tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53688542338982055332024-03-23T06:14:24.062-04:00Music is ElementaryLife in an elementary music classroomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-19315623731807351202018-01-20T17:57:00.000-05:002018-01-20T18:02:41.256-05:00Drums Alive! How to Get Started!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Drums Alive (or any kind of drumming on a fitness ball) is becoming pretty popular in schools as either part of the music classroom, PE class, or even after school clubs. I started an after school program two years ago with the intent to be a performance club. My principal didn't give me a budget to get started, but I still wanted to get the most for the money! Here are some of my trade secrets!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Size: 65cm </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They only come in purple for this size. I've gotten two years out of the balls so far and only one popped (while in the possession of a parent so I don't really know what the cause was).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These baskets are the perfect size, but sometimes I wish they were a little heavier. I've considered adding a bean bag or something to the bottom. I like the openness of the basket to put sticks in when they aren't necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Price: $23.95/20 sticks, 10 pairs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cheap and simple. Haven't broken a stick over the 2 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The initial set up is quite time intensive. I have two electronic air pumps, but they seem to over heat quickly and I have to take constant breaks. My first step is to inflate the balls about 85% to where the ball looks totally inflated, but isn't up to size yet. I let the balls stretch here for a day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After they stretch a little, I inflate them fully to 65cm. I use a ruler to place a box 65 cm from away from the wall. Then I place the ball in between the box and the wall and inflate again until the ball touches both the wall and the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't have much storage space for the balls, certainly not in my music room. We have a technical closet where we store the sound equipment and risers and folding chairs. From October to February, it is also the home of 25 purple balls! Kids love helping me move them if necessary and our custodian chuckles every time he passes the closet. Once my clubs are all over, all the balls get deflated and packed away in a storage tub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We practice at our elementary campus but perform at our High School basketball games. I ask parents to be responsible for their child's ball and only one ball has popped over the two years. I bring the baskets, sticks, and an extra ball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since we perform at half time and it's a timed, we have to be quick. Our routines are usually less than 2 minutes but we also have to get on and off the court. That takes LOTS of practice! I split kids into 4 groups: 2 groups of runners, 1 group of setters, and 1 group of stick givers. Usually girls are my setters because they pay attention to details and the boys just want to run. One group of runners take a ball and basket each to the center of the court where they meet the setters. The setters arrange the balls as necessary while a new group of runners comes out with new balls. The runners keep going back and forth until all balls are on the court and they go to their spot where the stick givers are waiting for them. We can get about 20 balls set and spaced correctly in about a minute. After our routine, students put their sticks in the basket, grab their set up and run off the court.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last year I saw a teacher blog showing how she used QR codes and Google Forms to keep track of student late work. I loved the idea of Google keeping records for me, but late work isn't something I worry about much in music class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But keeping track of students forgetting their band instruments is certainly a problem I'd like solved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When a student enters band class and has forgotten their instrument, they know to grab an iPad and scan the QR code on the wall. All I ask from them is their name and reason for forgetting. It takes just a few minutes and I don't have to deal with students making excuses to me and interrupting what ever else I'm dealing with in those first few [chaotic] moments of band class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can easily see students who have forgotten their instrument more than others and hovering over each of the blue bars gives full data (first/last name).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It makes sense that students forget their instrument because the morning is busy. It means something (to me, at least) that the instrument was in their thought process, but they got caught up rushing out the door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I call this my "Decision Reflection" form because I like that students are removed from the activity, but also given an opportunity to think about what just happened and why they were removed. I usually can't stop and talk to the student who was removed until after class since I need to continue class with all the other student, but this form requires them to recognize what's happening in class and what's happening with their own behavior.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The result data that Google shows me is very helpful to see what kind of behavior trends are happening in my room and if maybe I need to revise or revisit my procedures in a particular activity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I saw a lot of success with these QR codes and Google forms last year. My accuracy with records was impeccable and students could take some more responsibility for themselves! Did I mention I can send the form results to parents! Too easy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A quick how-to: Make a new Google Form. Click SEND to find the link. Create a QR code (I use www.qrstuff.com). Print and post! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've seen similar videos to this, but this particular one got the attention of my principal, which in turn got me the funding to start a Drums Alive program at my school! If you're interested in using the Drums Alive program, here are some tips and tricks I've learned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>History: </b> Drums Alive is a fitness program created by Carrie Ekins in 2001 as part of her own physical therapy journey. Adding drumming and rhythms to her PT was a refreshing and enjoyable way to renew her strength both mentally and physically. To share these benefits with our young ones, Carrie has worked to create a globally used fitness and education program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>DRUMTASTIC!:</b> Drumtastic! is the educational curriculum designed for grades kindergarten-middle school. This curriculum includes a mountain of resources and lesson plans. The price varies ($200~$500) based on whether you choose online access or the printed curriculum. With the online access, printing is permitted, but access is only for 1 year. I chose this option and spent a good amount of time downloading, organizing, and printing over 600 pages. Thankfully, I have HP Instant Ink and printed them all full color for less than $20! Check out this link if you're interested in learning about Instant Ink! ---> <a href="http://try.hpinstantink.com/fwrDn" target="_blank">Instant Ink Referral </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Introductory lessons</u> help students get acquainted with drum sticks, balls, and the ball holders. I skimmed through most of this with my upper elementary students but spent a few lessons with my little guys. This is where I drilled my procedures and expectations. We use CLASS? YES? from Whole Brain Teaching in my classroom so when I say class, the response is YES! with sticks parallel from each other apart. No ifs, ands, or buts. If you're sticks are making noise when I'm talking, you're out. We also explored the balls during these lessons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Rumble lessons</u> are pure fun and a great warm up. There are running games, partner games, classic freeze dance type games, and more. Five minutes at the beginning of class to get our brains in the right mindset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Balance