Old Brass Wagon is a great song to teach sixteenth notes to second and third grade students! Old Brass Wagon is a play party song from the 19th century. Play party songs were popular when dancing wasn’t allowed in certain communities for religious reasons. Sometimes I struggle to find songs that are long enough for […]
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One of the most important practices that a teacher can do is reflect on the school year. I tend to reflect on the school year during the last couple of weeks of school, as I prepare to say “see you later” to my students. I pull out a little index card and just start writing
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I remember sitting in my final evaluation my second year of teaching elementary music. I had presented my lesson plans (which are stellar, if I do say so myself), and I’m feeling good about how this is going to go. My principal sets down my plans and says, “okay…but where is your data?” Ummm…what do
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Assessing quarter and eighth notes, or any other concept in elementary music, can be tough. When I first started being intentional with assessments and tracking student data, it was overwhelming. I see hundreds of students every day. How am I supposed to track assessments for every single kid?! That is definitely not something we learned
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Oh, 2020. The year that will go down as one of the strangest years ever. We were at home a lot more than usual, things we were excited for got cancelled or rescheduled, and school looked so much different than I ever could have imagined. While 2020 certainly had its fair share of obstacles and
