Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Tanya and Carrie discuss creative movement and organized dances in the music room. Complete show notes can be found at

Teaching Music: Tanya's Kodály Aspiring Blog

https://soundcloud.com/user-966091434/mtct-episode-28

Some things we discuss:

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Celesta Demonstration

Henry Cowell's The Banshee

Beat Activities

Billy Joel's Root Beer Rag

*Sleigh Ride CORRECTION! I (Tanya) mentioned at first that I adapted my movement for Sleigh Ride from Brent Gault but it actually came from the wonderful Jo Kirk!

Sleigh Ride performance by the United States Marine Chamber Orchestra on Late Night with Dave Letterman

Movement for March from The Nutcracker

Tanya's Nutcracker Play Along Bundle

Dolly Parton's Jingle Bells

Troika Dance

Simple Square Dance

Ariel view of Sashay the Donut

Jingle Bell Dance from Music a la Abbott

Resources

Sanna Longden materials

(Jingle Bell dance can be found in Sanna's 1 1/2)

New England Dance Masters (Peter and May Alice Amidon)

Rhythmically Moving

Step Lively from Marion Rose (NOT Marion Lively, I mis-spoke on the podcast!)

Shenanigans' Dance Music For Children Level 1

Listen Up! by Brent Gault

Coda (recommendations)

She and Him

Harry Belafonte and the Muppets Banana Boat Song

Musication Banana Boat Song Play Along

Tanya and Carrie talk strategies and resources to turn to during challenging times.

Carrie talks about her 5 favorite iPad apps for the elementary music room.

Fall is here!

Tanya and Carrie share their school week and some of their favorite Fall songs and activities.

Complete show notes at http://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/09/music-teacher-coffee-talk-25-favorite.html

Tanya and discuss solfege. Why use it? What are the controversies surrounding it? How are we using solfege to teach melodic concepts?

What are our favorite songs for each melodic concept?

Our latest episode is all about music class procedures and building a positive community within each class.

Some of the things we talked about:

Music Making: Bring the joy of music to them as soon as possible.

o Start the class with a “no-fail” singing game or chant. This could be a singing or chanting name game. Is there a singing game students have begged to play again and again in class in your past years? Start the year and your class with that gem!

o Aim to include singing, moving/dancing, and playing instruments, within the first 4 lessons.

Rapport: Build relationships between you and the class

o Use students’ names frequently, (this will help you memorize names quicker, too.)

o Smile and be willing to share a laugh with the students.

o Talk to kids when they’re not in music class and show that you care about them.

o Share a few of your “what I did on my summer vacation” pictures with each class. (They need to know about you, too.)

o Verbalize why you became a music teacher.

o Give a short performance for each class. You are a musician, too. Share that part of you.

· Rules: Communicate your behavior management plan and class rules on the first or second day.

o Keep it simple. More than 4 or 5 rules is too many.

o Emphasize mutually respect. (Pair and share: “I want my teacher to know:__________”)

o Give specific examples of following or not following a classroom rule.

Procedures to Practice:

Coming in to the room

Mindful Minutes

Reading the learning target

Lining up/Leaving the room

Asking a question

Pair and Share/”Back to Class”

Bathroom procedures

Time Out procedure

Answering the phone

Fire Drill

Lock-Down

Making a Circle

Moving in a Circle

Passing out materials

Getting small percussion instruments

Going to drums

Going to barred instruments

The first days of school are here again! Tanya and Carrie discuss their plans for grades K-5th grade in the music room.

Show Notes:

Songs discussed

Kindergarten:

Jim Along Josie

Come Along Everybody - I’m Growing Up

Little Green book

Little Green finger puppet

Shake Your Eggs

1st Grade:

Mighty Pretty Motion

Johnny Works with One Hammer

Whoops Johnny

Bluebird Bluebird

Bluebird finger puppet

2nd Grade:

Ickle Ockle Blue Bottle

Looby-loo

Hicklety Picklety

Apple Tree

Apple shaker

Wolf Are You There

7 Jumps

3rd Grade:

Circle Round the Zero

Hi There Neighbor

Jump In, Jump Out

Great Big House

4th Grade:

Aquaqua

Fjaskern - stick passing game

Categories

Concentration

Fire in the Mountain

5th Grade:

Hello, Hello

Tarzan the Monkey Man

Welcome Chant

Dry Bones

Coda:

“Directions to Literacy: Teaching the Older Beginner” By Ann Eisen and Lamar Robertson

KEXP

Tanya and Carrie discuss back to school planning for the music teacher.

MTCT #20 Q&A From CKI - 7:24:18, 1.25 PM by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

This is the conclusion of our 2018 Summer Book Club. We discuss chapter 7 of World Music Pedagogy v. II by Christopher Roberts and Amy Beegle.