lessons</u> are more for fitness than drumming, but I'd argue coordination and body awareness is an important part of musiking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Choreography lessons </u>are the meat of the curriculum. This is what my principal was thinking about when she sponsored this program. These are the routines that you'll see on Youtube and students love! Most of these routines are similar to aerobic routines that you'd expect from a class at the gym. It's not impossible for a student to follow along with verbal cues only, but it gets easier with preparation and practice. There are varying levels in the choreography to challenge the little guys and even the big guys. Though, in true Orff fashion, I have my students explore and create their own routine sometimes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Interval lessons</u> pick up the tempo just a little more! I haven't used these yet since I don't have the time, but would love to dive into these for my own cardio benefit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Brain Beat lessons </u>are supposed to be a bit more educational, however, that seems to be a bit of a stretch for me. There is an alphabet game (find the letters in alphabetical order), create a shape using scarves (sounds familiar...), write a rhyme with a small group (how is this about drumming??). I think there is good intentions with these lessons, but nothing connecting drums and academics. Though if drumming and academics was you goal, I'd look into <a href="http://www.drums-alive.com/programs/academic-beats" target="_blank">Academic Beats</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Cool Down & Relax lessons</u> are exactly as they sound. Stretching and breathing are nice to calm down students and bring their heart rates back down into the normal ranges. The music is very nice and relaxing for these!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Music & Rhythm lessons</u> include whole notes, half note, quarter, eighths, body percussion, the cup song (again, of course), and some even vs. uneven rhythms. There is great potential here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a music teacher, I've enjoyed this program with my kiddos and have gleaned a lot from the curriculum; however, if I wasn't given the funding, I wouldn't purchase it myself. The choreography lessons are the meat of the program and I could have purchased just those lessons with music for about $30 with the Kids Beats CD, instead of paying almost $300 for the whole curriculum (which, at the time, didn't include any music to the choreography. They ended up mailing me a CD after I complained that I purchased a whole curriculum and didn't receive the music to USE the curriculum. I think they've changed their model since then).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also don't have enough time to utilize the whole DRUMTASTIC! Curriculum. I spent about a month with each grade as a unit in the fall to introduce Drums Alive and then hosted a 3 month after school club. Everyone loved the lessons in class and our after school club performed our routines at some High School Basketball games, but I have so many objectives for my program and can't spend too much time on something extra, even if there are musical goals to the extras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll write another post with some more practical tips with my Drums Alive program. Balls, stabilizers, room set up, storage, procedures, pricing, etc. All the boring stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's a video of our after school club performing Drums of Africa! Please excuse their lack of enthusiasm... we're still working on it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It seems like forever ago that school ended and summer began! I spend my summers as the technical coordinator of our little private school so<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>most of my summer <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is </span>at school playing around with computers and projectors and iPads, but it's finally time to start thinking about students again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not much has changed in my room this year, but a few GREAT upgrades! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put my drums on the wall last year! It worked out so well!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another view of the front of the room. Notice my beautiful rug and SitSpots! I love being able to tell students to put their toes on the green circle, or sit in the purple and blue... My SitSpots I use for line up dots! So simple and no arguments or running to get in line or touching other people or MY things! Best $50 I ever spent on classroom management!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">New vinyl decor I designed myself! I got a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cricut cutter last year and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have been using it well! <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">get the cu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t files <a href="http://goo.gl/jtSgQj" target="_blank">here.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My new movement banner!! I saw this pinned on Pinterest from another music teacher and had to make one for myself! I am constantly asking my students to move interestingly, but now they have some words to help them brainstorm what interesting means to them in the moment! Can't wait to dive into my movement activities!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">LOVE my xylophone shelves! Nothing new this year, but just another shout out to Jena Hudson from <a href="http://sewmuchmusic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sew Much Music</a> for her fabulous orff instrument labels! I print one large for the instrument and one small for the shelf so students know how and where to put the instruments away. Get them <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Orff-Instrument-Labels-1389576" target="_blank">here</a>! I added pictures of mallets too so students always get the right ones! This small step saves me so much transition time!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You might remember my instrument shelves that were BIG and not much to look at... My friend Cherie Herring from <a href="http://www.cphmusic.net/" target="_blank">Just A Little More</a> shared a DIY post of how she turned her shelves into bulletin boards! So now I covered my ugly shelves, and have some extra wall space!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New shelves!! Our enrollment is going up up up so our storage space is going down down down! I have to store all our musical props and costumes in my room now so a dad built me a shelf over my chairs and stands. Thanks!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">HOLY SMOKES! This is my favorite addition to my room. Again, Jena Hudson from Sew Much Music designed this sign!! I found outdoor vinyl (supposedly it will last for 5 years in the elements) and used my Cricut cutter once again! LOVE IT!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">More Cricut, more Jena Hudson! Totally her idea for the blown up clip art! The bulletin board reads: Planting the seeds of music for a lifetime of growth. You can get the cut files <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Planting-the-Seeds-of-Music-Banner-SVG-PNG-Silhouette-Cricut-Cut-Files-2739254" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's my classroom, now here's a friend's BRAND NEW classroom! Chrissy Hutzel from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HutzelHouseOfMusic/?pnref=story" target="_blank">Hutzel House of Music </a>has had quite the journey with her classroom! Here's her story:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I finally got to start working on Monday, August 15. We did not have access to the building on weekends or evenings that week, and our work days (full of meetings) started on Monday, August 22. So I had about a week to pull together this classroom from scratch and get it ready for the kids’ first day of school on Wednesday, August 24! Check it out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Front of the room: In the front of the room I have a huge interactive whiteboard, with a portion including staff lines. I have a music room sound system that can be used to make recordings, play music, and mic the teacher. In my last classroom, I had a boombox. You could say I’m excited about this! Another great feature about the front of the room is the staff lines that are part of the flooring. I was so excited to have this option. It’s so easy and cheap to do this when you’re building a room- if you’re ever in this situation, you should definitely ask for staff lines! In this pic, you can see a few products that are available on Teachers Pay Teachers. On the left side, I have The Bulletin Board Lady Tracy King’s <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Growth-Mindset-Music-Bulletin-Board-Think-Like-a-Musician-2619876" target="_blank">Growth Mindset Bulletin Board Set</a>. