tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69649239653431140962024-03-18T04:48:20.671-05:00Kodaly Inspired ClassroomLindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-50297438739146629582020-09-27T13:35:00.004-05:002020-09-27T17:05:16.127-05:00Jazz Books for Kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8E0wPa-jxCjlfcXRVFqKc4zbpWvCD4pOmWP6-iUKjPywzYU-ytIjy9mjMKpXeoCYzYuXkqAhyphenhyphenNV1nRAczbxhPGq46i9f2iP2YOE1z24LfCxMQriCB792BMhJvNpsZvdDTEdXowfKtCA/s2000/Facebook+and+Blog+-+Jazz+Books+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8E0wPa-jxCjlfcXRVFqKc4zbpWvCD4pOmWP6-iUKjPywzYU-ytIjy9mjMKpXeoCYzYuXkqAhyphenhyphenNV1nRAczbxhPGq46i9f2iP2YOE1z24LfCxMQriCB792BMhJvNpsZvdDTEdXowfKtCA/w400-h320/Facebook+and+Blog+-+Jazz+Books+2.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I am always on the hunt for great children's books to share in the music room. Sometimes the books that I select are ones that I want to share with students myself. These are often ones that I will sing to students or we will create music with. Others I like to leave for subs. Often these books have more listening opportunities, tell about styles of music, different musicians, different instruments, etc. I have found that my subs really like when I leave these types of lessons. Sometimes the book I leave will come with a CD. If not, I leave YouTube links or burn a CD with music to go along with the books, or for listening examples to play after reading the book. Then I like to leave some questions for the sub to ask after reading the book and some type of worksheet to go along with it. </p>I have been collecting books about jazz musicians for a few years now, and finally put together two sets of children's literature mini lessons to accompany these great books.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEL7Ji1j4Ou59gTy-mDVjRWNopQWUHCXKFSFDYgj0fZKZNBRezY-M5iku6a6RGvwR6mh1V3bbcw3xIOPQ0Tmlhc-P4znFraWVPgFfRNm7tQcGvRBwmOJFD6AAxZyb1pBc1olWGyDQfRw/s2048/Picture+books+-+women+of+jazz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEL7Ji1j4Ou59gTy-mDVjRWNopQWUHCXKFSFDYgj0fZKZNBRezY-M5iku6a6RGvwR6mh1V3bbcw3xIOPQ0Tmlhc-P4znFraWVPgFfRNm7tQcGvRBwmOJFD6AAxZyb1pBc1olWGyDQfRw/s320/Picture+books+-+women+of+jazz.jpg" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9uec4iqaLVZy_tAI4w_kAX2kscC6DIJHzxcT7fSvh7LQvaZZjD5w-Dn1y_iOKs7OQrh9tH-KzuDr1aIouSO25QMYUVDydRFXyCtqqGuO9k0tztnh6Mz2YICwMWe7zMbd9nLJQzWNQA/s320/picture+books+-+men+of+jazz.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Volume-4-Women-of-Jazz-6066440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirP-_L8A-L1ibuxet8f14-7w9oxy9PKhD9CYpqUNapPJB3yL5WF-0ItY2qdoc3qQrRWuKm7mlvm-1p5nRbLRLFCG8rCzV8_Ahl0vtZcDbfknjXC_lz0oIMrhPQ7LV9h4LMDXYXFJvong/s320/Children%2527s+Literature+Mini+Lessons+Cover+-+Volume+4+Women+of+Jazz.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This set contains six children's literature mini lessons with extensions. I've included lesson plans where the music teacher or the sub reads the book (some are with CD or I have included YouTube links for you to play during or after reading the book) and then digs a little deeper with some brainstorming, review, writing, drawing, etc. afterwards. These lessons can be accomplished in one class period.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There aren't as many books on the women of jazz as a there are on the men who shaped jazz, but I pulled books that I thought showcased the many contributions of women in jazz. Ella Fitzgerald helped to popularize scat singing, and continues to be the gold standard for jazz vocalists. Billie Holiday had a very different sound than Ella, but is also considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists. In a world where many women sang or danced, Mary Lou Williams broke through barriers playing an instrument. Not only did she play piano, but she composed, arranged music for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. She also helped to develop the talents of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie. Melba Liston also broke through gender stereotypes as one of the first women of any race to become a world-class trombone player, arranger, and composer. She played with Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, and Quincy Jones. She has touched jazz, rhythm and blues, and reggae as she composed and arranged music for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tony Bennet, the Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, and more. Although all of their names may not be as familiar as some of their male counterparts, they definitely had a hand in shaping jazz.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Books used in this set:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa</li><li>A-Tisket, A-Tasket: Ella Fitzgerald</li><li>Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald</li><li>Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her</li><li>The Little Piano Girl: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend</li><li>The Little Melba And Her Big Trombone</li></ul><div>Preview of the pages included in this set:</div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Volume-4-Women-of-Jazz-6066440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVWCsbIs0GNqqgyodvpGPmVcBN-6mTFZy16Lq041DinsqnQdxVdRtN7xUZpJ1PhHpe67o5XyvFqkbhOpM1Kv51hR1nV-90tNDxn4od_b7oJ3hwqCW31Wv9746sd9ZIG09uKvNX3rr2A/w480-h640/Children%2527s+Literature+Mini+Lessons+-+Volume+4+preview.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Volume-5-Men-of-Jazz-6066526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUBaJI9XdQxfvmfXmrqMs6VtxRjYhkm_rtMXLQDbLqJwEngmGXVqsPFLkz_3-j7qx-pLg_QK6Vsjmdsv6u0M3j3-XVtNdjBSXZ0RYbbItsVcGT0cfylvCxhlYMljm2aVHSgK03jKnow/s320/Children%2527s+Literature+Mini+Lessons+-+Volume+5+-+Men+of+Jazz+cover.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This set follows the same format as my Women of Jazz set. Something I really like about this set is that it follows how jazz evolved and some of the artists who influenced those changes. Through his technical ability and charismatic style, Louis Armstrong helped move jazz into the style we think of today. Duke Ellington relied on his compositions and the artistry of the musicians in his big band to create new and unique music in the jazz idiom. As more and more people started to play jazz, Bird (Charlie Parker) and Diz (Dizzy Gillespie) created a new kind of jazz called bebop, which required quick thinking and technical skill while utilizing more complex harmonic structures. Although Miles Davis played with Dizzy and Bird, he used his artistic voice to move jazz in a new direction: cool jazz. Cool jazz was sparse and spacious, giving the performer time to create and elaborate on their ideas. John Coltrane played with Miles, but kept pushing the boundaries of jazz. He developed his own unique style of playing and improvising, leading the way for modal jazz.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Books used in this set:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong</span></li><li><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra</span></p></li><li><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bird & Diz</span></p></li><li><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane</span></p></li><li><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound</span></p></li></ul></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Volume-5-Men-of-Jazz-6066526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiakiF6nFLUHVV2Q4Noup3KPtG2Xi51jZd3ycj4lYHv-dRZ9G4DmGXGtfvC2ar6TzOC6WbLnXPyWPwgC7X94OcVymG9XdFk-AjPZxTb5RAbuDLMYu0ywj0D8Wunw6i3KCBqlSt423UbA/w480-h640/Children%2527s+Literature+Mini+Lessons+-+Volume+5+-+preview.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both of these sets can be found in my bundle, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Growing-Bundle-2956076">Children's Literature Music Mini Lessons Bundle</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Childrens-Literature-Music-Mini-Lessons-Growing-Bundle-2956076" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do you use any of these books already in your music classes? I'd love to hear what other activities you do with them. If you have other suggestions of books to use in my children's literature mini lessons, please let me know on this post or send me a message on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596">Facebook page</a>!</div><br /><p></p>Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-37780483097523492152020-09-22T13:53:00.002-05:002020-09-22T13:56:42.982-05:00Fall Themed Music Bulletin Board<p>Happy first day of Fall!</p><p>Today I thought I would share some fun pictures of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Music-Bulletin-Board-Treble-Lines-and-Spaces-1493723">fall themed music bulletin board set</a> to reinforce treble lines and spaces. The text reads "Leaves are falling into place on a line or in a space". The leaves show the note names for treble clef. Just a fun bulletin board to feel those fall vibes and celebrate the changing seasons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2E3vueyW960kpYN_zWnX1gVijWQwAk_QnATBUiWuVwXMjjO9zDoiDIpIxYa3T8RsJ76hYyHBxeF0ukZQO3gwuxdw6ylFckHl2uEquS0_SsDyH1tmTv-IfIpgioF58o-XpqrTvnKpwrA/s1365/14706937_1069015996550532_2604060564242820243_o+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1365" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2E3vueyW960kpYN_zWnX1gVijWQwAk_QnATBUiWuVwXMjjO9zDoiDIpIxYa3T8RsJ76hYyHBxeF0ukZQO3gwuxdw6ylFckHl2uEquS0_SsDyH1tmTv-IfIpgioF58o-XpqrTvnKpwrA/w400-h300/14706937_1069015996550532_2604060564242820243_o+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo credit: Jena Hudson</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01_Csp5lemOdaFxJmBCAkHjIrV6iDiFcP4OChHawGChvLGwl3J8XsnPBvBoqYyXJJk71dnfsSZKb8FZ_07dQE9zHPQ4n0OlZaH5ShM5fF0cm3GHAOfO4t3zin63X0PkbG6gLtn8PqQQ/s1080/15111051_1093440377441427_5640017179040045648_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01_Csp5lemOdaFxJmBCAkHjIrV6iDiFcP4OChHawGChvLGwl3J8XsnPBvBoqYyXJJk71dnfsSZKb8FZ_07dQE9zHPQ4n0OlZaH5ShM5fF0cm3GHAOfO4t3zin63X0PkbG6gLtn8PqQQ/w400-h400/15111051_1093440377441427_5640017179040045648_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo credit: Jenny Wake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you'd like this bulletin board set that you can print and hang, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Themed-Music-Bulletin-Board-Treble-Lines-and-Spaces-1493723" target="_blank">check it out here</a>!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79wmPCFgqZ45adN7k1x6DU3uKkWBf4txJDRuB5_Z-SmPmBOkqjQO6Rp5Ld6JEyOIkfkdhA_TgZNZq8ch2Q0NhvIfhBQDls3cy0QmWbTKkBg3juTYoXKAHA__gw-Pk8Uyxugknv4HfEA/s960/Fall+Music+Bulletin+Board+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79wmPCFgqZ45adN7k1x6DU3uKkWBf4txJDRuB5_Z-SmPmBOkqjQO6Rp5Ld6JEyOIkfkdhA_TgZNZq8ch2Q0NhvIfhBQDls3cy0QmWbTKkBg3juTYoXKAHA__gw-Pk8Uyxugknv4HfEA/s320/Fall+Music+Bulletin+Board+Cover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-25066286782767457992018-02-13T10:59:00.000-06:002020-02-04T14:45:13.029-06:00Prepare Your Students for Music CentersI had done a few different centers in the past, mostly with my upper grades, and not very well thought out. 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Today though I want to talk about how to prepare your students for centers in the music room. Before really diving in to centers this year, I talked to some classroom teachers to learn more about how centers worked in their rooms. Each person I talked to said, take the time to go over each center with the whole group before ever dividing the class for centers. Since I don't have as much time as a classroom teacher (my classes are 30 minutes and are back to back), I decided that instead of trying to cram it into the beginning of a class period and then starting centers that day, I would take a class period to discuss all my centers. </div>
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Since this was my first time doing centers at my new school with these students, I had no idea how long it would take to explain all of the centers and how everything would work. I figured if I have lots of extra time, we will play some singing games that I pulled patterns from for these centers, but this actually took about 25 minutes with both of my classes.</div>
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I brought my classes in and had them go to their assigned seats in front of the board. I said that we would be doing something kind of new in music the next few times we have class so I wanted to share with them about it today so that we could spend all of our time in centers the next two times. </div>
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Instead of having all of the centers spread out around the perimeter of the room, which is where I put them when we were actually doing centers, I lined up all my centers at the front of the room under the board. </div>
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On my computer, I had the zip file that contained all of the PDFs for each file pulled up so that as I was going through them with the whole group, if I wanted them to be able to see something better, I could show them the PDF version instead of the tiny cards I was holding for some of the centers.</div>
