March Highlights 2021

 As this milestone month comes to a close, it's time to look back on some of the highlights. It was a month of ups and downs to be sure!1. Song BracketMarch is always so much fun because I celebrate Music In Our Schools Month in a big way. I didn't do all the different in-class activities or bulletin boards I would normally do because of our hybrid...

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Teacher Routines for Concurrent Music Teaching

I've been teaching concurrently- with some students socially distanced in the classroom and some students participating in the same class live on zoom at the same time- since the beginning of this school year. I'm also on a cart and, as of right now, still not allowed to sing or share any supplies in school. It's still exhausting and frustrating, but...

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Dance Playlist 2021

I love finding upbeat, school-appropriate, modern songs to use in my music classes for dance parties, slideshows, field day, and general merriment, and this year this feels especially important to share. I've been using my playlist of upbeat dance songs a lot this year to throw in a dance break at the end of class or use to play along with on found...

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Favorite Tech Tools for Composition in Elementary Music

One of the best things to come out of this pandemic is the technology infrastructure that we've been forced to put in place. And one of the most powerful ways I've been able to incorporate the new one-to-one devices my students have into my lessons is composition. Today I want to share my 3 favorite tools to use for composition in elementary music:...

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February Highlights 2021

Every month I stop and look back at the highlights from the past month. This month's highlights include teaching chorus for the first time in almost a year, a little inspiration from my daughter, and some amazing content from some wonderful music educators!1. Teaching chorusI usually try to include photos for my highlights- I don't have one but I have...

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