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On the right side of the room, you can see my non-pitched percussion bins labeled with Lindsay Jervis’ <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Instrument-Labels-Color-Burst-1860544" target="_blank">Color Burst Instrument Labels</a>.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Above the board is my handmade CARE poster which illustrates our classroom rules of Cooperation, Acceptance, Respect, and Enthusiasm. I also have the start to my Dynamics area (I will be filling in under the purple strip with individual dynamic signs) and my recorder fingering charts, colored to match the Boomwhacker colors. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then my niave 2nd-year teacher self thought I could just reuse all of last year's plans and not have to do most of the work again. WRONG!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By my 3rd year, I knew something had to change. I spent a very long time reading through pages and pages and pages of previous plans to make a document that contained ideas (not plans) of what activities I did during each month. This document allowed for a big picture view of where classes are now and where they are heading but also allowed for lots of flexibility and changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let me be clear: <i>THESE ARE NOT MY LESSON PLANS!</i> This document simply helps me see what I've done in years past and the progression of activities. As the year goes on, I find new resources and adapt to my students so I adjust my planner too. I pencil in new things (or cross out others) and update my document for the next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see, my monthly planner is bound (a couple bucks at Staples) and at the front, I also have calendar pages. My friend Sara from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Basic-Planner-Pack-150-Pages-1634725" target="_blank">Music with Sara Bibee</a> has a great set of Calendar and planning pages and I love the simple yet colorful designs! You can check them out on her <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Basic-Planner-Pack-150-Pages-1634725" target="_blank">TPT Store</a>!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Planning is still (and will always be) a tedious event, but being able to see options for my whole school at the same time has really helped me stay focused and keep consistency! You can check out my editable Monthly Planner Template (with and without categories) on my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monthly-Planning-Calendar-EDITABLE-2074806" target="_blank">TPT Store</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I saw this post on Facebook by Jennifer Loomis! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jennifer used a towel and rolled it for protection. LOVE IT! So I took her idea and ran with it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I chose to use fleece (in school colors!) and put together a DIY with instructions and pictures. The dimensions of xylophones vary with size and brand, but here are my measurements for Sonor Meisterklasse Sop, Alto/Tenor, and Bass</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Approx. 1yd Fleece per xylophone (56")</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Soprano: 31" x 24" (13 bars)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alto/Tenor: 37" x 24" (15 bars)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 3: Fold bottom (folded edge) up about 5.5 inches. For longer bars, fold up more. Pin and sew three edges (left, top, right. Bottom edge is a fold). I use a tight zig-zag stitch to top stitch rather than turn inside out. Fleece doesn't fray and the zig-zag stitch is very strong through the two layers. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used my seam ripper to hold the bottom fold in place while I zig-zagged through the 4 layers of fleece where t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he fabric was folded</span>. It was a little tough on my little machine, but she made it through!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 4: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(This step differs from Jennifer. She suggested placing bars and pinning to know where to sew. I tried this once but since it was such a short distance, the extra pins were a little tedious and once I removed a pin, I was flying blind. Instead, I decided I'd rather have a line to follow.)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have seen so many melodic activities and variations to this classic children's book. The simplicity of the repetition lends itself nicely to students singing the question: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? And teacher answering the question to move the storyline along. I use this book in 2nd grade to assess solo singing and we get out our own beat buddies (aka. Beanie Babies) to sing about more animal friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1st grade, I wanted to build rhythmic reading skills but pre-notation. I also finally got a class set of hand drums! So here's my fun new rhythmic approach to Brown Bear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This "game" has 4 levels. I've been having tons of success with telling students that we need to master a level before we can "level up" and add something new</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Level 1:</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Whole Class Verbal</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Introduce activity to whole class using the Smartboard. Students place 4 cards in any order. Whole class reads rhythm string together using words (brown bear, goldfish, green frog, yellow duck). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students add body percussion to verbal chant. I used hand clapping to prepare for hand drums. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">**Be sure to discuss "Purple Cat" and "Yellow Duck" having more syllables. This is an important learning step towards eighth notes!**</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Level 3:</b> <b>Whole Class Hand Drums</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students add percussion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can turn my Explain Everything File into a QR code for easy access for student downloading. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kahoot is a super cool online game platform that can be used by anyone, for any purpose! Teachers are using it for review games and such, but I've even used it at family dinners just for fun! It is not an app, but an online game where players use their personal devices (iPhone/iPad/Smart Phone/Tablet) to compete against each other! Check it out <a href="https://getkahoot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to spice up my Back to School procedures and reminders for 4th and 5th grade this year by making a Kahoot! Some questions were tricky, some were ridiculously obvious, and some were just plain fun! Here are a few examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a fun way to review some quick procedures that the 4th and 5th graders should know already anyway. It was also a way for me to introduce this new platform to the students so teachers will have an easier time implementing it in their classrooms as well. (Being the technology coordinator, I always try to introduce new apps and technologies to the students to get them excited and entice teachers to start using them too!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A local church called me up a few months ago saying they had some old Orff instruments that they would like to donate to my program. I was ecstatic! I saw the instruments and politely smiled with a Thank You!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They weren't kidding when they said they had some OLD instruments! One of the instruments was a glockenspiel that included rust, tarnish, rubber band stickiness, and striped pegs. It played in tune, but getting my students past the stains and discolorations was not a battle I wanted to fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm SUPER excited about some of the improvements I've made to my room this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the start to my bulletin board! I love the silhouettes! My husband says I should add some glitter! Can't wait for the kids to see it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My percussion wall is getting better and better every year! I made labels to print on Avery Labels (available in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Percussion-Instrument-Labels-Avery-Stickers-10-per-Sheet-2017016" target="_blank">TPT store!