I quickly became very popular with the students. Why? Because I used music to keep them interested and engaged. Whether your students are learning Spanish in private, elementary, middle or high schools, they will learn the melody, syntax and grammar patterns of the Spanish language with these catchy tunes that vary greatly in genre.
TABLE TOP FLIPCHARTS! Bubbles and Burbujas Series A-D also come in table top flipcharts for your literacy center or listening center. The 11" X 17" full-color flipcharts set up and store easily. They will help you make your reading groups come to life as you role play or use body movements to the song that addresses your instructional targets so that you can nail down tough skills and concepts for reading and language arts.
Whether you choose the Individual Set of one cd and 1 Book, the Literacy Center Set of 1 CD and 6 Books, or, the best bargain, The Classroom Set of 1 CD and 25 Books, I hope you will consider enhancing your instruction with any of the above Bubbles and/or Burbujas series that make a 'good fit' for the students you will be teaching this year. Don't forget the flipchart!
I'll keep you posted on the development of new products including:
Bubbles - Burbujas for Math, Bubbles - Burbujas for PreK, Bubbles - Burbujas for All Seasons.
(Please download the new Fall 2010 Q4 Catalog these products and more. The Fall 2010 Q4 Order Form is also available for download.)