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We walked through all of the centers in order. I read through the directions and we "played" each center one or two turns. For some centers I would have a small group of students come up and be the demonstration group as the class watched. I asked if there were any questions about each center before moving on to the next one. My students knew that they needed to ask any questions they had on this day so that they wouldn't come up asking me questions on the actual center days. The students were really interested and engaged the whole time. I think there was a little bit of mystery to it, like "OOO, I wonder what is going to be at the next center" or "I wonder what those manipulatives are going to be for" and that kept them really focused on what we were doing.</div>
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Students asked good clarifying questions about the individual centers. They also asked about their groups. I have about 28 kids in each class and set up 8 centers. Most of my groups had 4 students in a group, some had 3. I assigned all groups by typing up a list. I emailed the list to their teacher and asked their teacher to line them up in that order (so the four students in group 1 are first, followed by group 2 and so on....) the next time they came to music. I also had her double check my groups to see if there would be any issues that I maybe hadn't foreseen. This was a really good idea because the next time they came to music, I met them in the hallway and they were all in the right order. I had the centers so that center 1 was closest to the door and then they went in a circle around the perimeter of the music room, so as the students followed me in, I basically dropped off four at a time in the order they were in at each center as we went around the room and I was with the last 3 or 4 students at the "teacher center", center 8. I didn't have to waist any time putting kids in order or reviewing directions for any of the centers. I had directions for each center posted at each center in case they forgot or were absent when we went over the centers, but there seemed to be no issues with students knowing what to do at each center. I only had one student come up to me the entire two days of doing centers and it was because of an issue with a group member, so I think that is pretty darn good for our first time!</div>
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I hope this gives you maybe a new idea about how to prepare your students for centers so that they feel set up to succeed at each one without needing to ask questions during centers. I feel like taking that day to go over them at a relaxed pace, sending the centers groups to the teacher, and having students come to music on centers day already in order really helped everything to go smoothly.</div>
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Do you have other ideas that I haven't thought of? Share below!</div>
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Wanting to take the guesswork out of creating centers? Here are centers sets I've created and used with my classes:</div>
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My Kodaly Level 3 teacher, Susan Tevis, would say "no drill and kill", meaning music should always be a joyful experience, never drilling for reading.</div>
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So today, I wanted to take a look at <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhythm-Flashcard-Mega-Set-637156" target="_blank">rhythm flashcards</a> and share 10 games that will provide students with great opportunities to practice rhythm reading skills without killing the joy.</div>
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<b>1) Heads Up, Rhythm Up</b></div>
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Think back to those days of bad weather and indoor recess when your class played "heads up seven up". Here's a musical spin on that fun game.</div>
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Directions: Choose 7 students to come up front. Tell all other students "heads down all around." (You could turn the lights off if desired). Each of the seven grab a rhythm card and place it at a student hiding their eyes. Give students 10 seconds to place cards and return up front, then say "heads up all around." Go to each student with a card. After the student performs the card, they guess who gave it to them. If they are correct they replace the person. If not, they stay where they are. At the end they each tell who they gave cards to And then it starts over with the next round.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Used with permission from Karla Cherwinski</span></i></div>
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<b>2) Rhythm Tic Tac Toe</b></div>
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Directions: Set the rhythm flashcards out in the shape of a tic tac toe board upside down. Students are in teams (x and o). </div>
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Easier way (reading card): A representative of each team chooses a card and has 4 seconds to look at the card. The card remains face up and they have one chance to read and clap the card correctly. If they do they put their x or o in place of the card. The first team to three in a row wins. If someone is incorrect, the card stays on the board.</div>
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More challenging (memory): A representative of each team chooses a card and has 10 seconds to study and memorize the card. After that they flip the card over and have one chance to speak and clap the card correctly. If they do they put their x or o in place of the card. The first team to three in a row wins. If someone is incorrect, the card stays on the board.</div>
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Grab some <b>FREE</b> X and O cards that will be the same size as my rhythm flashcards <u><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/eforf77nbzt3esb/Tic%20Tac%20Toe%20x%20o%20flashcards.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a></u>.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Used with permission from Katie Reinke</span></i></div>
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<b>3) Sparkle</b></div>
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Directions: Students stand in a U shape. Teacher shows a rhythm card. Say the first rhythm card is ta ta ti-ti ta. Student 1 says and claps ta, student 2 says and claps ta, student 3 says and claps ti-ti, student 4 says and claps ta, student 5 says sparkle, student 6 sits down. Then you keep going till everyone is out. </div>
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You can start easy by pointing to where you are on the card, but as you go you can make it harder by not showing them what is next (this forces them to pay attention), or by saying if they forget to clap they are out. </div>
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It helps to do the first round as practice with no sparkle sit downs so everyone for sure gets at least one turn. </div>
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This is a really fun practice game for upper elementary and middle school! I also love this game for older beginners because it is an easy way to take those easy ta and titi rhythms and really make a more challenging game.</div>
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Directions: Each student has a 4-beat rhythm card, each card is different, no repeats. Students form a standing circle. They put their cards on the floor at their feet, after they've learned their rhythm. (Or you could do a seated circle with the cards in front of you). The "king (or queen)" starts. The person on their left is at the "bottom of the mountain". The king starts every round by clapping and saying their rhythm, then someone else's rhythm. The student whose pattern was said second must recognize it's their card. Then, (hopefully) while keeping the beat steady, they clap and say their card, then choose someone else's card. If anyone makes a mistake or takes too long, they go to the bottom of the "mountain" (to the left of the king). Then, that hole is filled by the rest of the class, filling up that space by moving up. If the king gets out, the person to his/her right is the new king and the old king is now at the bottom of the mountain. The goal is to get to be the king of the mountain. When I play with my students I usually start out being the king the first several times because it goes back to the king so frequently. Once students are more comfortable with the king, choose one of them to be the king to start with.</div>
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You can use regular rhythm flashcards for this game, or you might find it helpful to print specific cards that can be folded in half and set up in front of students like a tent so they can read their own rhythm as well as everyone else's and no one is having to look upside down a the rhythms. </div>
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Amy Abbot has some in her store<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/King-of-the-Mountain-Rhythm-Bundle-541725" target="_blank"> here</a>.</div>
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In small groups of about 4 students, have students select four rhythm flashcards and choose what order they will go in. They can then practice their composition by clapping and reading the cards.m</div>
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They can hold up their composition for the class to play, or leave them on the floor and rotate through each group's compositions like centers and read/clap/play every group's composition. Another idea for this is to leave a different set of classroom percussion instruments at each group so they play a different instrument at each one. It's a great way to get out and use some of those instruments that get used less frequently. You could also take that a step further and have them notate their compositions.</div>
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<b>6) Use flashcards as a rhythmic transition between two songs</b></div>
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This is SUPER simple, but it does take a little pre-planning to make sure you grab to right flashcards. </div>
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You could have students clap the rhythm of the last phrase of a song, or even put each phrase in, then a few random cards that are not in the song that you are leaving or the song that you are moving to, and then your last flashcard should be the same rhythm pattern that starts the new song and off you go!</div>
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Example 1 (Going from Starlight Star Bright to Lucy Locket)</div>
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titi titi titi titi (first phrase of Lucy Locket)</div>
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<b>7) Rhythm Whispers</b></div>
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In groups of 3 students sit in a line. The front person has a white board and is the "writer." The "middle man" will whisper the rhythm to the writer. The person in back is the "reader" who goes up to read a rhythm flash card. They have 10 seconds to read and memorize it and then go back to their lines to whisper it to the "middle" man. The middle man then whispers it to the "writer" and he/she writes it down and must come up to ring the bell at the front of the room.</div>
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Another way to do this would be to only tap the rhythm pattern on the shoulders of the person in front of them and the first person in the line writes it. </div>
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You could make it so that each line has different rhythm flashcards, the same ones but in a different order, or the same ones in the same order. Whatever fits your needs best.</div>
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Lay rhythm flashcards on the floor or in small groups and write a song title on the board. Sing the song, then have students clap the rhythm of the song while they sing again. Then students work to find the flashcards they need to match the rhythms of that song. If you do this in centers you could have a different song for them to create at different centers.</div>
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What are some of your favorite ways to use rhythm flashcards? Feel free to leave a comment below!</div>
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<b>Ar</b><b>e you ready to try some of these great rhythm flashcard games in your music classes? </b></div>
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<b>Grab my bundle of rhythm flashcards <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhythm-Flashcard-Mega-Set-637156" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></div>
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Last Winter I organized a Make It / Take It for the Kodaly Music Educators of Kansas.<br />
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I thought I would share with you what we did at this make it/ take it in case other districts, chapters, or groups of music teacher friends are interested in putting together their own "Make It / Take It".<br />
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We decided that we would make the following manipulatives/games at our workshop:<br />
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<b>1) Solfege texting sticks</b><br />
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For this manipulative, each teacher got a set of Popsicle sticks and a pentatonic page of the texting tone ladders to cut out. We stuck them to the Popsicle sticks with rubber cement. It was a little sticky. Hot glue might work better, but glue along the top edges of the paper will help keep students from picking the paper off the sticks. <b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9qon24wn2j25la/Solfege%20Texting%20Sticks%20-%20Make%20It%20Take%20It.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Download a FREE template here.</a></b></div>
