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Jeff Broome Hi Gayle.

I hope all is well with you, and congratulations on your new position in working with multiage students in the music classroom. My name is Jeff Broome and I am a professor of art education at the University of North Texas. My research interests center around working with "special area teachers" (IE art, music, PE, etc.) who teac...See MoreHi Gayle.

I hope all is well with you, and congratulations on your new position in working with multiage students in the music classroom. My name is Jeff Broome and I am a professor of art education at the University of North Texas. My research interests center around working with "special area teachers" (IE art, music, PE, etc.) who teach in multi-age situations. I'm always happy to help any special area teachers about to embark on a new position with multiage groups of students.

My particular speciality is in visual arts education, but I can offer some general suggestions related to most specialists based on my research findings of working with multi-age art teachers in Florida. In order to frame my suggestions in the most useful context possible, I had just a few brief questions for you about the school that you will be working at next year.

1) Will you be the only music teacher working with these students at your school? 2) Are the multiage classes team-taught in their homeroom groups, or is each multiage class supervised by a single multiage homeroom teacher? 3) Does your music schedule line-up well with the schedules of the other specialists working at your school, in terms of the length of your classes and starting and ending times of your classes?

With answers to the above questions, I can offer some general advice about organizing your multiage music classes.

Unfortunately, there is not a lot out there about multi-age music curriculum other than an old dissertation by Anna Jean Brown. The dissertation is from the 70s, so surely the references to music curriculum must be dated. However, if you would like to review the dissertation, I can provide you with the information needed to retrieve this document. One of my long-term goals is to pair-up with other experienced multi-age special area teachers (music, PE, etc.) in order to offer trainings and resources that represent diversity in experiences and disciplines.

Thank you so much again for getting in touch. Once you provide me with some of the information above, I will get right back in touch with you about some specific organizational suggestions. Feel free to view my website (listed in the closing below) if you are interested in exploring my experiences in multi-age education. Take care.

Best wishes, Jeff [link removed]

On 7/27/10, Gayle wrote: > Hi, I am going to be teaching music to K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 > combination/multi-age classrooms and I am wondering how > music teachers have modified their curriculum to meet the > need of standards in multi-age classes. Do you start out > with an organized activity? How do you layer or > differentiate your instruction? Do you loop any specific > content? How do you build repertoire? Do you label olders > and youngers or call them names that reflect their > abilities? Any other suggestions and comments you feel may > be helpful are appreciated. Thanks!

Jul 29, 2010

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Jeff Broome Hi Gayle,

I also found some resources written by multi-age music teachers that I could send to you. Teachers.Net won't allow me to send attachments, but I could send them to your e-mail account or to your school's physical address.

The first reading would be about "Developmentally Appropriate Music in the Multiage Classroom" by ...See More

Aug 2, 2010

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3-5th grade Postcard Swap States Needed - Update

by Stacey Kuehne

Aug 1, 2010

3rd/4th/5th grade

The following states are still needed for a postcard swap for the 2010-2011 school year - I'm hoping to get two classrooms in each state to participate, Please e-mail me your grade level and school mailing address to [email removed]!:

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Alabama - 2 Alaska - 1 Arkansas - 2 Delaware - 2 Georgia - 2 H...See More

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K-2nd grade Postcard Swap States Needed - Update

by Stacey Kuehne

Aug 1, 2010

K/1st/2nd grade

The following states are still needed for a postcard swap for the 2010-2011 school year - I'm hoping to get two classrooms in each state to participate, Please e-mail me your grade level and school mailing address to [email removed]!:

Needed:

Alabama - 2 Alaska - 2 Arkansas - 2 California - 1 Colorado - 1 ...See More

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Linda Doherty Hi - I would like to join your postcard swap. I teach a 2/3 multiage class in New Mexico. My school address is 7039 4th Street NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque NM 87114. Our first day of school is Sept. 7th. Linda Doherty

On 8/01/10, Stacey Kuehne wrote: > K/1st/2nd grade > > The following states are still needed for a postcard swap...See More

Aug 28, 2010

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Nicole Le On 8/28/10, Linda Doherty wrote: > I would also like to join...I teach a 2/3 combination class in California. The school address is 1011 Russell Place, Pomona, CA 91767. Thanks, Nicole Le

> Hi - I would like to join your postcard swap. I teach a 2/3 > multiage class in New Mexico. My school address is 7039 4th > Street NW, Los ...See More

Sep 10, 2010

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2/3 bilingual split

by crazy me T

Aug 1, 2010

I have taught K and 1st bilingual, now I am moving to a 2/3 split. Not sure I will love these grades. I am planning on using the Daily 5 and Cafe model to teach whole group lessons, the small groups, and pull individual students also. Math, not quite sure yet, but thinking of teaching 2nd grade standards, while 3rd graders work on math centers, the...See More

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Rota ES Hello,

I will also be teaching 2-3 grade this year. I will also be using D5 & Cafe. I love it and went to the conferences this year. But, math seems a little more challenging for me. I want to implement D5 Math but I am worried about my 3rd graders and meeting their needs. I am not sure. Just to let you know that I am in the same boat....See More

Aug 16, 2010

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Words Their Way

by goose

Aug 4, 2010

Thanks to all who have shared ideas and documents they use for Words Their Way. I plan to use this for the first time this year and have read the research/theory book and several of the word sort books. For those of you who have done this for awhile:

1. How difficult was it to get parents to understand the difference from traditional spell...See More

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Jaimee On 8/04/10, goose wrote: > Thanks to all who have shared ideas and documents they use > for Words Their Way. I plan to use this for the first time > this year and have read the research/theory book and > several of the word sort books. For those of you who have > done this for awhile: > > 1. How difficult was it to get parents ...See MoreOn 8/04/10, goose wrote: > Thanks to all who have shared ideas and documents they use > for Words Their Way. I plan to use this for the first time > this year and have read the research/theory book and > several of the word sort books. For those of you who have > done this for awhile: > > 1. How difficult was it to get parents to understand the > difference from traditional spelling programs? In 2nd > grade, ours are used to the standard list that goes home > (10-12 words) to study (memorize) for a Friday test. From > what I gather from the books, the only thing that goes home > is a copy of the word sort for that week with as many as 21 > words sometimes. Then the teacher chooses any 10 to call > out on Friday and they should be able to get them. Is that > right? So they won't know exactly which words will be on > the test? > > 2. If that is what they are saying, is there any strategy > for which 10 words to choose for the test? Do you include > oddballs for that week on the test? > > 3. Do you expect sorting homework for every night (M-Th)? > > I want to be able to explain this clearly at before school > conferences, so would appreciate any words of advice. > Thanks so much! > > Great program- been using it for years. We have 5 high frequency words and 10 sort words each week . There are a variety of activities that we use with the program and the homework is as follows: Mon Cut, sort and Write Tues- Rainbow write and 5 times each Wed- alphabetize the words Thurs,- Practice test

We also have used Spelling City on line, chalk writing their words, spelling stories, spelling sentences... It is an individualized program and I have had up to 4 groups in my room at a time. We go over the activities foe a few weeks with the kids so that they are comfortable with what to do before we send it home. On Monday, they simply get a list of the words with their math pages, and they know what to do. It works out nicely. Feel free to email me with any questions. We do love the program- the students get exactly what spelling patterns they are struggling with. :)

Aug 17, 2010

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