Teaching Music is a Blast
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I have taught Elementary Music for the last 30 years and previously taught Choir at the secondary level for 6 years
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Music Solfege/Rhythm Lesson Planning Guide
The Solfege/Rhythm Organizer is a series of charts I created that show the order the Solfege/Rhythm should be taught in (Kodaly philosophy), the songs to use, references the books the songs are in, has lesson plans and comments and developmental levels. I use it in my lesson planning book to plan Elementary Music Lessons K-5. I created this after I was certified in Kodaly.
Meets the following National Standards for Music Education
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
K - 5th
Music, Other (Performing Arts), Vocal Music
Music Element Lesson Planning Guide
K-5 Music Lesson Planning Guide with every Grade Level arranged according to the Elements of Music
K - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Music Composing Templates
This series of composing activities eases the student from limited notation of their creation to full notation in many musical forms. Targets included
I have had a great deal of success with this.
Targets are in a box below each and can be used for assessment. Smaller projects have several on one page to cut apart so you will use less paper.
These templates go with the Composing Strategies document
Meets Music National Standards:
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied rep
K - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Music Composing Strategies K-5
K-5 Composing without notation, composing with some notation and composing with full notation. Ideas to Include in rhythm games. Start them young and they will not be afraid of creativity. Writing music notes for yourself is better than any theory worksheet.
This meets the following Music National Standards:
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified
K - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Music Free Piano Lab Check-Off
Songs are checked off as they are completed in the Piano Lab Notebook. All songs listed are free from http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies.html
Students use this one sheet K-5 and get to take it home as proof of their accomplishments after 5th grade. Copy it onto cardstock back to back landscape. There are two copies/page. Cut it in half and keep in a small box by grade level by the pianos for them to access when they are ready to pass. I put the year in to check off the song so
K - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
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About the store
Experience
I have taught Elementary Music for the last 30 years and previously taught Choir at the secondary level for 6 years
Teaching style
Communicating the joy of music is what I seek. Kodaly and Piano Lab are my two main emphasis (the majority of my students can play the piano with both hands by 5th grade). A major thread of composing is throughout K-5 with a culminating project in 5th grade that grants them a CD of their own work. We also do Recorder Karate in 4th grade. Our biggest performance is the 3rd grade Multicultural Concert staging Music and Dance classes which integrate with 3rd grade classroom studies and includes Art Class displaying their work on the walls.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Excellent Employee Award Vancouver Public Schools
My own education history
BA degree in Music Education, Certificated in Kodaly, MA Education
Additional biographical information
I am married with two children and have taught in the Vancouver School District for 36 years.
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