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Teachers got a set of 16 cubes. You can order them in bulk <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8T9MW?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">here</a>. They could chose what rhythms to put on the sides. I really wanted a set for just ta, titi, ta rest, and takadimi (tika-tika, etc.), so I left two sides blank. Leaving those sides blank opens up the opportunity for student composing or improv if they can fill in their own rhythm on those empty beats. </div>
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There wasn't anything to make at this station, but a lot of teachers wanted these bingo chips to use on their high/low charts and staves. I have a high low chart, a staff without the clef, and a staff with the clef that is laminated for each student in my class. These chips are cool because although they are colored, they are transparent, so students can see the line going through the middle of them if it is supposed to be on a line and they fit between the lines perfectly for space notes. Each teacher got 250 chips and they could put however many they wanted in bags depending on their class sizes. You can order these chips in bulk <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030USW3E?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I had a class set of "I Have, Who Has - Tika-tika" cards printed for KMEK members. If you want a ready to print set of cards, you can find them <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Have-Who-Has-Level-2-Rhythms-736854" target="_blank">in my TpT store here</a> (lots of different concepts are available), or you could create a rhythm list and create your own cards by handwriting them. If using my set with a big group of teachers, email me at lindsayjervis@hotmail.com for special pricing on additional licenses. The teachers who attended the workshop just had to cut them out and laminate them! </div>
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To prep for the make it / take it workshop, I spent a lot of time looking for ideas on Pinterest. I put together a Pinterest board with some ideas and let KMEK members comment in our Facebook group to say which manipulatives they would like for us to make. You can see the idea board <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/KodalyClassroom/kodaly-make-it-take-it-workshop-ideas/?etslf=4153&eq=make%20it%20take" target="_blank">here</a>.
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Once we decided what we were going to make, I ordered all of the materials. Some KMEK members helped in advance cutting out all of the heart die cuts cutting strips for the heart beat charts. Once we had enough materials for all of the participants, we sorted everything into bags for each teacher and I printed up a contents sheet with instructions and ideas for use for everything in the bag. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xr11wa8lyhrgay0/KMEK%20Make%20It%20-%20Take%20It%20Blog%20Post.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">Download the instructions page we used here</a> and feel free to edit it for your own personal use!<br />
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Participants had to pre-register for the workshop so that we could anticipate how many sets of materials we would need to order. There was a lot of prep work that went into this workshop to make it a success, but it was a lot of fun, and our students got to have lots of new hands on manipulatives and games to use in music class as a result! It is always so much more fun to make these things with a group of friends than on your own, and you can benefit from buying in bulk if you are splitting the costs between several teachers.<br />
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If you have any questions about our make it/take it workshop or organizing your own, please do not hesitate to email me at LindsayJervis@hotmail.com<br />
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Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-43344306533661956072016-10-17T16:54:00.001-05:002016-10-17T16:59:38.032-05:00Halloween Music ManipulativesThis week for Monday Music Manipulatives I am sharing some Halloween themed manipulatives for the music room.<br />
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You can use these Halloween themed erasers to show how many sounds on a beat by placing them on beat charts, or for melodic writing and dictating on individual staff pages. I have a class set of staff pages like these below that are laminated and having different erasers keeps it fresh and fun for the kiddos. </div>
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I picked up some of these erasers over the years, usually from the Target dollar section.</div>
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These kitty cat heads are perfect for Naughty Kitty Cat:</div>
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The ghost ones are fun for Skin and Bones, Ghost of Tom, or using to show the rhythms of Miss White.</div>
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<b>2) Halloween themed table scatter</b></div>
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I found this pumpkin table scatter one year at Target and it is great for melodic dictation and writing (like with the erasers above), or to show the rhythms on top of beat charts.</div>
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<b>3) Foam Halloween Shapes</b></div>
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You can write rhythms, rhythm patterns, solfege, etc. on these! Scatter them around and have students see if they can figure out the song. </div>
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You can also have them compose their own pumpkin patterns using these. You could easily pair it with these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhythm-Composition-Pumpkin-Patch-2188521">Pumpkin Composition Pages</a>.</div>
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Use these rhythm blocks to show the patterns from Halloween songs. You can find these pre-made rhythm blocks in lots of colors <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RhythmicallyYours/items?search_query=blocks">here</a>. Read more about them in this <a href="http://www.kodalyinspiredclassroom.com/2016/10/monday-music-manipulatives-4-beat.html">blog post</a>.</div>
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<br />Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-36985370171377055012016-10-04T23:24:00.002-05:002017-10-02T10:29:28.143-05:00Bulletin Boards for Halloween in the Music RoomI got to invade one of my friend's classrooms this afternoon and decorate a few of her bulletin boards for her to get them ready for Halloween.<br />
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I always wished that I could change out my Solfa Street board just a bit throughout the year, making it match what is going on in the year, so I finally made some haunted houses to go on Solfa Street to create a SPOOOKY SOLFA STREET:<br />
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I didn't staple the houses down so they can easily come on and off. Instead, you can put sticky Velcro pieces on the back and they can come on and off the board easily. You could also make or find little "for sale" signs to put on the unknown pitches. </div>
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The bats came in a package of five from Dollar Tree. The orange tissue poms came from Hobby Lobby.</div>
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If you love this bulletin board, you can find the houses and headers in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Solfa-Street-Halloween-Theme-Halloween-Music-Bulletin-Board-Printables-2813849">TpT store here</a>.</div>
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Up next I worked on her long board. This board is huge - 4 ft. by 8 ft. I backed the board in purple butcher paper from the teacher's work room and then added a sheer black spider web fabric from Hobby Lobby on top. </div>
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You can't really tell in any of the pictures but the sheer fabric has some sparkle to it. All of the kids really seemed to love this board and the pictures do not do it justice! (darn school lighting!)</div>
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I used my new Halloween themed lines and spaces bulletin board kit. The heading reads "Double, double toil and trouble. Lines and Spaces all will BUBBLE!" </div>
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Since the background was so dark, I used orange crepe paper from Dollar Tree to make the lines of the staff. You could always add a clef, I just have never been able to make one that big that looks right and I don't usually get to bass clef with any/many of my classes.</div>
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My friend got the super cute decor that we used along the top of the board from her office. A parent had made it for the school and they hung it in the office last year but weren't planning on using it this year. It was such a cute touch to this board and we didn't have to pay anything for it! Use your resources! You will be surprised what might be hiding in a box at your school.</div>
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Thank you to <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Miss Moka for sharing this picture from her room. </span></div>
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If you would love this bulletin board kit for your classroom you can find it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Bulletin-Board-Halloween-Themed-Lines-and-Space-Bulletin-Board-Kit-2811588">here</a>.</div>
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The four blocks each have a hole going through them and are on a little stick, so they can rotate, butare secured by the pieces on the ends. The four visible sides of the cube have a different rhythm on them: ta, titi, ta rest, and tika-tika, so these are great for tika-tika practice. </div>
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I love that the cubes are all connected, so you don't have pieces everywhere. They are so easy to pass out, and collect, and don't require any time at all to clean up (no baggies full of individual blocks).</div>
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The first time I pulled these out to use with my students, they seriously thought it was Christmas or something and they had just been given the best toy ever! Yay for music nerds, right!?!</div>
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These rhythm blocks came with a sheet full of several ideas for using them in your classroom, and I am so thrilled that I get to share some of those ideas with you!</div>
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<b>1) Rhythm Dictation </b></div>
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Say, clap, or tap a rhythm on a percussion instrument. Students listen, clap the pattern back, and then twist the blocks to match the pattern they clapped. You can give them a little bit to find the pattern and then say "One, two, three REVEAL!" and have all students show you their pattern at once for a quick assessment. It is so easy to see who is getting it and who needs more practice.</div>
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<b>2) Rhythm Composing and Writing Practice</b></div>
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Have students compose a four beat pattern by twisting the connected rhythm blocks. Clap and read the pattern they created. Notate the pattern. Practicing notation is a step that is often missed and kids need to practice WRITING these rhythms that they can read.</div>
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Leave these in a music center with the lyrics to some 16th note songs and have students use the blocks to show the rhythms of the whole song. They can then read the whole song on rhythm syllables or notate their answer.</div>
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Using more than one set of Rhythm Blocks, have students demonstrate knowledge of forms such as ABAB or ABAC, etc. </div>
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If you love these blocks, you can order a set for your classroom from Rhythmically Yours on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/255472526/4-beat-rhythm-blocks-connected?ref=shop_home_active_30">here</a>. She sells them as a station/centers set of 6 or as a class set of 20. She also has options for vinyl or stamped rhythms (mine are vinyl) and I think you can even pick the colors. I have a class set and she sent me four colors, a dark pink, orange, green, and black. </div>
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<br />Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-9606559431685879182016-09-19T14:01:00.000-05:002016-09-19T14:51:15.518-05:00Monday Music Manipulatives - Meter Manipulatives with Popsicle Stick Bar LinesLast Monday, I posted on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/373960529449064/">Facebook page</a> asking what music manipulatives you were using in your lessons and I got some really neat ideas, and I am so happy that those teachers are allowing me to share their manipulative ideas with you. Today's idea comes from Tina Morgan.<br />
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This manipulative is for working on creating measures in 4 beat meter, 3 beat meter, or 2 beat meter and having students figure out where to put the bar lines using Popsicle sticks. </div>
