by Bonnie | May 25, 2015 | Music Teacher Planner, Roadmaps and Lesson Plans
I use this section of my planner to plan my year. Without this section of the planner I would be L O S T . My favorite part is the “roadmapping pages”. I find that I refer to them throughout the year as I write lesson plans and make adjustments...
by Bonnie | May 25, 2015 | Music Teacher Planner, seating charts
When I printed chapter 2 for myself, I included rubrics created by my district that I want to keep close at hand. I also print enough seating charts so that each class has a page. In the first edition of the planner that I used this year I had included a lesson...
by Bonnie | May 22, 2015 | Music Teacher Planner
So after a year of using my planner I love it more than ever, but now after almost a year of use I have a MUCH better idea of how I would like my planer to actually function. With that in mind, I have decided to create a revised version for this next year....
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 28, 2015 | Classroom Organization, Professional Collaboration
I am so blessed to work with an amazing, talented, steady, organized and hard working co-teacher. We have a great time working together! Like all successful partnerships we each bring strengths and weaknesses to the table. One of the things we have in common is that...
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! 🙂