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Classroom Reveal 2018-2019
After days of working in my room, I'm really excited to reveal my music room for this year!Here is a view of my room as you walk into it. Here's a panoramic view of my room:I decided on a forest theme...
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Star students in the music room
Looking for a great way to keep students engaged and focused during music class? Today, I'm writing my first blog post in a series about classroom management in the music room. This post will be about...
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Point System for the Music Classroom
Today, I'm continuing my classroom management series to write about a great way to reward the whole class: a point system for the music room!Since I started teaching, I've rewarded individual students...
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Transitions in the Music Room
Lately, I've been writing with classroom management strategies in the music room. In this post, I wrote about star students, and in this post, I wrote about a point system for your music classroom....
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Classroom Management Strategies for the Music Room
Lately, I've been blogging about classroom management strategies in the music room. Today's blog post includes a podcast episode with more ideas!Listen to the podcast, called The Music Room, in the...
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See the old witch {A Halloween music composition activity}
Looking for a fun Halloween activity that gets students composing and practicing quarter rest? In this blog post, I'm writing with a favorite activity for students during the Halloween season...or any...
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Giving students choice during centers
I've been using centers for several years now, and have really enjoyed the student-centered learning environment and the chance to work with students one-on-one. In today's post, I'm writing about...
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STEAM in the Music Classroom
Looking for ways to integrate STEM or STEAM into your music room? In this podcast episode, I talked with my friend and colleague Emily Anderson Karst about ideas for STEAM, coding, and more!Listen to...
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Giving students input for musical programs
Looking for ways to give students input for musical programs? In this podcast episode, I discuss a process I used for giving my fifth graders input for their recent musical program, based on the book...
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Differentiation in the Music Classroom
The term "differentiation" has been used more and more often in education lately. What does it mean? How does it apply to the music room?According to Carol Ann Tomlinson--an expert on differentiation--...
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Learning Styles in the Music Room
Looking for strategies to address physical, visual, and aural learning styles? In this podcast episode, Â Katie and I discuss learning styles, strategies, and more!Listen to the podcast here:Links...
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Christmas and other winter holidays in the music room
Looking for fun activities during the winter holiday season? In this podcast episode, I discuss my favorite ways to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa in the music room!Listen here:Links...
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Renewal and rejuvenation over winter break
Looking ideas for rejuvenating over winter break? In this podcast episode, Emily Karst and I talk about renewing and rejuvenating over winter break.Listen to the podcast here:Links mentioned in the...
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Best Practices for Children's Choir
Looking for ideas for your elementary or middle school choir? In this podcast episode, I'm talking with my friend and colleague Matthew Parker about best practices for children's choir!Listen to the...
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Tips for Teaching First Grade Music
First graders are at such a fun age. They are curious, but can follow directions a bit better than their Kindergarten counterparts. They are excited, they are joyful, and they can really start diving...
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Six Routines to Improve Productivity and Happiness
Looking for ways to improve your productivity and happiness as a music teacher? In today's episode, I talk about six routines that have helped me. You can listen to the episode in iTunes, or you can...
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Strategies for teaching the major scale
Looking for fun ways to teach about the major scale? In this blog post, I'll detail my favorite singing game for teaching the major scale, a hands-on way to teach the major scale, and how to use...
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Adapting your lessons during testing
Testing, testing, testing...there is SO much testing going on right now! How can we as music teachers make sure that students are engaged and excited when they've already been sitting for hours, taking...
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A Peek at my Week: Presenting rest, Improvising Melodic Patterns, and More!
Interested to see a peek at my week in the music room? In this podcast, I discuss my lessons for the week. You can listen here; links and a description are below:With first grade, I discuss in the...
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Student Teachers in the Music Room
Looking for strategies for student teachers in the music room? In this podcast episode, I include my top ten tips for working with student teachers, so they have a successful teaching journey with...
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