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Recorder Karate Flags to track and celebrate student progress.
April 18, 2015

Recorder Karate Flags – Displaying student progress

I love the idea of tracking and celebrating student growth and progress in a public way.  With a task as complex as playing a melodic wind instrument, there are a lot of variables to master.  It takes real practice and work to learn to play the recorder in a fun, […]
April 11, 2015

Recorder Karate Progress — Instruments on the Wall!

As many of you know, I LOVE teaching recorder!  The kids get such energy from playing that funny little instrument.  They smile and have a ton of fun learning to make sounds and play together.  My kids pick up so much, so quickly when we have our recorder unit as […]
I created a Wall of Fame for my kiddos who had earned their Recorder Karate Black Belt!
May 12, 2014

Black Belt Wall of Fame – Recorder Karate Progress

If you’ve followed my blog so far, you know that I work really hard to make students excited about playing the recorder.  Students have to really buy in to the idea to want to work on it, otherwise they won’t practice or advance.  One of the most effective things that […]
Using pipe cleaners I created a simple, interactive bulletin board for my kiddos to show off their RK progress.
March 8, 2014

Recorder Karate Progress with Pipe Cleaners

I’m doing recorder karate with three grades and I ran out of space and ideas about how to show progress for all three grades.  I normally try my best to create a visual display so that students can track their progress and show off to others how well they’re doing […]
Using felt rectangles and velcro I created a simple, interactive bulletin board for my kiddos to show off their RK progress.
March 3, 2014

Recorder Karate Progress with Felt and Velcro

I’ve written in the past about displaying student progress through a Recorder Karate bulletin board but I wanted to share one more way to display students progress using felt squares and velcro!  This mimics another process I’ve done in the past where I built a big and colorful pagodas but […]
Five awesome things I found on Pinterest this month!
January 26, 2014

Five Favorite Pins of January – 2014

I will admit, I spend a lot of time on Pinterest browsing ideas, getting inspiration, and seeing how other teachers decorate and plan for teaching.  Pinterest can be a really great tool to help you plan for your own classroom and inspire you to try new things.  Why not share […]
Paper recorders in a variety of colors with accompanying signs.
January 18, 2014

What Belt Are You? Recorder Karate Hallway Display

It’s easy to figure out what songs, notes, and skills I need to learn to earn new belts with this simple Recorder Karate hallway display!  On each poster students will be able to find information about the song for that specific belt and and new skills that they will have to […]
I created a simple, pagoda-themed, interactive bulletin board for my kiddos to show off their RK progress.
October 2, 2013

Recorder Karate Pagodas — Displaying Student Progress

You can never have too many ways to show off student progress and celebrate success.  I had a blank/grey bulletin board space in my classroom and wanted a way to show my students’ progress when they tested for recorder karate belts.  In case you’re not familiar, Recorder Karate is a […]

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