</a>) so students can locate and return the instruments a little easier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had my drums on the percussion wall for a few years now, but I finally decided to get a class set of drums so I expanded the wall to behind the piano too. AND! Since I have the best principal ever!!! She let me paint circles around the drums so the students know where to put them back!! YES!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh! And my boomwhackers have been on the wall for the past few years, but again, students sometimes have a problem putting them away, especially when a lot of boomwhackers are being used. Spatially, students sometimes have a hard time judging where the colors should go and for the kiddos that need everything to be put away perfectly, it was a big distraction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ta da! I colored the velcro to match the boomwhackers!! It was super easy-I just used Crayola markers! It'll be so much better for students now! LOVE IT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm very proud of the fact that I have doubled my xylophone inventory throughout last year! My principal's husband built me the bass xylophone cart (after my husband and I failed miserably) and the labels are a freebie from Jena Hudson at Sew Much Music (g<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Orff-Instrument-Labels-1389576" target="_blank">et them here!</a>) I put one label on the instrument, and one label on the shelf, so students put them back where they got them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you notice my <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">SitSpots</a>? Best purchase I ever made (non musical)! I use them as line up dots, time out dots, wait for me dots, tallest to shortest dots, and so much more! Plus, kiddos are FAR away from anything they can get their hands on that I don't want them touching while they're in line! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One more picture of the front of my room. Not much new there. I love my smart board and just added an iPad holder that I'll use as a document camera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Notice I didn't show you a picture of my desk... I'm not QUITE ready for school in two weeks!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yay! I've linked up with <a href="http://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/2015/08/super-sale-instant-replay.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Miracle</a> and <a href="http://www.musicalaabbott.com/" target="_blank">Music A La Abbott's</a> Linky Party: Super Sale Instant Replay! I was the forgetful buyer last time who forgot to use the promo code and missed out on an additional 8%! Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing a last minute sale for those like me who forgot something! DON'T FORGET THE PROMO CODE, ALISON! The new promo code is MORE15!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Peas-Porridge-A-Song-and-Activities-for-Quarter-Rest-Do-1801850" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Peas-Porridge-A-Song-and-Activities-for-Quarter-Rest-Do-1801850" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjrIOPkFQHO4TbOzb8fSwJzAIuX2Xzf1yCFhH61sdRLu3I-gtb9oZ6leTA3gLcvdPZhUUPQU9QgH4AMrKyO2HTPc-MhrGuTj4k7D-TysoWngTA3-kQF3Q2GXa10v8x_0WAq0CaZr4S2F0/s320/Screen+Shot+2015-08-17+at+10.48.14+PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Something I forgot to buy last time, was this collection of slides for Peas Porridge Hot by Tuneful Teacher. I've been learning a lot of ways to explore this song in my Orff training over the summer so I'm excited to grab these slides to help students explore quarter rest!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-71900318948836262532015-08-02T16:06:00.001-04:002015-08-02T16:06:32.049-04:00Labels Labels Labels!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I started in my classroom 5 years ago, I had very few "quality" percussion instruments. I did, however, have a fairly large Music Fund that hadn't been touched in a few years! With time, I've bought more and more instruments for classroom use with the hopes of eventually getting class sets of the basics (tambourines, triangles, hand drums, etc.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Check out the whole products on Teachers Pay Teachers! <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Percussion-Instrument-Labels-formatted-for-Avery-14-per-Sheet-1993882" target="_blank">Small</a> or <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Percussion-Instrument-Labels-formatted-for-Avery-8-per-Sheet-1993862" target="_blank">Large </a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-43354755630061418582015-08-02T14:40:00.001-04:002015-08-02T15:44:42.873-04:00Back to School 2015!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can't believe it's back to school already! I just finished my Orff Level 2 certification and I'm super excited to head back and use all the new tools in my toolbox, but I also love summer just as much as the next teacher! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm linking up with a bunch of music teachers (hosted by <a href="http://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/2015/08/wish-and-dish.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Miracle</a> and <a href="http://www.musicalaabbott.com/" target="_blank">Music A La Abbott)</a> in their Back to School Teachers Pay Teachers Sale Wish and Dish! So here's one of my products, one music product I'm exited to buy, and one non-music item!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I said, I just finished my Orff Level 2 certification and was super inspired by my amazing teacher, Cyndee Giebler. She taught us about <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Discrete-Combinatorial-System-Improvisation-BarredRecorders-Orff-Inspired-2003326" target="_blank">Discrete Combinatorial System Improvisation</a>. Sounds complicated, right!? Nope! Similar to a menu style activity, students choose one from column A, one from column B, and play column C! Students pick which notes they want (from a teacher given pitch set), which rhythm they want (from a teacher given rhythm set) and then play within the constructs given! As someone who is not very comfortable improvising, I was totally comfortable doing this! I picked what I wanted, then played confidently. (I know, it's a little more "composition" than it is "improvisation" but students are making decisions quickly rather than writing melodies). I was so inspired by this activity that I went home and jumped on the computer! Here is a file that includes a Discrete Combinatorial System for Do, Re, Sol, and La modes in C, G, and F pentatonic, in both duple and triple meters. Simply decide what mode/key/meter you'll be working on and let the kids explore! Super easy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cherie Herring is my idol (I think I've said this before!) and I love everything she makes! She is a SMART certified teacher and really uses her technology to engage students! I use many of her activities as sub plans where students are musically engaged and thinking, but subs just have to know how to use the smartboard. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Musical-Listening-Adventures-201-993784" target="_blank">Can't wait to try this new one! </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to general music and band, I also teach 6th grade math at my school. I LOVE interactive notebooks and purchased a huge set of them last year for the year. This year, I am super excited for project based learning activities from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/21st-Century-Pre-Algebra-Project-Starter-Bundle-Common-Core-Aligned-746459" target="_blank">21st Century Math Projects</a>. I have a small class of less than 5 students so we have plenty of time to learn the material; now we can really USE the material in our projects! Can't wait!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this!! Yoga aside, breathing and stretching is so great for the body and for learning focus! I'm not allowed to use the word YOGA in my school, but even if I have to wait until I have my own kids, I am buying this! It is a story that includes poses for children, coloring pictures, posters, flashcards! I REALLY hope I can adapt it to use at school! