Music resources that make your teaching easier
Every year, at the end of the year, when my sixth graders are ready to be done with elementary school, and when they are on the verge of not listening anymore, I get out my folk instruments. We learn Juba, a song about how the slaves would get the leftover scraps to …
Best End of the Year Lessons: Juba and Folk InstrumentsRead More
I’m teaming up with Shelly at Pitch Publications for a First Year Flash Back. We will have several posts on this topic to give beginning teachers some tips. 1. What subject/age and where were you teaching? I really have two first years. I taught high school band many years ago and started teaching elementary school …
I am linking up with Aileen Miracle’s Three Things Blog post to tell you about three fun and useful things I did this week. See my three things and go to the link at the bottom to see Mrs Miracle’s, as well as some other teachers’ three things. In first grade, we sing a song …
Three Things: Jumping on the beat, Magic Mikes, and a Fun BookRead More
Every year, March brings March Madness, the college basketball fun where the college teams have their NCAA and NIT tournaments. In honor of that, I have a super easy and inexpensive instrument to make and a fun March Madness inspired freebie. In March, I always see many cute plastic easter eggs in the stores. For …
Music Madness Activities- Inspired by March MadnessRead More
I am so grateful for all of the people who have decided to follow my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I enjoy putting the ideas I use in my classroom on there for others to use. I wanted to give a freebie that affects my teaching life every day. I chose to make some new station …
I am linking up with Aileen Miracle to share some goals for this year. Here are a few of my goals. Personal: Spend more time with family I am So busy with my crazy school schedule, as well as trying to add my classroom ideas to teacherspayteachers that I get too busy. I plan to …
These are so darling and my students loved them today. We are working on getting songs ready for a Christmas assembly and every student sang in anticipation of getting to hold these magical color changing flameless candles. I found some more today and am giving away 2 sets of 3. This giveaway will only last …
One of my favorite holiday memories is making little crafts or gifts during Christmas time as gifts for others. I still enjoy doing that for my neighbors or my students. Since I teach over 500 students, I now only make a small gift for every member of my choir at school. At the end of …
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims (Picture Puffin Books) I love it when I find a great book with fantastic artwork that the kids love. I sing this to the tune of what we used to call “Ten Little Indians”. It sings about pilgrims, the Wampanoag, turkeys, and the things the kids would do …
It can be hard to manage a classroom while trying to give each student what he or she needs. I have developed a recorder program that enables my 5th grade class of 27 students to receive individualized help and learn at their own pace. Five years ago, my favorite mentor teacher and I designed a black …
Differentiating With Student Tutors in the Music ClassroomRead More
