Popcorn Reading

Students enjoy collaboration, and partner reading can be an enjoyable way to spend "time-in-text".  "Popcorn reading" is when two students read together - the more advanced student plays a note, and the partner echos or "pops" the same note.  The goal is to play the notes without a pause.  Rhythms can be ignored at first.  As the students progress, they can alternate notes, echo measures, or play in unison.