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Tag Archives: teaching
“NoteSpeed” game for Solfege!
I recently bought the amazing game called NoteSpeed. My students like it, and I enjoy it too! But I thought it would be great if there were a solfege version (there isn’t) so I decided to make one for myself! … Continue reading
Chord Identification Flash Cards
Flashcards I created for another piano teacher. They are meant to help students practice identifying their major and minor keys and chords. Includes: 33 major & minor chords, plus Cb7, C diminished, C augmented. 14 cards for identifying what chord … Continue reading
My Next Adventure: Lessons and Housewifery
Well, I did it. I quit. I was teaching middle school, and most of the time it was a reasonably good experience. Except when it wasn’t. This past year I taught two classes each of chorus and orchestra (what I … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged difficult, lessons, middle school, music, quit, student, teacher, teaching, why
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Resource: FREE Music Lesson Plans
Check out this database of music lesson plans from Hillsborough Countyu Schools: Music Curriculum Search You will need to enter the provided username and password. I have not examined these lesson plans in detail, but when you log in you … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Kindergarten Lessons, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Elementary
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ClassDojo
ClassDojo This is an interesting website Miss G. showed me recently. It allows you to track student progress in-class and to easily share with parents the progress their student is making. I believe it is only free for a little … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management, Uncategorized
Tagged assessment, Class Dojo, ClassDojo, classroom, education, help, interaction, monitor, music, parent, resources, teacher, teaching, track
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The Education that Time Forgot…
They say that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it, well, according to this article it seems that our educational history has been quickly forgotten. This article is on the newest round of Permissivist Education. Also check … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Informational
Tagged article, child-centered, classroom, clusters, collaborate, facilitate, Finch, Harper Lee, history, home school, informational, intelligences, modules, music, progressive, student-centered, teacher, teaching, to kill a mockingbird, traditional
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Choral Music Scavenger Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt I borrowed from my colleague Miss B.; we used it when I substituted for her class, but it can also be used as a great way to get the students to become familiar with the … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus
Tagged choir, choral, chorus, coda, crescendo, education, Elementary Music, elementary school, fermata, flat, forte, high school, mezzo-piano, music, music scavenger hunt, piano, ritard, scavenger hunt, school, segno, sharp, spiritual, teaching
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Love and Logic Solution: Turn Your Word into Gold
Found this on the facebook page “Teachers with a Sense of Humor.” Not sure yet if there is more to this “Love and Logic” program, but I’m going to try to find out. Thought this was a good way of … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management, Tips and Tricks
Tagged band, children, class, classroom, classroom management, education, Elementary Music, expect, expectations, humor, kindergarten, lesson, love and logic, middle school, music, pencil, quiet, respect, solution, students, talking, teacher, teaching
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1923 Teaching Contract
This is an article my grandmother had saved and she gave it to me the other day. Many of the stipulations in this teacher contract are understandable, if you consider it from the perspective of trying to keep the teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged 1920s, 1923, contract, dye, female, hair, makeup, marriage, married, petticoats, school, schoolhouse, teacher, teacher contract, teaching
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 