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Three Classroom Rules for Elementary Music Teachers
January 12, 2014

Three Classroom Rules for Elementary Music Class

The summer before my first year of teaching I was swimming with ideas about what songs I wanted to teach, how to set up my classroom, what things I needed to buy or make, and so much more. Like any good education student who has read “The First Days of […]
A free, editable lesson plan to use in your elementary music classroom!
December 8, 2013

FREE! – My Elementary Music Lesson Plan Template

Lesson planning can be hard.  If I’m going to make a lesson plan for myself for a stand alone class then I don’t really need ALL that much information because I know my lesson, I know how to scaffold it out, I know what resources I need, and I know […]
A homemade cart for barred percussion instruments.
November 23, 2013

DIY Orff Carts – Get those bass instruments moving!

So, I’ve got three amazing bass barred percussion instruments in my room.  Two bass xylophones and a bass metallophone.  I love them for the timbre they bring and kids love playing them because they’re “the hugest ones!”  All in all, these instruments are fantastic… but they’re not fantastic to move […]
Here are some of my favorite little tricks to smooth transitions and get kids learning more quickly.
November 20, 2013

2/4  Tiny Tricks to Make Life Easier

You can never have enough tricks up your sleeve when you work with kids.  It’s bad enough for classroom teachers who see the same 20-30 kids day in and day out.  At least they have time to teach kids procedures that help to alleviate some of the crazy behaviors.  They […]
The Big Red Sub Binder - stocked and ready to go!
November 6, 2013

2/4 Tuesday:  Substitute Planning!

I took a personal day for a doctor’s appointment last Friday and as I was preparing for the day I hit that slump of “What should I plan for this sub…  who knows if it’s going to be a music person or not…  Ugh!”  I find it really hard to […]
Use the instruments families to provide groups for your class. It's great for classroom management!
November 1, 2013

Instrument Families for Classroom Management

My first few years of teaching I really struggled with certain aspects of classroom management.  I was forever losing instruction time as I spent precious minutes trying to put kids into groups and organize teams for games or small group work.  And then one day I stumbled onto this idea and […]
October 15, 2013

I CAN Posters – Displaying the National Standards

In my district all teachers are required to post objective questions and “I CAN” statements for every lesson.  Each I CAN statement is intended to help your students understand the point of the lesson focus learning so that kids know what they’re supposed to be able to do at the […]
October 7, 2013

Just a Little Letter… Writing to students!

At my student teaching placement, my cooperating teacher (Debbie Gray) showed me how she would write little notes to all of her students.  She would try and get a letter to each one in a semester so that every student got about two notes a year.  It’s hard to keep […]
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