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November 27, 2013
Turkey Rhythms
Group work · Holidays · Rhythmic work · 3 comments
A few weeks ago, I found a pin on Pinterest that I thought was really cute for classroom teachers: I wondered if there was a way I could adapt this idea to rhythm. I was excited when I found foam turkeys on Oriental Trading . When they came in the mail, each set looked like this: They actually came with one more smaller paper plate, but I discovered that overlapping and then gluing paper plates together was much harder than it looked, so I turned it into a one-paper-plate craft! After gluing all the parts on, the turkeys looked like this: Each turkey came with six feathers, but I only used five. F…
November 20, 2013
Five Favorite Pins of November
Children's literature · Favorite pins · Folk dancing · 2 comments
I've been so busy lately participating in the linky parties of other teachers that I forgot about my own! Here goes my monthly linky party, this time for my five favorite pins of November. If you are a teacher blogger and would like to participate, see the link-up directions at the bottom of this post. #1: Before John was a Jazz Giant I love children's literature, and I love jazz, so I was super excited when I found this book on Pinterest! The illustrations are beautiful (by Sean Qualls, the illustrator of Dizzy , another jazz book) and the text looks poetic. I just bought my copy (you ca…
November 18, 2013
Autumn Manipulatives
Assessment · Kodaly · Learning centers · Manipulatives · Rhythmic work · 1 comment
Today, I'm excited to be joining Lindsay Jervis' linky party, to blog about autumn manipulatives for rhythm writing! I just love the dollar shelves at Target, not just for fun goodies for my daughters, but for teaching! Recently, I found bags of pumpkins, gourds, acorns, and leaves and decided I had to use them in my classroom! I bought seven bags and stored them in fun buckets I also found at Target, like this: Then I used them in learning centers with my first graders. They just learned ta and ti-ti, so at one of the centers, the students found the two buckets. Then, they emptied the b…
November 14, 2013
New Ideas
Group work · Organization · 5 comments
Once again, I'm excited to join the Blog Hoppin' Linky Party, this time to blog about new ideas! Often, when I get new ideas, it's from collaborating and sharing with other teachers. I have a few friends in my district who I absolutely love bouncing ideas off of. Whether we are chatting about something we tried in our classrooms, or something we are thinking about trying, we can share ideas without fear of judgment. I encourage you to find a friend who teaches the same subject/ grade level as you do, and share ideas with them! Here are three new organizational/ management ideas: #1:…
November 13, 2013
Centers for rhythmic practice
Kodaly · Learning centers · Rhythmic work · No comments
This week, I started learning centers with my fourth graders to practice syncopa (or eighth/ quarter/ eighth combination.) It's been a lot of fun for the kids (and I was able to individually assess every student!) so today, I'm sharing the four centers: #1: Rhythm Carousel This is a wonderful activity I learned from my friend Sue Leithold-Bowcock. I recently blogged about her sessions at the MKMEA conference; she is always full of amazing ideas (and I have to say, she is VERY entertaining!) The idea for Rhythm Carousel is this: the class is split up into small groups, and each student ha…
November 07, 2013
Three Apps for the Music Classroom
Technology · 9 comments
The past two days I have been home with my sick 14-month-old Macy (poor thing has had a fever...she's starting to finally feel better, thank goodness!) I've poked around a bit in the app store and online and have found a few new apps I thought I'd share. #1: Feedly This app is actually not music-specific, but could be used to stream all of your music blog reading. I found out about this app when I was checking my blogger stats; it's so neat to see where my readers are and how they got to my blog. I noticed while checking out the stats that I had several views from Feedly, so I h…
October 29, 2013
Three vocal exploration ideas
Children's literature · Freebies · Vocal exploration · 3 comments
Looking for ways to improve your students' pitch-matching? Vocal exploration is such a great way for students to get into their head voices...and it's so much fun! Here are three quick ways to get students exploring their voices, especially around Halloween! #1: "Ghosts in the House" by Kazuno Kohara This is a really fun book, especially around Halloween! For vocal exploration, you could have students make ghost sounds to match the ghosts on the page (for the ghosts on the clothesline, students could just sing one pitch, for the ghosts who are upside down, you could have stude…
October 13, 2013
Five Favorite Pins of October
Favorite pins · Orff · Rhythmic work · No comments
We are well into autumn (and still, the weather is amazing!) Since it is October, it is time for my October Linky Party! If you are a music education blogger, see the directions at the end of this blog for how to link up. Here are my five latest favorite pins! #1: Generate your own newspaper article This is a VERY neat tool! Click on the picture below to see the original source of the pin. The idea is this: you can write your own article--specific to your students and your school--and the website listed in the blog will create a picture that looks like a newspaper article. I'm still brainstor…
October 08, 2013
Three fun activities for your music room
Children's literature · Lesson ideas · No comments
Today, I'm blogging with three fun activities for your music room, that have worked well for my students and I! #1: "Sunshine on my Shoulders" book by Christopher Canyon, words by John Denver This is a beautifully illustrated book by Christopher Canyon; you can see it by clicking on the picture below. You can put on the recording of the song as you turn the pages. It's a great opportunity to discuss audience behavior, and to have students listen for the meaning of a song's lyrics. We discuss how the sunshine can improve our mood, and how music can do the same. Christopher C…
October 01, 2013
Three ways to get your students moving
Movement · 2 comments
Today I'm blogging about three ways to get your students moving in music class! #1: Eric Chapelle's "Movement for Creative Dance" I found out about this CD series from a colleague I taught with at my last school. This is a wonderful CD set to help foster creativity and movement in your music room! Click on the picture below to view the CD on West Music (the link will take you to CD #2, but there are four CD's in the set.) Each CD comes with creative movement suggestions, and the last track on each CD is called "Potpourri," and consists of musical fragments of eac…