Easy2Plan
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Sylva, North Carolina, United States
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I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
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Music is Math Alive: Mathematical Principals of Rhythm
Energize and excite your students with this interactive, comprehensive power point on math and music integration. While designed for the music professional, this would be a valuable resource for any classroom teacher wanting to know more about math concepts found in music. This product would also be useful as a leadership tool for a professional development seminar for classroom teachers on math and music. This 354 page PDF/PPT is a multi-faceted instructional tool designed to guide students i
1st - 9th
Math, Music
Seven Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade Music
Seven Exciting, Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade curriculum! This is a zipped folder. The primary teaching resource is the ppt. I also included all of the sound files in the powerpoint. This resource is choose your own adventure. Choose from plain notation, Kodaly rhythm language, or counting method. Section 1 presents each pattern, including an audio loop of the rhythm. Section 2 is two pattern choice, great for a quick assessment. Section 3 is 4 pattern choice, presented as a
2nd - 3rd
Instrumental Music
Notating Music 3rd grade 1
Super Simple activity for first lesson of 3rd grade. This resource is a ready to print 1 page activity to prepare notating/composing music. The rhythm presented is Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta. Quarter Quarter Beamed Eighths, Quarter. 1. Students use the orff instruments and pitches D F A to improvise a 4 beat melodic ostinato using the above rhythm pattern. 2. Students use the worksheet to label the rhythms notes with the pitches they choose. 3. Students use the worksheet to TRACE the notation of
1st - 3rd
Music Composition
Magic Notes Seven: BAGE
Introducing Magic Notes 7! Designed for First Grade as a first introduction to musical pitch. This product teaches concepts of high low and lines and spaces on the staff. Note naming flashcards drill B A G E on the treble staff. Short melody patterns for first grade include colored notes matching the boom whackers for melodies using Sol La and Mi. Melody listening drill with included sound samples. The product is offered in a zipped folder containing a ppt with sealed graphics and a pdf.
1st - 2nd
Instrumental Music
Also included in: Magic Notes Bundle!
Boat Song Note Name Traceable
Boat Song Traceable! This is a very simple resource! One page Drawing/Tracing sheet for the Boat Song, which I use in lesson nine of my no-contact socially distanced music lessons. Geared towards first grade, but might also be useful for 2nd or even kindergarten. The first page is traceable only, and the second page is traceable with some notes blank so students have to recall and match the note names. This is prep to reading on the staff. I print this directly from the ppt for the best r
K - 2nd
Instrumental Music, Music Composition
Sight Words Without Distractions
Sight Word Without Distractions is a sight word reading program designed to enable reading by students with special needs. One of my children has autism and a chromosone deletion. He is thirteen now and a fabulous reader! When he was five and learning to read, he loved books but got lost in the pictures. I created this program for him and it worked beautifully. This program is designed to simplify the sight word process by empowering students with mega focus ability- all they see is a black
PreK - 1st
Reading, Reading Strategies
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About the store
Experience
I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
Teaching style
I have a very energetic teaching style. I prefer to be in front of my group, leading the students through a variety of very quick paced activities. I love to include technology into all my lessons and I enjoy including lots of movement for all of my learners. I believe that to learn music, one must do it! My lessons incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, Improvisation, and a lot of multimedia. "Life is a Song, Love is the Music."
Awards & shining teacher moments
Summa Cum Laude, graduate
Frank Henley Piano Competition 2nd place
Frank Henley Piano Competition, 1st place
University of Louisiana Concerto Competition, 3rd place
Gardner Webb Concerto Competition, 1st place
Western Carolina Concerto Competition, 1st place
Swain County East Elementary Teacher of the Year, 2024-2025
Boyce Deitz Honored Educator Scholarship, 2025-2026
My own education history
Formal Education
North Carolina Teaching Certificate, Western Carolina University May 2004
Master of Music, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. May 2002
Bachelor of Arts in piano performance, Summa Cum Laude Western Carolina University, 2000
High School diploma with a concentration in percussion. North Carolina School of Arts 1995-1996
Private Teachers
2001-2002 Dr. Alexander Dossin, University of Louisiana
2000-2001 Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, University of
Louisiana
1996-2000 Dr. Lillian Pearson, Western Carolina
University
1995-1996 Dr. Clifton Mathews, North Carolina School of
Arts
1992-1995 Ivan Gibby, Bryson City, NC
Master classes
2000 Dr. Nellie Ben-Or, London Guildhall
Conservatory
Additional biographical information
I am a married mother of three beautiful children living in rural Western North Carolina. We farm our own food in the summer and I am dedicated to home food preservation. My own children have taught me so much about teaching. My oldest two are academically gifted, and my youngest has severe special needs. They are a constant source of joy and inspiration. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus and serving God in any way that I can. I strive to be an example for my children in everything I am and do. I delight in seeing others learn and in sharing the joys that music can bring.
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