by Bonnie | Jul 11, 2015 | Instructional Road Maps, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
1. Synchronize your calendar with your instructional rotation. Your schedule will vary significantly depending on how often you see your students. In my 16 years of teaching I have taught within a variety of rotations including a 3 day rotation, a 4 day...
by Bonnie | Jul 10, 2015 | Classroom Organization, Instructional Road Maps, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
Congratulations! You’ve got your first job as a music teacher at an elementary school! Now what? It’s July, so that means that in about two breathes you will be standing in front of your very first set of students. Your first year of teaching will be a...
by Bonnie | Jul 8, 2015 | Classroom Organization, FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources |
When you teach music it is rare to see everyone everyday. Most of us are on some sort of rotation that accommodates the size of the grade level we are teaching and the instructional minutes we are given. I have found that one of the challenges I face each year is...
by Bonnie | Jul 7, 2015 | Word Wall, Word Wall - Set 4 - world instruments
The new and improved set 4 of the word wall is here! In the previous version of my word wall all of the instruments were included in one set without any sorting. For the 2015 edition, I’ve sorted the instruments into 3 types. Here is the first set of World...
by Bonnie | Jul 5, 2015 | Bulletin Boards, Classroom Organization
yellow barred eighth notes I’m learning how to create different graphics using PowerPoint. I found a pretty border on sale at Joanne’s and I liked it because it could be easily transferred into a music bulletin board without too much fuss. This border...
