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 | Sep 8, 2013 | anchor charts, Music Classroom Resources
My 5th graders and I developed this anchor chart as part of our lesson on I-IV-V chords. After we built a version of this chart, we sorted our boom whackers into I-IV-V chords and accompanied ourselves while we sang “This land is your land”. I’m...
by Bonnie | Sep 4, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
Spring 2002 – 2nd year of teaching with my co-teacher Meredith Leblanc…. We were trying for the “American Gothic” look This is my 15th year of teaching general music. This year I began teaching at my 3rd school and the changes have made me...
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 30, 2013 | Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Set up
To say I was eager to start work in my classroom this morning was an understatement! My favorite things about this time of year include the fact that 1. I’m well rested! 2. I get to be creative! 3. I’m free to work in my room ……. or...