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's some of the things in my wish list! But you know what??? Even though everything is on sale, I'm still not going to pay full price! TPT offers credits towards purchases IF you leave feedback on paid purchases! So I'll be heading back into My Purchases to make sure I've left all my feedback (valuable feedback!) before I buy more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm such a YouTube addict and love showing videos to my upper elementary students. When I found this video of the Smule App MadPad, I was hooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/madpad-hd-remix-your-life/id460309682?mt=8" target="_blank">MadPad App</a> is a $2.99 app that's worth every penny. Users are able to record their own video soundboard and then use that soundboard to record their own compositions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I use the MadPad app as an opportunity to discuss timbre, ostinati, and layering loops. We discuss timbre as the characteristic of sound. We also discuss music as the organization of sound. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After exploring examples of non-traditional instruments creating music, I assign the same task to my students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students explore non-traditional instruments located around school and compose their own music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ready to get started? Check out this great <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MadPad-App-Smule-Planning-Sheets-1967241" target="_blank">planning sheet</a> to help students organize their information before getting started! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patriotic songs are a MUST, in my humble opinion. I already have a soap box I stand on regarding America's "cultural" music and the example of "good" music that the media shoves on our kids. I feel it is my duty, as a music teacher in the United States, to do my very best to teach my students classic American songs that were written about our great country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That being said, it's not the easiest task. Students are unfamiliar with songs, lyrics are tricky to understand, and I don't know many play party games that coincide with Patriotic Songs. I typically do a few Patriotic themed concerts every couple years, but I wanted a way to immerse my students in these traditional songs without the complaints or lack of focus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enter my closet. When I first started at my current school, I didn't know what I had just collecting dust in the closet! A beautiful 3-octave set of Malmark Handchimes! {Disclaimer: I am a professional handbell ringer with The Bell Amis Ensemble, so seeing those two boxes were like winning the lottery to me!}</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gathered up all my Patriotic Songs, found keys and chords and starting notes, and made for my group a set of Ring-A-Long books. These books are intended to provide accompaniment for our little voices! Here's what I love about them:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It sometimes amazes me how quickly young students can be successful with these Ring-A-Long books. I start in 2nd grade when literacy is strong enough to not distract from the music. Check out this FREE sample of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Patriotic-Sing-A-Long-Book-SAMPLE-Yankee-Doodle-1712496" target="_blank">Yankee Doodle </a>! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-72538563378659116782015-05-27T20:15:00.000-04:002015-05-27T20:15:42.022-04:00Starlight, Starbright: A Calming Sound Story<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been singing this song since my own kindergarten class way back when. Every time I look up at the starry sky this melody runs through my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took my Orff Level 1 classes last summer and received a huge binder full of activities-some we used, others we didn't. But looking through that binder 8 months later was like digging through a treasure chest! I found a familiar melody that made for beautiful calming music by my kindergarteners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Actually, kindergarteners CAN certainly make beautiful, calming music if they are sequenced correctly and with the right atmosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been using my stretchy band a lot with Kindergarten lately so we processed through the original melody with high and low sounds. Hands up are high, hands down is low. Can't get any simpler for a kindergartener!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While students practiced chimes, I started playing the bass xylo open bordun and then hand selected students who I knew were usually successful keeping a steady beat. Not all students got a turn on the xylo (I don't have the patience for that!) and that wasn't my objective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oops! Did I forget the random ringing of triangles? We explored the word random and learned that it meant "with no pattern". I demonstrated random ringing, being sure to demonstrate a lot of SLOW random ringing. I certainly knew they knew how to randomly ring loud and fast!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the whole picture was random ringing, song (with triangles on rhyming words and chimes) then random ringing again. A student asked if we could use the windchimes too so we added that at the beginning and end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When do we see stars? Are the loud? Do they twinkle in patterns? How many stars do you see? These are all questions that we explored to set the mood. It wasn't long before a little hand raised and asked if we could turn the lights off. (I LOVE when students have better ideas than me!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So obviously, I didn't do this all in one day; it was split up over about 4 classes. Here's a breakdown of what I did each class:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I was really pleased with the product put out by kindergarteners. I can't wait to see what a few more years of musiking with these students will create! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-86092278212646829682015-04-14T20:51:00.001-04:002015-07-24T21:30:26.007-04:00Wixie in Kindergarten!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wixie is a subscription based program that my school uses entirely online. Students know their log-in names and can work on a project in the lab, in their classrooms, or on the iPads! Teachers can create and assign projects too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am always looking for new projects to utilize my class iPads. I spent spring break updating the iPads and started exploring Wixie a little. Kindergarten had been singing the silly song Aiken Drum and I was trying to brainstorm a way of letting the students create their own Aiken Drum men. I knew we could make a big one on the SmartBoard, but I wanted them to be creative and have freedom to create their own unique Aiken Drum-and in turn, compose their own version of the song!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When tinkering with Wixie over spring break, I found the "cloner" option which makes any object infinite! This is exactly the same as the infinite cloner in Smart Notebook. I picked out all the fruit and veggies (and a few extras) from the sticker library (saving lots of time and whining kindergarteners) and created a little template. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since kindergarteners already know how to use the basic tools of Wixie, we did a quick 2 minute explanation of how the touch screen is different than the iPad (duh, Mrs. Cabello, we know that!) and they were off! They came up with quite the silly Aiken Drums!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This isn't computer class or art class, this is music class! Where is the music!! Well Wixie has a nifty little record button on the main page that lets the user record audio and attach it to the page! BAM! Music class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once students finished making their own Aiken Drum character, I moved them to a quiet spot behind my desk or piano so they could SING their unique songs that they composed! I let it be pure kindergarten voices with very little help from me. (We had made class characters at least twice and sang the tune over and over and over so I was sure they were prepped for success. It was also a great way for me to assess singing voice!