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 | May 27, 2015 | Composition, 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 | Feb 2, 2015 | Composition, Music Literacy |
Based on my previous post, I am not ashamed to admit that I was thrilled when I was able to help my students travel through a composition process that got them to where they could create work that looked like this. However, when I consider this work I can see room...
by Bonnie | Jan 22, 2015 | Composition, Music Literacy
I was working on my blog the other day and I had a chance to revisit some of my old posts. When I came across THIS post, I realized that even though this post is a few years old, it still rings true for me. Not only have I continued to begin my composition lessons...
by Bonnie | May 29, 2013 | Composition, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Rhythm
Like everyone else, I’m in the last few days of school. My students last day is June 5th and we have a workday on June 6th. One of my chores is to get my computers in order. As part of that chore, I found these pictures taken earlier this year (sometime in...
by Bonnie | Apr 16, 2012 | Absolute Pitch, Composition, Melody, Music Literacy |
It’s that time of year when novelty and creativity are the key to happy students and teachers. Everyone is weary of the year and ready for summer. Yet, summer is a VERY long way off. So it’s at this time of year when I pull out every trick I can think...