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The class works in small groups to add the bar lines to a known song or they can create their own songs, using certain time signatures and adding bar lines (popsicle sticks) where appropriate. You could create several baskets and do this with the whole class, or create one to use as a center.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Here's what goes in each basket for each small group:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">- rhythm cards (each rhythm was printed on a different color of paper and laminated), each rhythm can be contained in a Ziploc bag</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">- a sheet of paper that describes the contents of the basket so students can be sure their basket has everything before turning it back in</span></div>
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When it's all packed up it looks like this:</div>
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Here's a close up of the contents sheet: </div>
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Tina created these rhythm cards by hand back in 1999, but she allowed me to create a digital file so that music teachers could simply print and have this ready to go for their classrooms.</div>
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Grab the file <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Meter-Manipulatives-Popsicle-Stick-Bar-Lines-2791836">here</a>. </div>
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It includes stick notation as well as notation with note heads. I have also include a few more rhythm options. </div>
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I have added a different contents sheet for several different rhythm concept levels so you could create a basket for where ta and titi are the hardest rhythm concepts, a basket where ta rest is the hardest rhythm concept and so on. </div>
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Hope you enjoy this manipulative to practice adding bar lines and a big thank you to Tina for letting me share it with you!</div>
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I have been able to help several of my local music teacher friends get their rooms ready for the first day of school. I wish I could just take a little road trip all summer long decorating music rooms, because I enjoy it so much! </div>
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Today I am teaming up with 5 other fabulous music bloggers to share ideas for "Back to School in the Music Room". From decor, to organization, to what activities to try that first day/week/month, we've got you covered! My post is going to tackle Music Room Decor. After you read my post, you can click the picture at the bottom to hop to the next blog post. Keep going until you are all the way back to mine to make sure you have read them all!</div>
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So let's talk music room decor.<br />
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This summer I read a great post by David Row on <a href="http://www.makemomentsmatter.org/decor/what-every-music-teacher-must-have-on-their-walls">"What every music teacher music have on their walls"</a>. In this post he said something that really stuck with me: </div>
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We need to be intentional with what we put on our walls, and not just print and post everything under the sun or hang every poster we own. I've also seen a lot of posts in Music Teacher Facebook groups recently about people who feel it is easy to over-do it when it comes to music room decor by filling every bit of wall space they have and how it is overstimulating kids.</div>
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Here are my decor "must haves" for my music room. (Keep in mind - different strokes for different folks - something that is a "must have" for me may be different than what is a "must have" for you, but I will share with you what I deem worthy of my ink and walls)</div>
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<b>1) Music Room Rules</b></div>
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You've probably thought long and hard about what would be appropriate rules for your music room. If you expect your students to follow those rules, you need to have them posted in your room, and you need to spend time those first few lessons going over them and then every subsequent lesson <i>enforcing </i>them. I always post mine right in the front of the room. I put little magnets on the back so they could hang on my board and be "front and center" for kids to see, right beside whatever I would be projecting on my board that day.</div>
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I have lots of different themes, but this set is my personal favorite and it comes from my watercolor classroom decor. Find it<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Watercolor-Theme-1966875"> here</a>.</div>
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Other themes available include <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Superhero-Music-Room-Set-1914591">superhero</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Rock-Star-Music-Room-Set-1829927">rock star</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-1926755">polka dot</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Nautical-Set-1356455">nautical</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Room-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Frog-Theme-2632216">frogs</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Space-Themed-Music-Room-Set-1887869">space</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-Music-is-a-Universal-Language-Set-1260198">multicultural kids with instruments</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Rules-Posters-and-Songs-814705">birds and owls</a>.</div>
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<b>2) Bulletin boards that reinforce concepts/music vocabulary that is relevant to your lessons</b></div>
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I almost always have one board in my classroom that is dedicated to lines and spaces of treble clef. This comes in handy when we get to lines/spaces, note names, and playing on pitched instruments.<br />
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I invaded my friend's classroom this week (thanks, Lynn!) and decorated a board for her while we chatted and she looked at her schedule and got things ready for open house.<br />
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I had this idea for a hot air balloon bulletin board for a while, but was just waiting on the right clip art. I wanted some dreamy looking watercolor hot air balloons, so I had a set custom created for me.<br />
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Aren't they lovely?!<br />
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I also made a set that uses solid colors for each balloons for the teachers that love to match their boomwhackers. They look like this:</div>
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You can find my "Soaring Through the Lines and Spaces" bulletin board set <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Bulletin-Board-Soaring-Through-the-Lines-and-Spaces-Bulletin-Board-2747551">here</a>.</div>
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Another board that I did this August (thanks, Mia, for letting me take over this board) reinforces movement vocabulary. </div>
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Find it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Bulletin-BoardLets-Hop-Into-Music-Movement-Word-Wall-2713053">here</a>.</div>
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I love that it brings a lot of the same movement words from PE (plus some new ones that maybe are more specific to music and folk dancing) into the music room. Sometimes we forget about movement vocabulary, but I think it is important to clarify movement vocabulary in the same way that we define music terminology, especially if we are wanting students to respond to music in a certain way though movement or perform some movement to music.</div>
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<b>3) Solfege Hand Sign Posters </b><br />
After I went through Kodaly levels, I was a little uncertain about whether or not I wanted solfege hand sign posters displayed on the wall in my room, because I hadn't presented them all yet, and I didn't want it to take away the surprise. I decided two years ago to go ahead and have them posted year round, and was amazed how frequently my students referred to them, taking a sideways glance while we were solfege-ing (yep... I just made that a verb) folk songs in class. Even when we had been in the practice stage of a melodic concept for a while, I would still see students utilizing this. Would they know the name of the new mystery solfege? Yes, generally, BUT it doesn't take away from the Prepare/Present/Practice because even if they know the name, they still need to know <b><i>how it sounds.</i></b><br />
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Find these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Multicultural-Solfege-Hand-Sign-Posters-1257122">here</a>.</div>
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<b>4) Word Wall</b></div>
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I have had a lot of questions about how I set up my word wall, and I will definitely be devoting a whole blog post to it at some point in the near future, but for now here are some ideas.<br />
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1) Post words alphabetically<br />
2) Post words by concept (instrument words, dynamics words, notation words, etc.)<br />
3) Post words by grade level<br />
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I always post my word wall cards by grade level in the order that they are presented (more on that in a future post).<br />
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These are from my watercolor music room set. Find the word wall individually <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Word-Wall-Watercolor-Theme-1944821">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">In the picture below, the music teacher chose to focus on words specifically centered around singing. This is a great idea for an elementary or middle school choir. The concepts become less abstract if they can be seen by the students and referred to them. They can really try to focus on one of these concepts when they rehearse a piece instead of "mindlessly" doing it again.</span><br />
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Find this choral singing word wall <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Choral-Singing-851418">here</a>.</div>
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Some teachers do a composer of the month. Do me a solid favor and DON'T arbitrarily post composers on your wall and never talk about them. One way to do this is to have a "Composer of the Month" board. If you do this, you MUST talk about that composer and use their music in your lesson plans - move it it, create a listening map, add a rhythm ostinato, read known rhythmic or melodic patterns from the music, etc., otherwise it is a waste of a board/wall space.</div>
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If you do decide that a COTM set is worthy of your wall space and teaching time, you need to check out these free sets from Tracy King and Sara Bibee. </div>
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Both of these ladies produce wonderful sets! </div>
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I hope you have enjoyed this post on my "must have" music room decor. Comment below if there is anything else that is a "must have" on your boards/walls. I'd love to hear about it!<br />
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Don't forget to continue on the blog hop. Hop to the next stop, Jena Hudson from <a href="http://sewmuchmusic.blogspot.com/">Sew Much Music</a>'s post Organization.<br />
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I decided to throw a little Back to School Celebration on my blog and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596/">Facebook page</a> to help music teachers get excited and prepared to return to school.<br />
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I haven't shared this on my TpT Facebook page or blog yet, but now seems like a great time to tell my readers that I will not be returning to the classroom this year.<br />
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There were a couple reasons that was the right decision for my family, and the first was that we are expecting a new baby in December! My daughter, Ellie, is so excited that she will get to be a big sister, and we will have our hands full with a new baby girl! I went back to work when Ellie was only 7 weeks old and it was so hard to leave her, to teach on so little sleep, and to worry about pumping/leaving to nurse her over lunch while I was at school, so it will be nice not to have to worry about that (or having a long term maternity sub in my room).<br />
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The second reason is that Ellie will be starting preschool this year and she is going to a half day preschool program and it wouldn't have worked with my school schedule to drop her off and pick her up and the appropriate times, and I don't know what it is like in your area, but full day preschool is EXPENSIVE! So I am looking forward to getting to spend more time with her before the new baby comes, and then both of them after that!<br />
