Anyone have ideas of how to make a music program based on this year's election? I'm supposed to do mine on Nov. 1st with 3rd-5th graders. The only song I know I want on it is "Everybody wants to rule the World".
They also have a complete revue called Freedom. I have used pieces of it over the years.
I can't link you to it, because I'm not logged in and it will think I'm posting spam. Do a search under Music K-8 if you don't already have it bookmarked.
Yesterday was our last student day, and today after I finish securing both my classrooms, I'll be finished with year 24! For those still in the trenches, hang tough - it's coming. For those on break like me, have a fantastic summer! Rest, renew, refresh, and get ready for your best year yet!
I'm trying to find some fun activities/lessons to do the last few weeks of school that would motivate 5th or 6th grade. Would appreciate your ideas. I've already done some stick games/passing games. Thanks!!!
VivianWhy don't you post your questions on this chatboard? Once you have answers from someone you can then post that your research is completed and no further answers are required.
It was dangerous enough to put your own email address on a chatboard. It's the perfect way to get so much junk mail that you have to shut down your email address.
Really, these professors usually want a teacher-candidate to go out and talk to a teacher face-to-face. It gets conversations going. When the teacher-candidate takes the "short cut" by posting on a chatboard, a lot of the communication is lost.
Our principal is pretty good but near the end of school he tells the students over the intercom but then fails to follow through on what he says. Also, when I send a student to the office, I expect something to be done but nothing. I sent this student back in april for an infraction of the school rules ( which are in the handbook) and I mentioned t...See MoreOur principal is pretty good but near the end of school he tells the students over the intercom but then fails to follow through on what he says. Also, when I send a student to the office, I expect something to be done but nothing. I sent this student back in april for an infraction of the school rules ( which are in the handbook) and I mentioned that they broke the rules in the handbook in my class as well as receiving warnings. The principal says the student will be going to ISS the next time he is sent down. I had to send him today and I also found out he was sent by another teacher today for doing the same thing in both classes. What happens, NOTHING. conference and when they came back they were worse than before. As they came back in class they said "I didn't get in trouble" and sat down. It is really frustrating when you are trying to follow through on the rules and do what is expected of you as a teacher, but the principal does not follow through on what they said they would do over the intercom to the entire school. Very Very Frustrating. I have made several documented calls home as well but nothing changes. Has anyone ever had this problem with a principal
VeuzentSorry for the previous blank post. Something is strange with the website because it sent the message as soon as I entered my name. I have not had this problem. I taught middle school band and orchestra. However, I always felt students got off to easily with referrals. Hence, I never sent students to the office and instead would require them to stay...See MoreSorry for the previous blank post. Something is strange with the website because it sent the message as soon as I entered my name. I have not had this problem. I taught middle school band and orchestra. However, I always felt students got off to easily with referrals. Hence, I never sent students to the office and instead would require them to stay after school with me and "make up the lost class time" by practicing while I worked around my room. I would arrange it with the parent so they would know that on a mutually-agreed-upon day their student would stay after school with me. I would send a reminder note to the student near the end of the last period of that day. They always came. It was valuable because I could actually hear how they practiced, would occasionally make suggestions on how to improve, and often they would end up saying, "You know? This is actually kind of fun." I made the consequence related to the violation, too. One time a student was dropping pieces of paper all over his area of the floor. So, he "got" to come and help clean up the room after school. Usually I never had the same student twice. Vivian
GaryOn 5/13/16, Veuzent wrote: > Sorry for the previous blank post. Something is strange with > the website because it sent the message as soon as I entered > my name. I have not had this problem. I taught middle school > band and orchestra. However, I always felt students got off > to easily with referrals. Hence, I never sent students ...See MoreOn 5/13/16, Veuzent wrote: > Sorry for the previous blank post. Something is strange with > the website because it sent the message as soon as I entered > my name. I have not had this problem. I taught middle school > band and orchestra. However, I always felt students got off > to easily with referrals. Hence, I never sent students to the > office and instead would require them to stay after school > with me and "make up the lost class time" by practicing while > I worked around my room. I would arrange it with the parent > so they would know that on a mutually-agreed-upon day their > student would stay after school with me. I would send a > reminder note to the student near the end of the last period > of that day. They always came. It was valuable because I > could actually hear how they practiced, would occasionally > make suggestions on how to improve, and often they would end > up saying, "You know? This is actually kind of fun." I made > the consequence related to the violation, too. One time a > student was dropping pieces of paper all over his area of the > floor. So, he "got" to come and help clean up the room after > school. Usually I never had the same student twice. > Vivian
Thank You for your reply. I have tried keeping them after school but due to our school policy, I can't do it. They do run a sports drop off students, but I was not allowed to use it. He also did not want me contacting parents so he nixed that situation. I tried to have them come in before school when they were dropped off and he said no students in the rooms before school. I tried having the students make a mess in class stay after or come in later and pick up the paper in class and apparently that goes against Board policy, just like having students grade papers. It seems like everything I have tried it gets nixed. This has happened to all the teachers. The band director got in trouble for sitting a students in the hall because he was misbehaving during class. The principal always tells us to send them to the office, and when we do, nothing really happens. It gets frustrating. I have made several phone calls home but it does not seem to help either, especially with the students who are in trouble all the time.
