I got this idea from Mrs King’s Music Room HERE. I am trying to develop centers to save my voice since I have so many classes. She has rhythms on her balls and the kids have to clap the rhythm. If their peers judge it to be correct, they get to keep the ball. The one …
School Bus Rhythms: Games and Assessment
I just revised this very fun School Bus Rhythm set. It is honestly loved by my students but is a great way to get off and running very quickly at the beginning of the year or to do assessments midyear or helps students discover all that they have learned at the end of the year! …
My Learning Target Exit Card
Our district has been working on learning targets this year. They want us to have one target for language arts and one target for math. As a music teacher, they want me to have one posted target for major concept for each half hour lesson, even though we do several things during a half hour. …
My Learning Targets
Our district has started to talk about posting your objectives or “targets” as they call them. Our beginning of the year district meeting was about it, and we will be studying the book, “Learning Targets” all year as a district. It is actually a pretty good book, and I am starting to understand how useful …
Music Around the World First Day: Introducing the theme of Music Around the World
I am very excited to do my theme of Music Around the World. My students love singing songs from other countries and learning about other cultures. Room Setup My room is set up like an airplane, with 3 seats on each side, and an aisle down the middle. I will greet the kids with a …
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My Pencils
I have my 5 stations (see the post about them HERE). In each station is a tray for my pencils. In order to try to keep as many of my pencils in my room as possible, I put a small music note on each one. I have had pretty good success with that. I know …
Choir Music For My December Concert
I spent days looking through the JW Pepper site and listening to music. I LOVE that they have clips for many songs! After selecting tons of great pieces, some which I am ordering for next year (too many great songs), I found what I think is a good program. I try to balance sacred, secular, …
Recorder: Getting Started
My recorder program, begun by my favorite mentor teacher, is based on folk songs, many that the kids have learned since they were in Kindergarten and first grade. I love how we learn the songs, play the games, learn to read and write music using them, and ultimately, play the songs on instruments. It makes …
Instruments from Around the World
I am so excited about my theme this year: Music Around the World! See my post all about it here. I keep finding fun stuff to use. These instruments around the world cards are great! Go to this lady’s blog to get them here. I plan to use both sets because even though the one set is more …
All About Me Student Spotlight
I like to highlight 6th graders since they are the oldest in the school. It makes them feel special. I made an All About Me student spotlight paper for this year. Get it here. Why do I Spotlight a Student? Spotlighting a student, especially my oldest ones, makes them feel special and loved. I have a …