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Whew! All of that to say... it feels really weird that I will NOT be heading back to the classroom this fall. With my husband and almost all of my friends being teachers, it feels even more strange to embark on this new role of "stay at home mom". I feel like I am losing a part of my identity, because I still feel like a teacher, but I have no classroom or students at the moment to call my own. I LOVE getting my classroom ready for my students, and have already lined up several of my friends who want help decorating their music rooms. :)<br />
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But, for those of you who are heading back to school this fall, I hope this Back to School Bash will get you excited and ready for those sweet kiddos!<br />
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<b>Day 3: August 3rd </b><br />
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Comment on my BTS Bash Day 3 Facebook Post to let me know what you would like for me to blog about during the month of August. I will pick one of the topics that is listed and create a blog post on that topic before the month is over! I will add all of the other ideas to my "blogging" list to hopefully blog about in the future!</div>
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<b>Day 4: August 4th </b><br />
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I have frequently been asked and I have seen similar questions posted on Kodaly and Music Ed Facebook groups. "I am interested in learning more about Kodaly. What book resources should I get?" So I thought I would compile a list of ten of my personal favorites. </div>
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Now, if you know anything about Kodaly teachers, we really are hoarders when it comes to resources. You can absolutely never have too many. Some books might have great pedagogical ideas, sequences, song lists, or folk songs. Some folk songs might have additional verses in other books or they might be a variant (did anyone else have to go collect variants in their levels??)</div>
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Now, let's be clear on what I am NOT saying. I am NOT telling you that you need to rush out and buy these 10 books if they are not currently on your bookshelf. I am not telling you that these are the top 10 in all of Kodaly world. I am not saying that there are not even better resources out there. I am not telling you that these will replace Kodaly training. Absolutely nothing will. But if you...</div>
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SO, in no particular order:</div>
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<b>1) <a href="https://www.musicmotion.com/Kodaly-Orff/yearly-plans-for-an-american-methodology.asp">Yearly Plans by Ann Eisen and Lamar Robertson</a></b></div>
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This was so valuable to me when I was going through my Kodaly training before I had made <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ready-Set-Plan-Yearly-planning-for-the-Elementary-Music-Classroom-1266998">my own yearly plans</a>. It lays out month by month for each grade level what you should be preparing, presenting ,and practicing and includes song suggestions and practice activities. It is meant to be a companion to the American Methodology, so if you get this, I strongly recommend that you also own the American Methodology.</div>
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Lovingly referred to as the "150". This book was a required text when I was in level 1 and it is such a great resource for finding folk songs. It organizes them by tone set, which makes it really easy to find songs when you are working on specific concepts.</div>
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<b>4) <a href="http://www.dancingmasters.com/store/books-cds-dvds">ANYTHING by the New England Dance Masters</a> </b>(a few of my favorites are Chimes of Dunkirk and Sashay the Donut)</div>
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When I started at my school I was told that they had a tradition of a folk dancing night and that each grade level was to perform a dance on stage. At the time, I hadn't been exposed to much folk dancing, but through Kodaly, our community folk dances at KMEA, and various workshops I have not only come to really enjoy it, but feel comfortable and confident teaching them to my students. Definitely get these books with the CDs and if you can, the DVDs when available. I LOVE watching Peter and Mary Alice Amidon teach the dances. The break it down into steps and a pay really close attention to the little details that really help students be successful in learning them without feeling frustrated.</div>
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<b> 5) Lullabies to Circle Games by Jo Kirk </b>(I have not found a place to order this online, but if you are interested in it, you can reach Jo Kirk on her <a href="http://www.wejoysing.com/contact/">website</a>)<br />
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This has tons of fingerplays, lullabies, and songs for children from before birth through elementary school age. I strongly recommend this book for parents and those who might teach early childhood or preschool music classes, but there are things I pull from it for K/1/2 still.</div>
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What I love about this is it gives me information about what I can DO with the songs (the singing game or the play party) which maybe I hadn't previously been aware of. </div>
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<b> 7) The Song Garden (Book 1, 2, 3) by Carol Heath - </b>I believe these are out of print. I couldn't find them on Amazon or Ebay when I looked, but they are a treasure trove. Unfortunately, these three are just collections of songs. There is a book that goes with these that tells what you do with each song and how to teach it, but I don't have my hands on it... yet.<br />
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This was basically our bible in level 3, and that's where I really learned how to utilize it and what the breakdown of physical/aural/visual looked like and countless activities for each during each concept. It also included a variety of ways to practice each concept that are really helpful to me when lesson planning.</div>
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9) <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20style=%22width:120px;height:240px;%22%20marginwidth=%220%22%20marginheight=%220%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20src=%22//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=lindsa00-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0195314093&asins=0195314093&linkId=c59df5eea29fbcbd08b802fa87c17cc7&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=false&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff%22%3E%20%20%20%20%20%3C/iframe%3E">Kodaly Today by Houlahan and Tacka</a></div>
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This book was so incredibly helpful to me after level 1 when I was starting at a new school and trying to implement the Kodaly method which was new for all of my students. This book has a section specifically for older beginners and it has some really great song lists.</div>
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<b>10) <a href="http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=145629">First, We Sing! Book Two (and Book 1) By Susan Brumfield </a></b></div>
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I love both Book 1 and Book 2 from Susan Brumfield. She was at KMEA and I got to see her present this past year. The books come with CDs that include her students singing the songs and are great models for your students. These recordings are perfect to leave when you have a sub and the students already know the game but that vocal model can help them to sing in an appropriate range while you are away. I like that a lot of the songs in these books were new to me and there are some nice multicultural pieces in them.</div>
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<b>BONUS 11) <a href="https://www.giamusic.com/products/P-jilltrinka.cfm">Anything by Jill Trinka</a></b> - I would be remiss if I did not mention Jill Trinka's song collections. They include a huge variety of folk songs and singing games and are definitely worth the purchase!</div>
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Hopefully these lessons will give you fresh ideas that your kiddos will love as well as give you a peek into how I set up my lessons, transition between activities, teach beginning of the year procedures, and more. Each lesson is scripted out so that you can see exactly how I would teach each lesson, the key questions I would ask my students, etc.</div>
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This game can be played as a whole class game. You could also use it in centers or as a great way to get them quiet and still working on music as they are lined up waiting for their teacher.</div>
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I couldn't decide when I was making the set if I should use cell phone or "old fashioned" telephones, so I included both. Print the set you think your students will enjoy most! If you grab my bundle, each concept is a different color to help you keep the cards straight. :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She says "This engaging activity is an Orff arrangement and rhythm composition for first or second grade. It is a group project I use at the end of first grade to review quarter note, two eighth notes, and quarter rest using fun playground 2 beat rhythms."</span></div>
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<br /></div>Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-49201551555982206762016-06-05T06:34:00.007-05:002016-06-05T06:34:58.020-05:00Dollar Days of Summer- Week 1 (6/5-6/11)<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0b0b; font-family: "cabin"; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28.6px;">I am teaming up with Cori from Rhythm and Bloom to host Dollar Days of Summer. Check in each week on my blog or on our Facebook pages (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RhythmAndbloommusic?fref=nf" style="background-color: white; color: #49aaaf; font-family: cabin; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28.6px; text-decoration: none;">Rhythm and Bloom</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0b0b; font-family: "cabin"; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28.6px;"> and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom/353385428113596" style="background-color: white; color: #49aaaf; font-family: cabin; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28.6px; text-decoration: none;">Lindsay's Kodaly Inpsired Classroom</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0b0b; font-family: "cabin"; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28.6px;">) to see what will be the dollar deal of the week. This is a great way to stock up for next and snag some great deals!</span><br />
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It also includes cards that can be used in centers or small groups like these:</div>
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<span style="line-height: 28.6px;">My co-host, Cori's, dollar deal this week is her </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutcracker-Listening-Journal-Fact-Sheets-2196714" style="line-height: 28.6px;">Nutcracker Listening Journal & Fact Sheets</a><span style="line-height: 28.6px;">. This listening journal is a unique and memorable addition for a Nutcracker unit. Her students love following along with the music and the story in their journals, and they are always so excited to share their completed work with their families!</span></div>
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As a teacher we WANT to help them. We think of countless interventions, talk to their classroom teacher, SPED teachers, counselor, their parents, and maybe even the principle trying to find ways to help that kid succeed in our class. Maybe you feel like you are really consistent, but you are constantly dealing with behavior issues with the same few kids. Or maybe you are trying out new ideas and strategies every few weeks to see if SOMETHING will work. It is exhausting. You lay awake thinking about what you can do different. Maybe you go home and cry. I've been there before.</div>
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Here's my advice: STOP LETTING THAT KID STEAL ALL YOUR TIME AND ENERGY.</div>
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Don't let "that kid" take the joy out of teaching for you. When we spend all our time focusing on one student, we can often lose sight of the rest of the class.</div>
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There are a lot of kids who DO care. So many kids cannot wait to get to music. If I miss the opportunity to make the most of it for THEM, I am doing those kids a huge disservice. </div>
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I know we think, "If I can just get this one kid to do the right thing," then we will be able to get so much more done. </div>
