events for
📚Title I Literacy
🤔 SEL/Mental Health
😎 Student Behavior/Motivation
using music!
Engage your students with educational songs!
What Schools Are Saying!
student workshops!
*LCS is not affiliated with Rap Opera for Kids.
Songs cover:
- ELA/reading, math, and history
- test-prep skills and readiness
- positive-thinking strategies
- goal setting and perseverance
preview songs!
Perfect for:
– Title I literacy events and family engagement
– student behavior/motivation and test prep
– summer programs and enrichment activities
The Research!
“Rhythmic structures and musical read-alouds increase the brain’s ability to process and retain. These mnemonic devices bypass short-term memory.” Adjapong
“Teaching must empower students by using cultural referents to impart knowledge.” Ladson-Billings
“Teaching Hip Hop texts side-by-side with standard texts allowed students to bridge their vernacular literacy with academic literacy.” Morrell & Duncan-Andrade
“Students master complex literary skills much faster when analyzing Hip Hop verses.” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Need to justify using Title I Funds? Copy and paste this into your grant!
“Funds will be used to secure an evidence-based literacy and family engagement intervention utilizing culturally-responsive pedagogy. The program uses rhythmic texts and musical read-alouds to increase student reading fluency and mastery of SOL-based skills, specifically targeting comprehension and vocabulary acquisition The initiative includes interactive family workshops and provides instructional staff with aligned extension materials for sustained classroom application.
Click here to see how Reading SOLs and Rap Opera activities align!
What You Get!
- Hip Hop songs about content-area skills that meet state standards
- Personalized performances based on your students’ interests and your school’s needs and themes
- Pick the show that’s right for your school:
- 30 minutes
- 1 hour
- 2 hours
- Done-for-you worksheets and extension activities take the learning beyond the performance
- Pick the show that’s right for your school:
Click here for sample activities!
- Title I literacy events with parent/family engagement workshops available with Title I funds!
- I’ll work with your students and their families to:
- create their own songs that teach content skills
- dance and perform their own ideas that mix Hip Hop with academic standards!
- I’ll work with your students and their families to:
Meet Ken!
Kenneth Burrows, Jr.
Ken has over 15 years experience as a licensed teacher using Hip Hop to educate and engage students. He founded Rap Opera for Kids, LLC, in 2017, an educational company that uses “Hip Hop theater” to teach powerful lessons in schools, and has done numerous shows and workshops for youth.
high rigor with high engagement!
Are you in virginia?
Book me for a performance!
OUT OF STATE?
I create personalized resources and performances for your students!