Looking for a fun Halloween activity that gets students composing and practicing quarter rest? In this blog post, I'm writing with a favorite activity for students during the Halloween season...or any time! "See the old witch" is a fun singing game that my first graders really enjoy. Here's the notation: For the game, students sit in a circle, sitting down. One child is chosen to be “it” and has a penny in his/her hand. All other students close their eyes and put their hands behind their back. As they sing, the person who is “it” walks around the circle. At the end of the song…
Lately, I've been blogging about classroom management strategies in the music room. Today's blog post includes a podcast episode with more ideas! Listen to the podcast, called The Music Room, in the iTunes Store , or here: Here are the links mentioned in the podcast episode: IG: www.instagram.com/mrsmiraclesmusicroom Blog posts: Star students in the music room Point system for the music room Transitions in the music room FB group: Mrs. Miracle's Chat Room Strategies for Classroom Management Restorative Justice podcast with Cult of Pedagogy Kindergarten lesson freebie 1st grade lesson freebie &q…
Lately, I've been writing with classroom management strategies in the music room. In this post , I wrote about star students, and in this post , I wrote about a point system for your music classroom. Today, I'm writing about one of my favorite ways to keep students' attention throughout the lesson: transitions! I first learned about transitions when I began my Kodaly training at Capital University. In a music lesson, transitions are how we move from one activity from the next, so that kids stay engaged, and the lesson flows smoothly. Although I've thought of this as more of a les…
Today, I'm continuing my classroom management series to write about a great way to reward the whole class: a point system for the music room! Since I started teaching, I've rewarded individual students for exemplary behavior by choosing star students , but it wasn't until a few years ago that I began rewarding whole class behavior. I read this book, which is great read for any special areas team: In the book, the author outlined a four point system for rewarding whole class behavior. I adapted it a bit from the author's ideas, and have used it since with success. In each music cl…
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