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We've all heard the saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." There are kids who are THIRSTING for your attention. They are ready to sing and play and learn with you. Lead them. Inspire them. Invest in them. The others may follow. Or they may not, but I can guarantee that you will no longer feel like a babysitter. You WILL feel like you are making a difference. You will re-find your joy and passion for teaching. Those kids who are ready will be right there with you.</div>
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I have found in my own classroom, when I spend all my energy on the challenging kiddos, I am drained. I have nothing left to give. If I invest that energy into the kids who are eager to learn, I am so much happier, and there are actually LESS behavior problems because those kids see everyone else having a great time and they want to be a part of it. If they are slowing you down, have them sit and learn by watching for a bit, but don't waste your class time dealing with it. </div>
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Then report back and let me know how you feel about it. I feel my happiest teaching when I am thinking about how I spend my energy and focusing on the good!</div>
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Being from Kansas, I originally created this bulletin board set for Kansas Day. It's actually not a bulletin board at all, just the side of one of my file cabinets.</div>
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Most all of my kids have seen the Wizard of Oz and they loved these posters and I loved that they had a great music advocacy tie in. </div>
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Find the posters <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Theres-No-Place-Like-MUSIC-Advocacy-Bulletin-Board-Printables-and-Directions-1024356">here</a>: </div>
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Since then, I've had several other teachers send me pictures of the bulletin boards that they have come up with using this set and they are so creative!</div>
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Below is a picture from my friend, Kendra, who used this set for a door decor contest! I love the rainbow and lyrics she added to the side! </div>
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Then, I had a music teacher ask for student response sheets where they could explain in their own words why there is no place like music. So I came up with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Theres-No-Place-Like-MUSIC-Student-Response-Pages-1758231">these</a>:</div>
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You can talk about each character and what they were hoping to get from the wizard. Relate those things to the way that music makes us feel or how music improves our lives. Example – the lion wanted courage because he was always scared of everything. Music makes me feel brave/courageous when____________. I have included several different formats so that you can pick what will work best with your students. </div>
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The first layout simply shows the character and shows the word of what they wanted. Younger students can draw on these pages to show how music makes them feel these ways or you can give your older kids a different prompt (Ex. This song makes me feel brave________ ) and they can write and draw.</div>
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On the second and third layouts, the prompt is given along with the character clip art and trait, ex. “Music makes me feel at home when…”. The second layout provides room to draw and/or write (unlined). The third layout provides room for them to write (lined) and a smaller drawing area.</div>
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Here are some of the student responses. They are backed with construction paper and hung up in the hallway for everyone to read!</div>
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If you have used these sets, I would love to see pictures of your displays! I hope this set has helped my own students to think about and realize all of the amazing benefits of music.Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-36590235281570286382016-02-10T22:44:00.000-06:002016-02-10T22:51:26.875-06:00Valentine's Rhythm BoxesHello,<br />
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My name is Tina Morgan, and Lindsay invited me to do a guest blog post. This is my 27th year of teaching, and I frequently create new activities to keep everything fun for ME! My first 7 years, I taught grades K-6. I then spent 13 years teaching only 5th & 6th graders before transferring to my current school as the violin teacher for grades 2-5. Four years ago I moved into the general music position and now teach Pre-K-5, so it’s been an adjustment learning to deal with the really young ones!<br />
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used them to make a game for my Kindergarten students, who can read 4-beat
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the hearts on card stock, cut out the hearts, and then laminated them using my
little laminator that I bought from Amazon last summer. I’m not sure how I’ve lived without it for so
long! The laminator at my school was
broken for ages, and the film isn’t as sturdy as the sheets I use in my small
machine. For small jobs, it’s perfect!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am lucky – my largest Kindergarten class has only 20 students!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For some classes, I can put the students in
pairs to play the game.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other classes
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Yesterday on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596/">Facebook page</a>, I shared a link to an article from TIME called <a href="http://time.com/4089699/childhood-development-music/?xid=fbshare">"How Music Trumps Reading for Child Development"</a>. You can take a look at the article for yourself, but here are some of the key points:</div>
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<li><i style="font-weight: bold;">Informal</i> music making between a parent and child has a greater impact than CDs or shows that teach music</li>
<li>Informal music-making in the home from around the ages of two and three can lead to better literacy, numeracy, social skills, and attention and emotion regulation by the age of five</li>
<li>Music making should be playful</li>
<li>Voice is a great place to start</li>
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On my Facebook post, someone wrote "I have no money for lessons. What do I do as a homeschool mom. Any suggestions?"</div>
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YES! I have lots of suggestions for parents whether you homeschool or not.</div>
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<b>1) Sing to your child - </b></div>
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Whether you think that you can sing or not, it is SO important to sing to your child. Singing in early childhood not only helps with bonding between the parent and child, it build literacy, fluency, and helps your child to be tuneful. Not sure what to sing? Start with children songs from YOUR CHILDHOOD! These songs have stood the test of time and are a great place to start when building song repertoire for you and your child. </div>
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These could be songs you sing together as well as songs that are just for them to listen to.</div>
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Here are some of my three year old's favorites to sing alone or with me:</div>
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1) Old MacDonald</div>
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2) ABC song</div>
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3) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star</div>
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4) Baa Baa Black Sheep (does your child notice that this <i>sounds the same, </i>or has the same melody, as Twinkle and ABCs?)</div>
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5) Ring Around the Rosie (with game - they LOVE it)</div>
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6) London Bridges (play as a family, making an arch and letting your child go through the arch, they love being captured when the bridge falls down at the end of the song)</div>
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7) See Saw Up and Down</div>
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Here are some of her favorites that I sing to her:<br />
1) All the Pretty Little Horses<br />
2) Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree<br />
3) Hush Little Baby<br />
4) The Crabfish<br />
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5) The Gypsy Rover</div>
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I also sing her several of my favorite songs from musicals. </div>
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Need more ideas for building song repertoire for you and your child to sing together? I highly recommend any of Jill Trinka's CDs. Again, the point isn't just to listen to the CD in the car (although that is good), but to learn the songs so that YOU can sing them with or to your child.</div>
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The book includes the singing games, but if you just want the songs, they are available on iTunes as well. Listen to a sample here:</div>
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<b>2) Make music with found sounds</b></div>
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Find different kinds of sounds around the house. These do not have to be "real instruments". Kids can turn almost anything into a noise maker. Pull out your pots and pans and hand them stirring spoons, fill empty butter containers or Easter eggs with things that they can shake. The possibilities are </div>
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<b>3) </b> <b>Listen and MOVE to all kinds of music</b></div>
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My husband and I have very different tastes in music so our daughter has been exposed to so much in her 3 years. He is a 5-12 band teacher and he loves jazz so much that he got a double major in music education and jazz performance. He has exposed her to so many different things in that genre and she can identify most instruments after hearing just a few seconds of something. I was in music theatre growing up, so I love listening to showtunes. I also love listening to classical music, oldies, and a lot of things that are on the radio today (don't judge). </div>
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One thing that you will find with kids is that when they are young they have the ears for all kinds of music and they are not judgmental about music that sounds "different", "out there", or "weird" like many adults will. We have been careful to let her form her own opinions about the music she listens to and not influence her opinion of a piece.</div>
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I strongly suggest exposing your kids to varied kinds of music.</div>
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The music becomes more a part of them if they PLAY with it. For kids, this may mean rocking to the music, patting their laps to help them feel the beat, dancing with your child, etc. They so desperately need to move to the music they are listening to.</div>
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<b>4) Bring songs to life with illustrated picture books</b></div>
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There are SO many illustrated nursery rhyme and song books out there. Snatch them up! I usually don't use a book to introduce the song or rhyme to my daughter. If it is a rhyme we might act it out, do a fingerplay or actions if there are some to go along with it. If it is a song, I sing it to her a few times before I pull out the book because I want her to imagine whatever she will and not have preconceived illustrations in her mind. Let them <i>use their imagination.</i></div>
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Here are some of our favorite books to sing (Note that not all of these are lullabies. You need some fun, silly books too!) </div>
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow (I do love these illustrations)</div>
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This hardcover is one of my daughter's favorites. It has 170 different nursery rhymes and folk songs and includes favorites like "Hickory Dickory Dock", "Brahms Lullaby", "All the Pretty Little Horses", "Hot Cross Buns", "Little Sally Walker", and SO many more.</div>
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<b>5) Incorporate singing into make believe/pretend play</b></div>
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When playing with doll, puppets, stuffed animals, house, or whatever it happens to be, we find was to incorporate music, whether that is different high or low voices for different characters, sing-songy play, or just <i>expression. </i>My daughter has Joy and Sadness plush toys from the Disney Movie, Inside Out and she makes their voices <b>sound different</b>. What a fun way to play with expression.</div>
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If you are a homeschool parent looking for ideas for school age children, I would also recommend looking into different music educator workshops in your state or area, attending conferences, and being a part of professional organizations like <a href="http://www.oake.org/">OAKE</a> or <a href="http://www.nafme.org/">NAfME</a> to get more training and ideas. As a Kodaly trained teacher, I think it would be great for homeschool students because the voice is the primary instrument used. You could also look into Suzuki lessons for the child and parent to take together, but for the purposes of this post, I wanted to really focus on early childhood music in the home.</div>
