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 …
Three Things: Jumping on the beat, Magic Mikes, and a Fun Book
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 …
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Music Madness Activities- Inspired by March Madness
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 …
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Thank you! 1000 Follower Giveaway and Freebie!
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 …
Goals for 2016
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 …
Flameless Candle Giveaway
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 …
A Favorite Holiday Memory
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 …
A Fun Book for Thanksgiving
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 …
Differentiating With Student Tutors in the Music Classroom
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 …
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Creepy Eyeball Activities
Creepy eyeballs have always gotten my attention around Halloween. They are so colorful and well- creepy! I have seen posts by regular classroom teachers and came up with my own game. Read on to get my creepy eyeball ideas with freebies, other music teachers’ ideas with freebies and a classroom teacher’s ideas with freebies, just …
