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Elementary Music Performance Guide
Preparing for an elementary music performance can be a fun and exciting experience for students and teachers. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you plan and execute a successful performance: 1. Choose the Music 2. Plan the Program 3. Rehearsal 4. Organize Logistics 5. Invitations/Performance Attire: 6. Final Rehearsals (Dress Rehearsal) Before your final rehearsal,…
Classroom Setup Off Contract Time
I feel this is a conversation that we need to have as an educational community. I may say some things you disagree with in this podcast, and that’s ok. I probably teach a way you disagree with, and that’s ok too. We aren’t carbon copies of one another and shouldn’t be. The students benefit from…
Classroom Management: Control the Chaos from Day 1
Classroom management is crucial in creating a productive and encouraging learning environment. This blog post will explore practical strategies, tips, and techniques to help teachers successfully manage their classrooms beyond building relationships, calling parents, and relying on administrative support. This bottom-up design, starting with lesson instruction and building in classroom management, will keep the lesson…
Packing Up the Chaos: 3 Storage Solutions for the End of the Year
Okay, teachers, we’re almost there! We are so close to the finish line it’s time to start thinking about packing up the chaos and closing for the summer. This is both a welcomed and daunting task if we aren’t prepared. Here I will give you three helpful storage solutions for end-of-the-year preparations.
Instrument Storage Ideas for an Elementary Music Classroom
When planning your classroom layout, you should consider how you will store your instruments for student use. Here I will outline some ways I store my instruments and make them accessible to my students to aid in their independence. Small Percussion Small percussion can sometimes be the worst to organize and keep neat throughout the…
Rules and Procedures for the First Week of Elementary Music
I would first like to say there is no right or wrong way to incorporate rules and procedures into your classroom. There are two camps, one, teach rules and procedures along the way while making music, two, specifically outline the rules and procedures for your students as a stand-alone lesson. I’ve been at my campus…
3 Reasons Why You Need Your Students’ IEP/504 BEFORE the First Day of School
If you are new to teaching, in your first few years, you may not know that specialist, like us, are required to follow a student’s IEP or 504. If you’re in college and just learning about special education, you may not know what an IEP or a 504 is and at the end of this…
Top 5 Books for Back to School
I know, I know it’s still summer, why are we talking about back to school?! We’re worse than Target! I am one of those teachers that plans during the summer so that I can relax during the year a little more. I do a lot of broad plans and tweak them throughout the year, and…
3 Positive Primers for Elementary Music Classrooms
brain for the response I’m looking for, I’ve primed your brain or accelerated its thought processes toward the memory I would like recalled. If I give you a positive primer and accelerate happiness, I can stimulate higher brain functioning.
Resilience: Will We Survive This Year?
I know this year is hard. I’ve been in education for 16 years and have seen and heard a lot of education policy come and go. This year is no different, except that it is. The difference here is that we are literally trying to survive a virus that is raging all around us while…
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