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I hope 2016 is off to a great start for you! I am linking up with <a href="http://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/2016/01/products-for-planning.html">Aileen Miracle</a> today to share some of my favorite products for planning in the music room.</div>
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1) Ready Set Plan! - A Yearly Planning Guide for the Kodaly Music Teacher</div>
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I have blogged about this set and included a free sample <a href="http://www.kodalyinspiredclassroom.com/2014/06/perfect-poolside-planning-blog-hop.html">here</a>. Having these song lists, yearly plans and concept plans has been a huge help in keeping me organized and on track for the year. I can see what I hope to accomplish each month and continue working towards that goal with the appropriate song literature for each grade and concept they cover.</div>
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2) Concept Starter Pack for Grades K-3 by Aileen Miracle</div>
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In addition to my own concept plans, I love to peek in and see what other music teachers are doing to get more ideas. Maybe they have a song that wasn't in my folk song collection or a different idea on presenting a concept that is even better than what I had. This set from Aileen has given me some new songs to add to my concept plans for K-3. I also love the layout of her concept plans!</div>
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3) Purposeful Pathways</div>
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Roger Sams presented at KMEA two years ago and I loved his ideas for adding movement, improvisation, and composition into his lessons. It was a lovely blending of Orff and Kodaly that seemed so musical. I would love to try some of his ideas out with my students.</div>
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4) Zin Zin a Violin - Sub Plan by Shelley Tomich</div>
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Unfortunately, music teachers have to plan for the event that they might be gone. I've been eyeing this resource because I already have the book and it looks like a great lesson to add to my <a href="http://www.kodalyinspiredclassroom.com/2015/09/oh-no-i-need-music-sub.html">sub tub</a> or leave next month when I am at KMEA.<br />
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If you are wanting to stock up on some great planning resources, Jan. 20-21 is a great time to do so! Teachers Pay Teachers is holding a site wide sale and everything in my store will be 28% off when you enter the promo code START16 at checkout. Start 2016 off on the right foot!<br />
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<b>1) Ho Ho Watanay</b> - I used this song with kindergarten and first grade this week. In kindergarten it was perfect timing as we are practicing loud/soft and introducing the term "lullaby". We also tapped on the feathers to the feel of the music (preparing the steady beat). In first grade, we review the beat tapping page, but then take it a step further and look at the rhythm of the song. It is great ta and titi practice. We play the rhythms on hand drums as we sing.</div>
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<b>2) Children's Literature for Thanksgiving in the Music Room</b><br />
I introduce the song "Ho Ho Watanay" with the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Northwoods-Cradle-Song-Menominee-Lullaby/dp/0689822286">Northwoods Cradle Song</a>". I sing the song on the page turns following every page that reads "Sleep, little warrior, sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep." I have looked all over for a song or melody to go with this book from the Menominee tribe, but have not found one yet. Ho Ho Watanay is actually an Iroquois lullaby, but because of the theme of the book and song, I pair them together.<br />
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I used the book, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Three-Pilgrims-Picture-Puffin/dp/0142300063">One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims</a>" last week with kindergarten. They enjoyed comparing the lives of the pilgrims and Indians in the book. </div>
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I love to use the "I know an Old Lady..." books. I have several of them and they may great "fill in the blank" books as Jo Kirk would call them. I sing most of the book, but give the students a special part to sing, in this case the "perhaps she'll die". Thank goodness she doesn't die in this book. She just inflates until she becomes a balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade. Hopefully none of us eat that much over Thanksgiving! ;)</div>
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<b>3) Pumpkin Patch Rhythm Compositions</b></div>
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I had to be gone a couple days this month, so I left this "Pumpkin Patch Rhythm Composition" activity for a few classes while I was gone. It was easy for them to do while I was away, gave them more practice writing and working with a specific set of rhythms. I had them do these compositions with a partner and then on a later day, they combined with another pair and taught the other pair their composition and created one long composition out of the two that was 16 beats. The group of four then performed them for the class when I was there, so I was able to use it as a composition and performance assessment and assess two different skills. Working with a partner and then teaching their composition to another pair was really neat to watch. I could tell that because they were writing, manipulating, and teaching it, they really "got it". </div>
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Y<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhythm-Composition-Pumpkin-Patch-2188521">ou can find this Pumpkin Patch Composition lesson here</a>.</div>
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<b>4) Turkey Trot Rhythm Races</b></div>
My kids love rhythm races. They are fun and competitive. I love that it gives me a chance to see which kids really are getting it. I divide the class into teams. My classes have about 25 kids, so I do five teams with 4-5 kids on each team.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The teams stand in lines next to their team color turkey. I read/clap/or play a rhythm and one player from each team races to the other end of the room. When they get there, they see piles with turkeys of their team's color. They must locate the correct rhythm and bring it back to their team. The first team to bring back the correct rhythm gets 2 points. If they bring back a correct rhythm, but they are not first, they get 1 point for their team. If they bring back an incorrect rhythm, they get 0 points and they have to go take it back because they will eventually need to find that rhythm.</span></div>
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I hope you have enjoyed a peek at my week and some of the things I am doing right before Thanksgiving!</div>
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When I started my second year of teaching I slowly began to see that I could find things on Pinterest besides DIY projects, recipes, and cute outfits. I could find ideas to for the music classroom. Now, there weren't a ton of music education pins back then, but there were some really great ones that gave me fresh ideas to bring to my music room. Now, my music Pinterest boards are so many things.</div>
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- A way to organize resources by concept</div>
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If you have never used Pinterest before, you really must check it out! You can search for pins or boards using the search bar, and follow any person or board that interests you. If you are looking for some new boards or music teachers to follow, check out this list and you will see some of the best resources for elementary music teachers.</div>
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1. Lindsay Jervis from Kodaly Inspired Classroom</div>
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That's my Pinterest page! Check out my favorite boards, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/KodalyClassroom/kodaly-inspired-music-classroom/">Kodaly Inspired Music Classroom</a>, where I pin my very favorite ideas for my classroom as well as resources I have created, and my board, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/KodalyClassroom/children-s-literature-for-the-kodaly-music-class/">Children's Literature for the Kodaly Music Class</a>.</div>
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2. Aileen Miracle from Mrs. Miracle's Music Room</div>
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I love Aileen's board, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/aileenmiracle/music-education-games/">Music Education Games</a>, which is full of games for the Kodaly Inspired Classroom. You should also check out her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/aileenmiracle/music-centers/">Music Centers</a> board. It has so many great ideas and resources to help you attempt centers in the music room, which is something I would like to gradually do more of.</div>
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3. Amy Abbott from Music a la Abbott </div>
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Amy has a lot of great boards. My personal favorites are her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/abbott_amy/elementary-music-blogs/">Music Education Blogs</a> which links to tons of her amazing blogs posts and her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/abbott_amy/elem-music-listening/">Elementary Music - Listening</a> board which has tons of great links and videos for listening lessons.</div>
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Notice the red box that says "Follow". Somehow I wasn't already following all of Amy's boards. You can select individual boards to follow or follow all of a pinner's boards by clicking that red "Follow" button. Now, I am following all of Amy's boards! :)</div>
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4. Cori Bloom from Rhythm & Bloom</div>
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I love Cori' <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/Rhythmandbloom/classroom-organization-storage/">Classroom Organization and Storage</a> board! It is filled with a lot of little tricks to help you keep your space organized. You should also check out her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/Rhythmandbloom/music-listening/">Music Listening</a> board to see some of her amazing resources to incorporate more listening into your music lessons.</div>
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5. Tracy King THE Bulletin Board Lady<br />
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Be sure to check out her board, Mrs. King's Music Class. This links to a lot of her blog posts and products. You should also follow her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thequeentracy/bulletin-board-ideas/">Bulletin Board Ideas</a>. Now, she is the Bulletin Board Lady after all, so she doesn't just have one board for bulletin board ideas. She has pinterest boards full of pins for back to school, composers, and every month of the year. There is no shortage of bulletin board ideas here.</div>
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6. Jena Hudson from Sew Much Music </div>
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When checking out Jena's boards, be sure to follow <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jlhudson/music-class-ideas/">Music Class Ideas</a>, which includes all kinds of ideas to try to incorporate into your music classroom. I also have gotten a lot of great ideas from her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jlhudson/technology-in-the-music-classroom/">Technology in the Music Classroom</a> board.</div>
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7. David Row from Make Moments Matter</div>
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If you aren't already following David, you probably just need to go ahead and follow all of his boards. They are seriously chalk full of some of the best ideas out there! First you should visit his <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dahveed2188/my-classroom/">My Classroom</a> board to get a peek at what he is doing with his kids. I also love his board for <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dahveed2188/teaching-form/">Teaching Form</a>. So many great ideas!</div>
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8. Sara Bibee from Music with Sara Bibee </div>
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Check out Sara's board <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/SaraBibee/music-with-sara-bibee/">Music With Sara Bibee</a> to see all of her amazing resources. You might also love her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/SaraBibee/elem-music/">Elem Music</a> board. It has some great videos of singing games!</div>
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9. Elaine Ford from Mrs. Ford's Melodies</div>
