by Bonnie | Oct 9, 2014 | Education Through Music, Music Literacy, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats
1. 5th graders with determination and heart – Our 5th grade choir meets each Tuesday and Thursday. This morning being Wednesday I wasn’t expecting any 5th graders in my room, but was surprised when one stopped by. He wanted to know if he could join...
by Bonnie | Aug 13, 2014 | Education Through Music, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Singing with children
A few weeks ago, when I posted my lesson plan template, I was asked to show how I would actually use this template in planning. With that in mind, I’ve included a version of a lesson that I teach often. In this plan I refer to form books and mapping, both are...
by Bonnie | Sep 23, 2013 | Meter, Music Literacy
It has been a crazy busy couple of weeks in my world and almost none of the busy has had anything to do with school….. 🙂 Be that as it may, my students and I have been steadily working on reviewing all of the things that we learned last year….. reviewing...
by Bonnie | Aug 12, 2013 | Word Wall
So I’ve been busy getting ready for school and in the midst of that crazy two things happened….. 1. One of the folks who wanted to use my word wall words had great suggestions that should be included in an new list of words AND 2. I found a similar list...
by Bonnie | Jul 4, 2013 | FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Rhythm |
Everyone is always looking for ways to keep students moving forward in their understanding and when we have the right tools in hand we can do just that. This activity made me AND my math coach very happy. If you are in a teaching situation where you are constantly...
by Bonnie | Jul 2, 2013 | FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Rhythm
Here is where things start getting interesting in the land of musical math! I find that often students really don’t understand note value until they have a chance to use the relative values we assign within the context of math. Experienced musicians quickly...