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've always wanted a stretchy band, but could never force myself to spend the money for one thinking it would only be used a few times in the year. I had some fabric from the musical left over and decided to make one for myself! Final price: $19.06</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The big question: WHAT'S INSIDE????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I asked some other music teachers on facebook and the consensus was something stretchy! Here were the possibilities:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1: 2" elastic</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4: fitness resistance tubing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elastic sounded too easy to me so I asked my sewing expert mother who agreed it wouldn't be the sturdiest choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So off to the hardware store I went hoping to buy bungee cord by the foot. Alas, I can only dream. It didn't seem right to link the bungees together so I went back to the drawing board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After researching medical supply stores in my area, I learned that I could buy surgical tubing at the hardware store! Aisle 7 to be exact! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought 10 feet, which is just a little too small for my classes of 15-20 students. I can use this test stretchy band for my small preschool class of only 5-6 students. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">EDIT:The zip tie idea worked great when my husband and I pulled, but the stress of a kindergarten class was a different story. My friend <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sally-Utley" target="_blank">Sally Utley</a> from <i>Sally's Sea of Songs </i>told me that the REAL stretchy bands are simply tied together with a square knot. (Left over right, right over left) So far that has worked better! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband and I have pulled and stretched as hard as we could and everything bounced back! I'm excited to try this with my preschoolers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Btw: I just ordered a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TVPK00/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1428098736&sr=1&keywords=latex+tubing" target="_blank">50ft roll from Amazon</a> and I'll be making a much larger one for my whole class next week! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-50448394433638907782015-02-24T20:44:00.001-05:002015-02-24T20:50:15.373-05:00Wishlist Wednesday Linky!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linking up with Mrs. Miracle's Music Room for her Wishlist Wednesday! Here are 3 Teachers Pay Teachers Links for </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Percussion-Instruments-Lap-Book-1718696" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Percussion-Instruments-Lap-Book-1718696" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Percussion Lapbook</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love lapbooks! My recorder students made one this year to be their "textbook" at home. Since we will be exploring percussion instruments soon in 2nd grade, I decided to make a lapbook for them too! Lots of different foldables to help organize instruments into categories: Tap it, Shake it, Scrape it, Pitched and Un-pitched. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely LOVE this QR method book! This particular book is solely BAG and is great practice for my beginning students with 33 different playing exercising. The best part is the QR codes with background tracks and playing models! Each QR code goes to a YouTube video (now accessible in YouTube Kids!) that plays the example, then adds a background track, then gives a performance track! My students have never kept such a steady beat when playing; this is the perfect stepping stone for my maturing musicians! I love it and so do my kiddos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anytime I need a sub, I pull up Cherie Herring's SMARTBoard files. They are great for non-musical subs but are extremely musically engaging for the students. Each page is interactive and she has tons of little sound file surprises that the kids just love! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I couldn't pick just one more-but these two go together! I love lapbooks! Lots of information but all contained together. I made a lapbook for my recorder kids to take home so they always have the information they need. And Glue Sponges! OMG! Best idea in the entire interactive notebook/lapbook world. If you ever use glue in your classroom, you MUST try this! (really, 1353 pins on this glue sponge post!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the next few implementations of Whole Brain Teaching are extensions of Class? Yes! and Mirror. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I already have my kids divided into 1s and 2s for partner games, concentric circles, etc. Especially for my big chatty classes, I have loved being able to say "1s take a step into the blue circle and face your partner." I even go so far as boy/girl partners in my toughest class. So now I say <span style="font-size: large;">"Teach!"</span> Students respond with <span style="font-size: large;">"Ok!"</span> and they turn to their partners immediately. I've seen some teachers say "1s teach 2s" and then there is a "Switch!" instruction where the 2s teach the 1s. A quick reminder here or there never hurts that a group of 3 is always ok if someone is absent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am all about <span style="font-size: large;">experiencing</span> music and <span style="font-size: large;">moving </span>to feel the beat and <span style="font-size: large;">exploring</span> musical concepts but eventually the concepts need to be put into <span style="font-size: large;">words</span>. That's what I use these strategies for. We <span style="font-size: large;">glide</span> half notes, we've <span style="font-size: large;">sung</span> half notes, we've felt <span style="font-size: large;">two heartbeats</span> during half notes, we've explored which <span style="font-size: large;">instruments</span> can sound for a half note, and now we need to put into words that a half note gets two beats. So when showing my students what a half note looks like, we MIRROR half notes with our hands and proclaim "a half note gets two beats." Imitation is important anytime something is new. They imitate me 4, 5, 6 times then I can say TEACH! and they say OK! then turn to their partner and teach that a half note gets two beats. Now students are saying it at different times and hearing/seeing it from peers. It's also a great time for me to scan the room and check that students are able to say and perform on their own. Most of them can after all the imitation, but there are always a few that need some guidance and that's my time to step it! (Did we talk about differentiation yet?? Seeing the needs and meeting them)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Implementing any new strategy into your teaching can be tricky for you the teacher, but also the students. I started small with only Class Yes, then added Mirror, now Teach Ok!. I had them teaching each other after mirror before I used the command Teach and the response Ok. It was a small step then to introduce the call and response approach.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368854233898205533.post-51914471905156271592015-02-13T13:47:00.003-05:002018-01-24T15:57:28.751-05:00Jump into Jump Bands!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quick disclaimer before I begin: everything I learned was from<span style="font-size: large;"> Kristin Lukow</span>. Here's her <a href="http://kristinlukow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a></span>. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I want to be her when I grow up!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wF8oDVGkQJLrMZeXbFoJDaKdcsSmGaZ2T8V_3O_4blW3hqmDkv41X-KSTJDh0Ui3kpSqLFLIlQ_aMjgfxDKfdT4vpWBuzvLGnThClkuOYh0MB7Seqms20kXizYjQTG4Lkk4CTdp-vBfr/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.02.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wF8oDVGkQJLrMZeXbFoJDaKdcsSmGaZ2T8V_3O_4blW3hqmDkv41X-KSTJDh0Ui3kpSqLFLIlQ_aMjgfxDKfdT4vpWBuzvLGnThClkuOYh0MB7Seqms20kXizYjQTG4Lkk4CTdp-vBfr/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.02.28+PM.