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If you visit Elaine Ford's pinterest boards, scroll down a bit to find her music ed boards. She has a great board called <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/elainewaddell/classroom-ideas/">Classroom Ideas</a> that is full of music classroom organizational and decorative pins. So much inspiration! I LOVE LOVE LOVE her board <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/elainewaddell/music-literature/">Music & Literature</a>. I've already found some new books to add to my wishlist from this board.</div>
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10. Brittany De Laruelle from Make Music </div>
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Brittany's boards look super organized and her board covers make it easy to find anything you might be looking for. My personal favorites of her boards are <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/broadway4me/melody-concepts/">Melody Concepts</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/broadway4me/rhythm-concepts/">Rhythm Concepts </a>boards.</div>
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As a part of my #ThankfulMusicTeacher blog posts, I want to say a special "Thank you!" for all of the teachers who are using my resources in their classrooms with their kiddos or in their planning. Take a picture of a resource in action (it can even be a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lindsay-Jervis/Price-Range/Free" style="color: #49aaaf; text-decoration: none;">freebie from my store</a>) and post it on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596/" style="color: #49aaaf; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> or send it to me at LindsayJervis@hotmail.com to receive one free item from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lindsay-Jervis" style="color: #49aaaf; text-decoration: none;">my store</a> of your choice ($3 or less). I will be sharing these photos on my Facebook and/or blog, so please let me know if I need to cover any student faces. Happy to do that! :)</div>
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<br />Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-72191411351954800212015-11-07T16:32:00.002-06:002016-11-06T01:14:05.546-05:00Thankful Music Teacher {Part 1}Every year when November rolls around many of my Facebook friends post something they are thankful for every day. It's not something I have done, but I do enjoy reading them, and it does make me stop and count my blessings and say "Thank you" for all of the precious gifts in my life.<br />
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I am thankful to be a music teacher, but I would be totally lost on my own. So over the next few weeks I am going to share some of the things I am thankful for that have helped me grow professionally. Maybe some of these ideas will be new to you, and maybe you are already thankful for some of the same things!</div>
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How many of you are the only ones in your building? Do you ever feel like you are on an island trying to figure it all out for yourself and re-inventing the wheel at every turn? You don't have to feel that way. While your school may not ever need to hire a second music teacher, and it may always be music teacher party of one, there are so many music teachers with tons of ideas and experience just WAITING to give you some advice, tell you about a singing game, or help give you new song ideas to freshen up you folk song collection. </div>
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If these music groups on Facebook were a thing my first year teaching (six years ago) I certainly knew nothing of them. I LOVE when I see music majors and first year teachers in these groups. They are getting help and ideas early on. They are also learning that some of their struggles are struggles for others too. It's an amazing community to be a part of.</div>
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So here are some of my very favorite Facebook music groups. Some may be open to anyone; some you may have to request to join. All have been invaluable to me.</div>
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I also started a group on Facebook as a place where music teachers could ask me specific questions about my resources, collaborate with other music teachers, share videos/pictures of my resources in action, and make requests for additional resources. I share things frequently in this group from my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596/">TPT Facebook Page</a>, but group members are also free to post and ask questions. People have posted about concert ideas, shared ideas about children's literature and lots more! Sometimes when I am creating a resource, I will post questions in there to see what people like the best or what would be the most useful. Find the group here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/373960529449064/">Lindsay's Kodaly Inspired Classroom - Share Group</a></div>
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I would also encourage you to start Facebook groups with music teachers in your Kodaly or Orff levels (even if you are already past that point), music teachers in your district, state, or just a solid group of music teachers you know personally and who want to help each other grow.</div>
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So who knew?! I would not be the music teacher I am today without Facebook!</div>
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Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-35545571849325308902015-10-14T22:21:00.000-05:002015-10-14T22:21:38.928-05:00Five Favorite Pins of October I am linking up with Aileen Miracle from <a href="http://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/">Mrs. Miracle's Music Room</a> today to share my five favorite pins of October.<br />
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When I remember I have been sharing a "Pin of the Day" on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lindsays-Kodaly-Inspired-Classroom-353385428113596/">Facebook Page</a>, so you can check in over there to find even more great pins.</div>
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<b>1) In the Hall of the Mountain King book</b><br />
I think I pinned this last year and forgot about it. It's probably too late for me to order to use this year, but I will definitely be tying this in next year.<br />
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<b>2) Skin and Bones</b>
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<b>3) Musical Dice - How fun would these be for rhythm composition?</b>
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<b>4) Tone Ladders for Autumn</b>
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<b>5) Pumpkin, Pumpkin Patterns</b>
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I hope you have enjoyed these five pins of October! If you loved these pins as much as I did, pin them to your own pinterest boards to save them for later.Lindsay Jervishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167594381389888546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964923965343114096.post-46885640945131816972015-09-20T18:03:00.000-05:002015-09-20T18:03:00.632-05:00Oh no! I need a music sub!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We would all like to think we would never miss a day teaching our kiddos and I wish that were the case too! But there are always things each year that prevent us from being in the classroom, whether that is professional development, attending conferences, doctor appointments, staying home because we are sick or being at home with sick kiddos.<br />
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I don't know about you, but since I usually didn't plan to be gone, I didn't have a great set of sub plans prepared. Then last year that changed. In October I missed over a week of school due to pneumonia. I felt so bad that I wasn't prepared well for a sub. I e-mailed our PE teacher and told her what videos I had that could be left for each grade, but I didn't have a great set of sub plans so that kids could really continue having meaningful music classes even in my absence:<br />
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That February as my state music conference was approaching and I knew I would be out of school yet again, I decided to put together a set of sub plans that I could use again and again and that I wouldn't have to worry about preparing each time.<br />
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I don't know about you, but when I am gone, there is not a certified music sub. Most of the subs I get are not comfortable singing with the kids, so I had to make sure that anything I planned were things they could be successful with.
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So here's a peek at what I came up with:<br />
<b>An editable binder that includes:</b><br />
- Your daily schedule (a different page for each day)<br />
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- Drills/Emergencies </div>
- Technology Available (and room to explain how to use it all)<br />
- Where to find Materials Needed (pencils, boards to write on, crayons, instruments, etc.)<br />
- Singing Games for Substitutes - list by grade level the singing games that your students know well enough to play with a student leader.<br />
- Student leaders - a place to list student leaders in each class who could lead singing games, rhythm games, etc. if the sub is not musically inclined.<br />
- Editable Seating Chart<br />
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- A list of procedures, where to find things, drills, and pages to fill out how each grade/class did:</div>
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- Printable forms for the sub to fill out what they did, any helpful students, and any behavior issues.</div>
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- Singing games and directions for those games along with a CD of me singing those songs. Many of those could be used with multiple grade levels.</div>
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- A list of student leaders for each class. These students might be in charge of leading a singing game or starting an "I have, who has rhythm game".</div>
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- 5 different mini lessons that go along with children's literature for the music room. My kiddos did this one for the book "When You Wish Upon a Star" this week when I was teaching a workshop at our Learning Center. Find a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Never-Play-Music-Right-Next-to-the-Zoo-music-sub-mini-lesson-1816762">FREE mini lesson for another book here</a>. I love leaving these kinds of lessons for my students, especially when they have a CD to accompany the book, so the sub doesn't have to stress about singing the book. This is also a great time to introduce some composer books!</div>
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- Games that they can play without any sub help (just a student leader) such as <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Post-Office-Bundled-Set-1726078">Post Office</a>,<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Have-Who-Has-Rhythm-and-Melody-Bundle-1726091"> I have, Who Has</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Telephone-Rhythms-A-Bundle-of-Rhythm-Games-1614239">Telephone Rhythm Games</a>, and some of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dashing-Through-the-Snow-Rhythm-Races-Bundled-Set-1024025">rhythm races games</a>.<br />
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Now, when I need to be gone for whatever reason, I don't have to stress out because I already have a plan in place. With these singing games, children's literature lessons, and rhythm games, my I can always have something ready and when I need a sub in an emergency and I am not able to get sub plans ready the day before, a sub can look through everything and pick and choose which activities they feel comfortable with. It has been such a life saver.<br />
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So I encourage you, put in a little time up front to create a sub tub. If want something that is already done for you and you just have to add your specific info, check out my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Sub-Plans-Bundle-with-Games-1725779">sub tubs</a> (<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Sub-Plans-Bundle-with-Games-1725779">with games</a> and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Sub-Plans-Without-Games-1726313">without games</a>).<br />
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Need a few freebies to fill your sub tub with?<br />
Check out my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Never-Play-Music-Right-Next-to-the-Zoo-music-sub-mini-lesson-1816762">free children's literature mini lesson</a>, as well as these other freebies that are great for subs:<br />
<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/High-and-Low-Ready-Set-Print-FREE-Preview-1198973">High/Low Ready, Set, Print worksheet samples (if your students are practicing high/low)</a><br />
<a href="http://ready%2C%20set%2C%20print%20worksheet%20samples%20%28if%20your%20students%20are%20practicing%20high/low)">Low Sol Ready, Set, Print worksheet samples (if your students are practicing low sol)</a><br />
<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Candy-Corn-Rhythms-tam-ti-dotted-quarter-eighth-912407">Candy Corn Rhythm Races: dotted quarter eighth patterns</a><br />
<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Freeze-Dance-FREEBIE-1169516">Freeze Dance Freebie</a><br />
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