One day, when I was a little girl, my mom sensed I was in danger. We lived in the country outside of the big city, a special area that seemed to stand still ...
Looking for some ways to make a rainy day fun and musical? I'm sharing some of my favorite rainy day activities for the music room!
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One day, I was playing in my living room with my almost 3 year old son and we were building with his Lego® Bricks. My living room floor pretty much always looks like this: I have had a teaching challenge simmering in my head for a while now. How do I help students really […]
Check out these classroom management tips and ideas on how you can have your classroom manage itself efficiently and effectively without you!
One day, I was playing in my living room with my almost 3 year old son and we were building with his Lego® Bricks. My living room floor pretty much always looks like this: I have had a teaching challenge simmering in my head for a while now. How do I help students really […]
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I am obsessed with escape rooms! They are so much fun! I wish that I could do one every day. On my spring break trip to Atlanta I was able to do three in one day and it was super exhilarating! Before my state test I decided that I wanted to do a fun review game for my kids and decided to try my hand at an escape room. It took a lot of trial and error, but it was a MASSIVE success. I decided to share my escape room plans with you as best as I can in case you want to try something similar in your classroom. Step 1: The days leading up to the escape room I rolled a suitcase around with me (You will see why) Step 2: I broke the students into four groups Step 3: I created a newspaper article that informed students that I was taking over the world and handed one out to each group. Newspaper Generator Step four: I hid a card in my miniature file cabinet that said, "Don't just stand there in limbo, take a look in the classroom window." Step five: The first set of clues to decipher that opened the Word Lock was hidden behind a book in the window. Figurative Language Word Lock Clues Step six: Inside of Lock #1was the POV clues POV Directional Lock Step seven: Inside of Lock #2 was a set of UV flashlights and 4 pieces of seemingly blank paper. Once the UV lights were turned on students will find a number on each of their pieces of paper. This opened the lockbox. Step eight: Inside the lock box was four ziplock bags with puzzle pieces and a short story for each of the groups. The students need to read the short story and then put together their puzzle. One of the puzzles will have the correct symbol answer written in UV pen, the other three will be distractors with penalties. Symbolism Door Lock Clues Step nine: Each group will get a reading passage with multiple choice questions. Once they finish the passages, if they answered the questions correctly they will get their groups number to contribute to the final lock box. Reading Passages Lock Box Step ten: Students open the suitcase and thwart my takeover! Some pictures of my students completing the tasks Supplies I used (Click on the pictures) (3 boxes)
Check out these classroom management tips and ideas on how you can have your classroom manage itself efficiently and effectively without you!
One day, I was playing in my living room with my almost 3 year old son and we were building with his Lego® Bricks. My living room floor pretty much always looks like this: I have had a teaching challenge simmering in my head for a while now. How do I help students really […]
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The days before my first day ever teaching, I remember other teachers telling me not to smile till December so that the kids new the drill and that I didn't mean business. I remember them saying that the first day is filled with nothing but drills and procedures because we are training our students. I have a bone to pick with that. We don't train our kids, we teach them and remind them. Far to often I see on Facebook that Sammy's daughter came back home on the color red, on her first day of Kin
Today I'm giving a glance into my first day of school lesson plans, from TK - 5th grade. In the first day of music class, students are arguably the most attentive they will be all year. This puts a unique pressure on the first day's lesson plan to set the tone for the rest of our time together.
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I remember telling a wild story to some kids in an art class I was teaching about 20 years ago. The details of the story have long since evaporated, but I DO remember what a girl about eight years old with a puzzled look on her face said to me in response to my whimsical rambling. "You're weird," she said. I smiled. "Thank you!" popped out of my mouth, much to her surprise. She looked at me with her far-too-serious face and then a small smile emerged. It took a few moments, but my unexpected response had invited her to consider that the world can be seen in many ways. Odd can be interesting. Weird can be wonderful. Different is refreshing. An attempted disparaging comment can be be turned into a generous compliment. When I doing a presentation at schools, I have been known to drop my markers or the pad of paper tumbles off the easel. How strange that the automatic reaction of many kids is laughter. Finding humor is other people's distress makes me a bit sad about our species. The way I handle the dropped markers or pad of paper is to either say "I meant to do that" or to ignore it completely as though I had indeed been ready to let the art supplies tumble to the ground as I confidently proceeded. I made a nod to this way of thinking in my book, BE YOU! published by Scholastic - my "handbook for amazing humans." "Be silly. Be quirky. Be odd. Be unique. Be weird. Be colorful. Be okay being different. Be just the way you are." The illustration above was inspired by this story, but I was not wearing a crown or a tutu - and I did not have a cat sitting on my head. I am actually known for balancing things on my head though - including full glasses of water. Weird? Why, yes, and thank you.
Music lesson plans for the first week of school need to be fun and informative. Here are four ideas to get to know your students and get them making music!
One day in a school room the teacher asked the class to use the word “fascinate” in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, “My family went to my granddad’s farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating.” The teacher said, “That was good, but I wanted you to use the word...
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I am one happy teacher tonight. We rocked out the day in room 119. I mean it. It’s the 6th week of school and thank you baby Jesus it feels...