I am at a year-round school that started at the end of July and finishes at the end of June. I just completed the whole year of Gameplan lessons with all my classes and there is still a month of school! Does anyone have any ideas for 4 45-minute lessons to end the year? Mallet Madness was one idea I had, but I do not have a lot of Orff instruments. I do have room to dance. Thank you.
If you do have room to dance, I would suggest checking out the New England Dancing Masters Website. They have quite a few collections of traditional dances that kids love. "Listen to the Mockingbird" and "Chimes of Dunkirk" have dances for all grade levels. My kids of all grade levels really enjoy these. Good luck!
Thank you for your reply. The interview went really well! I ended up doing a STEM lesson based on the science of sound, while integrating that into a song and constructing a "made" instrument.
When I hear STEM I always cringe, because with the "A" for STEAM, I always wonder if music is going to be important at all. Thankfully, it is at this school!
We have a HS art teacher that *always* speaks up when the principal or other district presenter says "STEM". You will hear her say "STEAM! Not STEM!" and the presenter seems to correct her/himself. I took her lead and started to do that at my school now, though we have no music, art or theater teachers at my elementary school. (Only this former music teacher.)
Mrs HOn 4/25/16, Gary wrote: > I am looking for 4 Christmas songs that can me sung > together with no accompaniment and used in a procession. O Come O Come Emmanuel is a good processional. Ancient, so a capella is perfect.
Now I ...See MoreOur school just finished school-wide lessons about compassion in our character education program. In my kinder classroom, I taught the song "Don't Laugh at Me", by Steve Seskin. I used Steve's lyrics, not the ones used by Mark Wills or Peter-Paul-and-Mary, because they were more "elementary friendly" in one area.
Now I am on the search for a song about justice and fairness, for our next character trait. I would prefer one that is more of a real song, rather than a "contrived song" like the ones used by Harry Kindergarten, Red Grammer, etc. If anyone has any ideas, I'd sure love it. But it does have to be easily understood by 5 and 6 year olds.
I've already got one for the character trait after that, which is Perseverance. My thought? Frank Sinatra's "High Hopes". You know the song, about the ant who couldn't move a rubber tree plant but did it anyway.
On 4/05/16, Donna Ransdell wrote: > On 4/01/16, DonnaR/CA wrote: >> On 3/30/16, Mrs H wrote: >>> What about the civil rights movement songs? > > Back to Square One, with Fairness. We are teaching about > impartiality, i.e. fairness in class, on the playground, > etc., rather than social justice. That was made politely > clear from my principal, who does love the idea of songs > and books to go with each character trait. > > I chatted with my principal about Perseverance (May > trait), and she loved the ideas of Frank Sinatra's "High > Hopes" and Gloria Estefan's "Get On Your Feet" (which > just happens to be in our old music adoption, SBMM). > > Still searching, therefore, about fairness... > > > > Donna
When my son was little we had a word of the week. I had a white board on the kitchen door where I would write the word and a simple definition. If it was fairness at dinner we would each share a way we were fair that day or if we saw someone else being fair. I think it's important for them to actually incorporate it into their day to internalize the message.
They also have a complete revue called Freedom. I have used pieces of it over the years.
I can't link you to it, because I'm not logged in and it will think I'm postin...See More