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Tag Archives: sub
Middle School Composition Assignment
This is an assignment given to me by a teacher when I was substituting her orchestra classes for two days. I don’t think she’s mind if I shared this basic composition assignment. I also have some rules for composing floating … Continue reading
Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Band, Teaching Orchestra
Tagged .net, assignment, band, blank, compose, composer, composition, easy. staff paper, high school, instructions, lesson, manuscript, middle school, ochestra, rough draft, sheet music, staff, sub, substitute
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Not a Sub
I do not recall if I have mentioned this before, but I find that it’s helpful to tell the students that you are their “guest musician” rather than their “sub”. I even write my name on the board with the … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management, Tips and Tricks
Tagged care, guest, guest musician, music, musician, perform, respect, sub, substitute
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It will get better!
As I was subbing the other day, and lamenting the behavior of the terrible chorus children I had in those classes, I longed to have my own classroom. Then I thought to myself, “why would my own students be any … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management, Neutral
Tagged band, beginning, behavior, chorus, class, classroom management, elementary, ensemble, Finding, high school, lesson, lessons, magnet, management, middle school, Mrs., music, new teacher, orchestra, piano, strings, sub, subsitute, teacher, teaching, Warneke
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 