I started getting sick yesterday, but my concerts are this afternoon and this evening. Today, I have no voice at all. Since a special presentation of the nutcracker is coming early in January, I will ditch the regular curriculum and do Nutcracker today. My Plan. 1. Show a 5 minute video of a synopsis of …
Cyber Sale and Linky Party!
I am SO grateful for so many things this month and especially some of the great teachers I have learned from! If you aren’t following my facebook page yet, find it HERE, or my TPT store yet, find it here. You’ll get new ideas for your classroom, and freebies to use too! Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing a …
Scheherazade- A fun website for introducing this beautiful music
My 4th, 5th, and 6th graders are going to the symphony on Monday. The teachers have asked me to prepare them. One of the songs that will be played is Rimsky Korsakov’s “Scheherazade”. It is a beautiful piece of music. I found this wonderful, interactive website that tells the story and brings the music to …
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5 Little Pumpkins was a big hit today
I have been working on this and have improved it some more. I did “5 Little Pumpkins” on my promethean today with my Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders. It was a huge hit. I told them that if they sang it really well, I would let them “roll out of sight”, as long as they …
Mozart- I found a perfect solution for my 6th graders
I have written before about reading the “Getting to know the World’s Greatest Composers” series with my 6th graders. I only read a little bit a day. I then ask questions. If they answer a question or do anything in class, such as sing a solo, they get a raffle ticket. I do a drawing …
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150 followers on Teacherspayteacher- get a freebie
I have gotten almost 50 more followers recently and will be sending out a note telling people when I will post a new fun file for Halloween. I only need 3 more followers. If you haven’t already, go follow my page. Floating Down the River on the Ohio This is the file I will be posting …
A Freebie celebrating my 100th TPT follower
I get so busy with teaching that I move slowly, but I just got my 100th TPT follower and made a fun game that your students will love. The game is called “Roll a Rhythm”. Your students will roll a dice in one of three levels, write down the rhythms, read them, clap them and …
Corners, a fun game adapted for music class
I had a day in the past two weeks after lunch where about half of my 5th grade class was lunch working and about 5 others were sick that day. We only had about 10 total kids, so we just played games. One of the kids suggested we play “corners”, so we adapted it to …
My Christmas Choir Program
I spend a lot of time before every season listening and looking at music to try to make a balanced program that the kids will like, the parents will like and that we can handle. Since last spring, I haven’t had any help with a 65 piece choir, so I have to really be sure …
My Theme for the Year- finally done- I Am a bucket Filler
When I saw the clipart from DJ Inkers of character words, I instantly knew that I wanted to use it for my theme this year. I spent a good portion of the summer working on it and after researching how to make it all work together, I came upon the Bucket filler idea. It was …
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