by Bonnie | May 20, 2015 | Music Literacy, Rhythm
Last year around this time of year I looked up at the clock and noticed that my 2nd graders had finished our entire lesson, AND played several of my best games AND we STILL had 10 minutes left!!!! … I’ll admit that I wasn’t feeling particularly...
by Bonnie | Mar 23, 2015 | Music Listening, Music Literacy, Rhythm
Look what I found! This video series is really nice and well done! – Thanks Classical MPR for such great work! I plan on sharing these videos with my 5th graders as we gear up to review everything for so they will be ready for Jr. High! 🙂
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 | 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 | 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...
