by Bonnie | Feb 21, 2015 | Music Classroom Resources, Musical Instruments
I am dedicating this post to my friend Tami Boltz because she is one AMAZING music teacher and the information I am about to tell you absolutely made her week!!! So there we were, a small group of music teachers from various schools in the district. We were sharing...
by Bonnie | Jan 5, 2015 | Music Classroom Resources, Music Listening, Music Literacy
I find that it is REALLY a very difficult help students to understand tempo, but to be able to use the tempo vocabulary when describing music. My co-teacher and I tried something new this year. We developed a listening lesson that allowed students to compare various...
by Bonnie | Dec 3, 2014 | Music Classroom Resources, Music Listening, music listening map |
I love studying composers with my students. Tchaikovsky is definitely a favorite, but when time allows, I dearly love sharing more than just the music from the Nutcracker with my students. When I have time, I like to share several other pieces with them including...
by Bonnie | Oct 20, 2014 | Music Classroom Resources, Recorders |
Playing recorder is rather complex and it is often an area where significant modifications and accommodations are needed in order to meet the instructional needs of ALL students. Here is a quick list of the modifications and accommodations that I use most frequently....
by Bonnie | Oct 20, 2014 | FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Rhythm
Last year I made some of these rhythm cards to use as manipulatives for a meter unit. Now, a year later I have expanded the collection and use them constantly for all sorts of assignments. My favorite thing to is to give my students combinations of these cards...
by Bonnie | Oct 6, 2014 | Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Resources, Music Sub Plans
There are several things that are true about having a sub in your music class. You can almost never afford to tread water with the class you miss because you won’t see them again until next week. You never know who you will get as your sub, or their confidence...
