by Bonnie | Sep 28, 2015 | Composition, FREE! Downloads!, Meter
This week my 5th graders were learning about 6/8 meter. When I teach meter, I love to have students build measures of rhythms in the meter they are studying. For our lesson this week, we used the single flagged eighth notes, but even though the lesson went...
by Bonnie | Aug 14, 2015 | Music Classroom Resources, Performance Resources |
A few years ago my dear colleagues and friends Judy Luthy and Mary Sherman Wilson wrote a musical called “Birds of a Feather”. If you are looking for a musical that not only has great music that is accessible to students but also supports...
by Bonnie | Aug 12, 2015 | Classroom Organization, I Can statements and TEKS, Music Classroom Resources, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Teaching Music 101 |
I’m excited to say that this year I get to host a student teacher in my classroom and as I have prepared to work with her over the summer I have spent some time reflecting upon the things that I want to do better in my classroom. One of the many things that I...
by Bonnie | Aug 9, 2015 | Classroom Organization, FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources
As I have been reviewing my blog posts, I found this one about lesson tracking and I thought I would share it again as it’s time to think about school. When you teach music it is rare to see everyone everyday. Most of us are on some sort of rotation that...
by Bonnie | Aug 4, 2015 | Classroom Organization, FREE! Downloads!, Instrument Cabinet Organization
To download instrument cards DOWNLOAD HERE! There is nothing more potentially frustrating than managing instruments. There are so many of them, and they are often odd shapes. They need to be accessible and they need to have a place. When possible it...
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...
