September

The first 6 weeks are officially over! Hard to believe report cards go home Monday. Here are some highlights from September.

4th Grade reviewing dynamics by putting the signs in order while listening to a song.

1st Grade played a game of "Beat, Beat, Rhythm". It's like duck duck goose, but differentiating between steady beats and rhythms.

2nd Grade did a  listening where they had to draw a picture and write a sentence about what the music made them feel. We listened to Vivaldi's Winter.

5th Grade practiced drawing treble clefs and drawing notes on the staff. The third line should be a quarter note and the third space a half note.

I brought in my copy of "Just Dance" for the wii for our Fun Friday this month.

Kindergarten studied high and low pitches by putting Boomwhackers in order from tallest to smallest. 

Getting Organized

Being organized is difficult for me because I usually have a hard time deciding how to organize things. Do I organize my music based on the theme? Theory concepts? Grade level? 

Here are some of my attempts for 2012-2013: The Year the Music Room Makes Sense.

Music K-8 Magazines in order by Volume and CDs all in the same case!

I finally put together a Substitute folder with 2 weeks of plans! Hopefully I won't need them consecutively.

I also made a lesson plan binder. One page has the Music SOLs I'm covering for the week and also the materials needed. I go to a different school everyday, so writing down what I need to pack is quite helpful. In the back I have the county's pacing guide, the state SOL standards and a copy of the written assessments I've been forced to give this year.

Speaking of tests...

I don't have desks. 

But I got a new rug!!