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't start like I did: I'm the kind of person that loves a surprise, but I learned that didn't work for my kids. I wanted to start without telling my students what they were doing and then when all the puzzle pieces fit together there would be a great big "aha!" moment! I love when stuff like that happens, but apparently doesn't really go over well for 4th and 5th graders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't add bands too quickly, but definitely on the first day to keep their attention. If students cannot perform the steps to a steady beat without the bands, then the bands will only detract from their steady beat even more. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Teach the terminology very quickly. Enders are the two people who have the bands on their legs. Jumpers are the people on the inside.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeV-JNywoPQkrA5DlZRuv4XMbp2YgjG6g0qbuzhjhKhz4gUT7rj3afN_LbRG7L_ai3hnTagtkaXUGwLwVW0mdXkuK4fN1ZCoZV6EW23jXfjB5-SFNeF1hhjefPS6kq8HQ2oOK-wlLYWc_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.01.57+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeV-JNywoPQkrA5DlZRuv4XMbp2YgjG6g0qbuzhjhKhz4gUT7rj3afN_LbRG7L_ai3hnTagtkaXUGwLwVW0mdXkuK4fN1ZCoZV6EW23jXfjB5-SFNeF1hhjefPS6kq8HQ2oOK-wlLYWc_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.01.57+PM.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a clear rotation schedule for enders/jumpers in the beginning classes. Most people will want to be a jumper and being an ender will seem so boring at first. Plus, enders do the most jumping and will tire out quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't put Enders and Jumpers together at the same time. Start with enders standing still with the bands on their legs and let jumpers attempt the bands while they the bands are still. Start with the steady beat activity then add music.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeV-JNywoPQkrA5DlZRuv4XMbp2YgjG6g0qbuzhjhKhz4gUT7rj3afN_LbRG7L_ai3hnTagtkaXUGwLwVW0mdXkuK4fN1ZCoZV6EW23jXfjB5-SFNeF1hhjefPS6kq8HQ2oOK-wlLYWc_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.01.57+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeV-JNywoPQkrA5DlZRuv4XMbp2YgjG6g0qbuzhjhKhz4gUT7rj3afN_LbRG7L_ai3hnTagtkaXUGwLwVW0mdXkuK4fN1ZCoZV6EW23jXfjB5-SFNeF1hhjefPS6kq8HQ2oOK-wlLYWc_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.01.57+PM.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let the Enders practice all on their own. Rotate through so everyone gets a chance to practice being an ender. Their pattern is: out-out-in-in. **Note: starting with out-out makes the jumpers start their pattern on the strong beat of the music. It took time, but eventually my 5th graders were able to feel the difference and would help each other start on the strong beat.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wF8oDVGkQJLrMZeXbFoJDaKdcsSmGaZ2T8V_3O_4blW3hqmDkv41X-KSTJDh0Ui3kpSqLFLIlQ_aMjgfxDKfdT4vpWBuzvLGnThClkuOYh0MB7Seqms20kXizYjQTG4Lkk4CTdp-vBfr/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.02.28+PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wF8oDVGkQJLrMZeXbFoJDaKdcsSmGaZ2T8V_3O_4blW3hqmDkv41X-KSTJDh0Ui3kpSqLFLIlQ_aMjgfxDKfdT4vpWBuzvLGnThClkuOYh0MB7Seqms20kXizYjQTG4Lkk4CTdp-vBfr/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-02-13+at+12.02.28+PM.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When students are ready to try with both enders and jumpers, don't just let them go and wish for the best! They still will need teacher guidance for how to make it all fit together. Start with enders: "One, two, ready, go! Out-out-in-in-out-out-in-in" Keep the vocal until students are confident. Then add the jumpers: "One, two, ready, go! In-in-out-hop-in-in-out-hop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a conversation about how the enders and jumpers fit together. It took about 3 classes, but now the majority of my 4th and 5th grade students are able to start all on their own. Talk about both enders moving the same way and that jumpers jump in while the enders are out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Grade levels: </span> </u>I'm trying to keep the Jump Bands "special" so I've limited myself to 3rd-5th grade. I did do a little jump band fun in pre-k and kindergarten just as something fun to get them moving! It was also great to work on their coordination!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Music:</span></u> I use Kristin Lukow's <a href="http://kristinlukow.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post.html" target="_blank">Spotify playlist</a>. I trust her judgement in song selection and it's a great variety that my students love! General BPM should be 140-160. Slower is harder to keep jumping!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Recess: </span></u>My school is in suburban Pennsylvania so winter means snow and snow means blacktop only recess. The students hate it. I decided to bring out my jump bands and a speaker to play music and the students had a great time jumping! It's their choice to jump or not, but making them available was easy and every so often adds variety to a limited recess time.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other projects: </span></span></u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jumping is fun and all, and I loved teaching my students advanced formations and tricks, but with my new found love of Orff, I decided that the students should be creating their own routines. In 4th grade, I guided them through a brainstorm session and we voted on which new configurations we would try. Then I let one student be the "teacher" and lead the class through his/her idea. It was a great learning opportunity for both the "teacher" and the rest of the class. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">With the 5th graders, I was completely hands off. I let them vote if they wanted to work in small groups or as a full class (there's only 13 in the class) and let them try to lobby voters to a particular side. They decided to work as a full class but of course, they fell to pieces and nothing was accomplished. There were even petitions of "no participation without representation!" But it was a learning experience and after a reflection time of what went wrong (by ALL students), the next week they were able to pull together and come up with a pretty cool finished product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think anyone who has had any prolonged contact with children can say that a child's attention span is quite short. The movie UP! did such a great job of characterizing this in the dog Doug who *<span style="font-size: large;">SQUIRREL</span>* would get distracted from whatever he was *<span style="font-size: large;">SQUIRREL</span>* anytime he thought about, heard the word, saw some*<span style="font-size: large;">SQUIRREL</span>*thing.. You get the picture! Students, in my classroom at least, are very much like the dog, Doug, and get <span style="font-size: large;">distracted</span> by other students, things out the window, thoughts in their head, or even just the dirt on the floor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whole Brain Teaching is not a behavior plan, it's a teaching plan</span>. The best part about it, though, is that the teaching plan is so appropriate for short attention spans that it addresses many behavioral issues at the same time! Like I said in the intro a few posts ago, I started looking into WBT as a quest to help a 1st grade class with behavioral issues. They were constantly chatting off topic, calling out to me and each other, and it felt like their attention was never on the musiking that I was trying to lead. (If you're unfamiliar with the term musiking, then you did not have Dr. Reynolds at Temple University...she made us put it into our Microsoft WORD dictionary at the start of class because any paper we wrote about better include how we would lead the musiking in our classes.)</span><br />
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teaching plan of mirror addresses my key concepts and the short
attention span of young learners. (Old learners too! Let's face it,
