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September 27, 2015

Three Things {Grizzly Bear, Loud and Quiet, and a Picture Book}

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Today, I’m returning to my "Three Things" linky party, in which I blog about three things that worked for my and my students this week. Thanks to  Whimsy Workshop Teaching ,  Kimberly Geswein fonts , and  Jax and Jake  for the cute clip art and fonts! #1: Grizzly Bear My Kindergarteners have been preparing loud and quiet. One of my all-time favorite songs for this is "Grizzly Bear," which you can see below: The kids love the song, as it starts very quietly and gets louder and louder, until they shout, "Roar" at the end! For the game, I have students walk in a circle, coun…

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September 24, 2015

Technology tips for the classroom

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Have you ever been teaching and a piece of technology that you were relying on for your lesson completely failed you? This has probably happened to all of us at some point, so today I'll write about preventing these technology troubles, leaving you with a smooth, engaging lesson! #1: Think ahead When I'm teaching, I often have to think ahead to the next activity in the lesson or even the activity after that. I have an agenda that has all of my songs, activities, etc. on it as well as my "I can" statements, and my SMART Notebook files, Powerpoints, PDF's, etc. that I need a…

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September 13, 2015

Three Things {Orff Rules, Plainsies Clapsies, and a Recorder Freebie}

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Hi everyone! I hope you had a good weekend. My family just got back from Cincinnati for a short, one-day trip, and it was fun and relaxing! Today, I’m writing again with my “Three Things” linky party, in which I blog about three things that worked for my and my students this week. Thanks to  Whimsy Workshop Teaching ,  Kimberly Geswein fonts , and  Jax and Jake  for the cute clip art and fonts! #1: Reviewing Orff instrument rules before playing instruments My first graders have been practicing steady beat and rhythm, so I had them sing “Engine Engine” (all on sol-mi) while playing the beat on the Orff…

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September 06, 2015

Three Things {Instrument activity, Einstein, and I let her go-go}

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Hi everyone! I'm excited to continue my new linky party today, called "Three things." I'm going to blog about three things that worked really well for my students this past week...things that were magical, that they beg to do again, etc. Thanks to  Whimsy Workshop Teaching ,  Kimberly Geswein fonts , and  Jax and Jake  for the cute clip art and fonts! #1: Kindergarten instrument activity Two weeks ago, I read the book "Three Billy Goats Gruff" to my Kindergarteners, and had students use their squeaky/high speaking voice to say "trip trap, trip trap" for the littl…

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August 30, 2015

Three Things {Kindergarten movement, a book, and a dance!}

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Hi everyone! I'm excited to start a new linky party today, called "Three things." I'm going to blog about three things that worked really well for my students this past week...things that were magical, that they beg to do again, etc. I am hoping to do this every Sunday afternoon as a way to share great activities. If you are a music blogger, and would like to link up with your three things, see the directions at the end of this post. Thanks to Whimsy Workshop Teaching , Kimberly Geswein fonts , and Jax and Jake for the cute clip art and fonts! #1: Kindergarten movement activity …

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August 26, 2015

YouTube videos for music teachers

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Hi everyone! I've been having fun posting YouTube videos to my YouTube channel lately, so I thought I'd share some videos here in this post in case you hadn't seen them! If you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel, you can do it by clicking the link above or clicking on the YouTube button on the right side of my blog. Here is a new video I just posted with a tour of my music room. To see more pictures and explanations, see this blog post . Here's a video I posted about lesson planning: Watch this video to learn about creating song lists: This video is about creating song in…

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August 22, 2015

Classroom Reveal {2015-2016}

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I'm really excited to link up with Tracy King from Mrs. King Rocks to blog about what's on my wall and in my classroom! Here is a view of the first part of my classroom; I chose a jungle theme for my classroom this year! I'm really, really lucky to have a fairly large space in my classroom. I have been in other situations, with itty-bitty rooms, and appreciate the large space I now have! I like to label all of my drawers to I remember what's in them...I have so many that otherwise I'd forget! The bins you see on the left of the picture are used for my grade-level materials;…

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August 16, 2015

Lesson Planning Tips

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I hope you are all either enjoying the start of your school year or enjoying the last days of your summer! I just started school yesterday and it's been wonderful! Even though I will miss staying at home with my girls, I was reminded how much I enjoy teaching, and how much I enjoyed seeing the kids! Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I thought I'd write a blog post with links and information for lesson planning. Here is a video I just put together on YouTube about lesson planning. I hope it's helpful! Here is a blog post I wrote about planning for your Kindergart…

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