Music class

Welcome to our Music Room! Let me show you around... We are so fortunate to have SMARTboards in our classrooms! I don't know how I could ever teach without one now! Here is our instrumentarium! I am always looking to expand my Orff collection! :) Our Musical Word Wall... More classroom instruments and our music textbooks... Our Music Essential Questions posted... The Music Standards (in kid-friendly language) are also posted for each class. The 4th and 5th graders spend a few minutes during…

On the first day of school, do you ever look at your roster puzzled on how you will ever learn all of your students' names? Here you will find ways to have fun with your students while learning their names and taking attendance. These are great getting to know you activities and name games for your elementary Music class to use on the first day of school. Also conduct a musical survey to get to know your students.

Our summer master class teacher is going to be Mrs. Barrett (@violinvitamins on IG), of Dubai!! Connect with her via your favorite social channel: https://crosbybarrett.com/ Mrs. Barrett and I have been talking back and forth and making a plan for a wonderful class. I am so excited for our class this

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Image 11 of 19 from gallery of Music School Project Concept "Taller De Musics" / Dom Arquitectura. Photograph by Jordi Anguera

I love when we have an Olympic year in music class. This is the second one we've celebrated since I began teaching, and we went all out! I started off by selecting 8 countries and then dividing each of my classes into 4 teams (I have 4 risers, so each riser was a team). Students in grades 4-6 participated, so there ended up being one grade level each on every team. Each day, students competed in a different Olympic event. The events we competed in were the ski jump, speed skating, curling…

I'm excited to be linking up with several fellow bloggers to post what my music room looks like this year. First.. drum roll, please.. I got NEW carpet! Whoo hoo!!! BIG excitement here, I tell ya! It forced me to do something I haven't done in a long time and was WAAAAAY overdue.. PURGE!!!! I had to box everything in my room up for the carpet guys to install the new carpet. This helped me to go through and really evaluate what to keep, what to throw, and what to store in the storage closet…

Permanently Fix a Manhasset Music Stand: Most band and orchestra teachers have to constantly adjust those old Manhasset music stands. They wobble at the base and fail to hold music up. This instructable will permanently remedy this problem.

Local experts speak about the benefits of music therapy and how children and their parents can get involved