New Years Eve and Reflection

The end is near....the end of 2016 that is and this year has brought along many reasons to celebrate.  As I finish my 2nd year of TPT, I am finishing the year up from last year in views, followers, and sales!  I have recently started an Instagram page and a page on facebook.  Today as I sit and reflect (all while working on new TPT items for my store), I am mentally making lists of goals that I want to reach for in 2017!

New Units on Musical Decades

Incorporating Musical Compositions into Packets

Revamping Older Items in the Shop

and Many more......

To kick off 2017, I am focusing on getting more organized, so stay tuned for more blog posts about what steps I am taking to organize my planning, my desk and well, my HOME!!!  Enjoy your day, the final day of 2016!  Now excuse my while I snuggle under my heated blanket, coffee in hand and cheer on my Clemson Tigers!!!!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

New in the shop today!!!

Countdown to 2017

It's the final countdown to 2017!!!!  All the items in my store are 15% off starting tomorrow morning through New Years Eve!  I am busy working on items for the winter/spring months to come and these items are specifically designed for teaching your youngest to your oldest students in your music classes.  5th grade students can learn about the decades through music beginning with the Harlem Renaissance and Duke Ellington, while your k5 students can explore music and science through Musical Monsters explore High and Low, and Musical Monsters explore Loud and Soft.  So many exciting things are coming to the store!  So get ready to shop and teach!  Happy 2017 to all!

                      

BOGO in the TPT Store!

We are on the countdown to Christmas.....with just about 9 days left before winter break, all Christmas items in my TPT shop are buy one get one free (of equal or lesser value).  In order to receive your free item, just purchase one in my store and then email me the item that you would like for free!  This sale will last throughout the weekend!  So kick up your heels, take a load off and sail right through the next couple of weeks with a breeze (insert sarcasm).

Countdown to Christmas

Does anyone else get anxiety extreme joy from the holiday season?  I'd never be so stressed out and busy that I do not even have a tree up yet and will be hosting a Christmas party here in 2 days.....that would NEVER happen!  This time of year is busy for everyone but for teachers, especially arts teachers, this season is sure to keep you on your toes and quite humble!  With performances just around the corner and concerts for my own children, I am overly stressed and counting down the days to WINTER BREAK!!!  For those music teachers and general education teachers who would like some extra arts integrated activities to fill those awkward spaces during the day, check out the new products in my TPT store tonight!!

Teachers That Give and Fun Items in the Store!

    If you are in the mood to shop then head on over to my TPT store and grab up this goodie before it's gone!!!  "Music Holiday Coloring Pages" is normally $2.50 but tonight it is being offered as FREE!  While you are downloading this one, check out my other items as well!  New to the store is "Nutcracker Lesson & Activities" and this one is perfect for the holiday season!  Another newbie to the store is "Beginning Lines & Spaces".  I also have been craving hot chocolate but it has been unseasonably warm lately, so even thinking of drinking something warm has been giving me hot flashes!!!  So in hopes of cooler weather, check out "Musical Marshmallows" in the store!

                            I am giving away a TPT gift card!!!

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New to my TPT Store.....

Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope your day was as restful as mine.  Ready or not, here comes Monday!  If you're like me, you are probably spending your evening putting the last minute touches on your lesson plans for the week.  If you are looking for a fun activity to do this week with your 3rd-5th graders (since Thanksgiving is approaching and there is also a full moon, which means the kids will be acting crazy like little angels) then this activity is for you!  All you need is tape (painters or masking) and this download in my shop now!

First, you need to tape out a music staff on the floor of your music room.  Then display the slides on your smartboard.  The first few slides are of each individual note in the treble clef.  The idea is to have the student to find the note by moving and standing in the correct line or space of the staff.  The final slides will display two notes.  With these slides the students will compete to find their note 

on the staff first.  I also encourage that you have class identify the interval between the two notes.  

Have a great week!  Enjoy making music!!!!!!   

                 

                                                                   

Welcome to My Classroom

Welcome to my music classroom!  I am currently a music teacher in the heart of the south where I teach grades k5-5th at a magnet school for the arts.  I am constantly trying to build my resources to become the best music teacher I can be and through this process I have ventured into creating items for my TPT store!  One of my featured items on sale right now is a product called Fishy Rhythms.  



I think what my kids love most about this activity is that they actually get to fish with cane poles!  My kindergarten students were able to fish for Ta and Ti-ti rhythms this week and they were pretty pumped to finally be reading these rhythms.  Stop by my store, snatch it up and take your students fishing!