attention span does not automatically grow as we grow older!)</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Behavioral plans address the behavior primarily. I use a keyboard clip up to entice my students to behavior correctly and earn a fun music day. We have "How to Apologize" posters to teach students what goes into a heart-felt apology. There are rules and consequences and parent interaction emails all to help students behavior appropriately in the classroom. All of these things are great and necessary, but they are all only behavioral focused-nothing to do with the concepts I am trying to teach to fulfill my music curriculum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think this is super <span style="font-size: large;">easy</span> to implement in the music classroom because we are such an <span style="font-size: large;">imitative</span> classroom. My students know "echo after me" or "my turn, your turn" and so transitioning to "mirror" was seamless (though sometimes out of habit, I use the word echo instead of mirror.) If we do imitation with pitch and rhythm and lyrics, why not continue imitation when we get to the decode and verbal association of concepts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when reminding my 3rd grade recorder students that a half note gets two beats, this was what was heard in the room:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Students:</span> Yes Yes Yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Teacher:</span> A half note gets two beats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(gesture: make a half note with both hands, one hand open circle, the other hand stem. Pulse the half note twice then show two fingers pulsed and moving to show two beats)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Teacher:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Mirror!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(gesture: two hands up, palms out) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Students:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Mirror!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(gesture: two hands up, palms out)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Teacher: </span>A half note (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Students:</span> A half note (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Teacher:</span> gets two beats (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Students:</span> gets two beats (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Teacher:</span> A half note gets two beats (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Students:</span> A half note gets two beats (with gesture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We would then repeat a few more times, they'd teach each other, they'd use just gestures, etc. Music teachers are always great at <span style="font-size: large;">varying</span> an activity to keep it fun and different! When students line up to leave, we can mirror with gestures only, to review the concept and focus their attention from the craziness of moving from sitting spots to line up dots back to facing forward ready to leave and be musiking on the way out the door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a video at then end of a string family lesson in 1st grade. Students learned that the "Viola is the medium in the string family" and had just taught a partner using gestures. You'll also see our "class yes" when transitioning to a new activity and a "one second party" because we all did a good job with the transition. Of course I fell back into old habits using "echo" instead of "mirror" but you get the picture!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The key is <span style="font-size: large;">repetition</span>, but as music teachers, we know that. And we already know that hand motions are great for pitch recognition and learning lyrics, so let's keep extending what we know works into the areas of our teaching that are the hardest for students to handle-sitting still and keeping quiet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are so many <span style="font-size: large;">"attention getters"</span> that teachers use to quickly grab the attention of their students. I've heard echo clapping and call/response sayings in every silly or sweet or cliche variation. A simple pinterest search left my brain spinning with all the possibilities. Each saying takes a little bit of <span style="font-size: large;">procedure practice</span> and prep for the teacher to remember them all. I can only imagine what students go through when every classroom they enter has a different set of attention getters and all the many responses they are expected to have at the tip of their tongue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whole Brain Teaching is no different with it's call and response attention getter except for one thing: it's <span style="font-size: large;">direct and to the point</span>. The teacher asks for the classes attention and the students give it. Not asking for pepperoni and the students give pizza, or asking for peanut butter and getting jelly, or asking for hocus pocus and getting focus. <span style="font-size: large;">Class? Yes!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sounds too <span style="font-size: large;">simple,</span> but it's not. Sounds too boring, but it's not. While being direct and to the point, class/yes still gives lots of opportunity for silly, sweet, and cliche. <span style="font-size: large;">Variations</span> are one of the main reasons why class/yes is successful with the students. Class Class? Yes Yes! Ok Class? Ok Yes! Classity Class? Yessity Yes! Our kindergarten teacher got creative one time and jumped when she said Class? Her kids didn't even flinch, they simply jumped while responding Yes! So simple for the teacher and students to remember, so easy to <span style="font-size: large;">embellish</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is nothing specific about class/yes for any classroom, but with the requirement to vary my approach as often as possible, my variations have become very <span style="font-size: large;">musical! </span> I vary <span style="font-size: large;">pitch</span> and <span style="font-size: large;">rhythm</span> and expect my students to echo the same way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cla-ass (sol-mi) with and without hand signals</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Really the possibilities are <span style="font-size: large;">endless</span>. And easy to make up on the spot for whatever concept each class is currently working on. Second grade was doing half notes just the other day so my brain is thinking half notes. I need their attention and half notes come out in my Class! Use whatever is happening in your classroom. Don't think that class/yes is only verbal-adding movement is what Whole Brain Teaching is all about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is nothing particularly <span style="font-size: large;">unique</span> about using an attention getter in class. What I love about the WBT approach is that it is direct and to the point, but <span style="font-size: large;">fun</span> and <span style="font-size: large;">new</span> every time. What's great about my experience is that students are hearing class/yes from every teacher in the building. We have all chosen to implement this <span style="font-size: large;">basic change</span> in our classrooms and both students and teachers are benefiting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stumbled upon Whole Brain Teaching on one of my Pinterest filled Saturdays. I was searching for ways to help my extra chatty impulsive first grade class. Here's the video I found. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was mesmerized! I emailed the teacher in this video and spent hours doing YouTube research and googling everything Whole Brain Teaching. I started talking to other teachers in my building. I was unsure of what Whole Brain Teaching could look like in a music classroom but I was sure that it would be super cool in a regular classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As more teachers in my building started talking and learning about Whole Brain Teaching, we approached the principal about focusing our building professional development reading on the book written by Chris Biffle, Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids (available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Teaching-Challenging-Kids/dp/0984816712/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364845820&sr=1-4&keywords=whole+brain+teaching+for#" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a> for FREE!). Reading the book, I was more and more convinced that this approach to teaching would be fabulous for not only the challenging kids, but for the most well behaved kids as well. It's not about a behavior plan, its about a teaching plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what about my music classroom? It works! Some parts more than others but the more I explore and try new things, the better my students are behaved and the more they learn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough to wet your appetite? The <a href="http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/" target="_blank">Whole Brain Teaching website</a> has tons of information, research, free resources and webinars! I'll be delving more into how WBT has impacted my music classroom and transformed how my students learn so stay tuned!</span><br />
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