Star Wars Lessons for the Music Classroom
May the Fourth Be with You is coming up soon! In today’s blog, I will be sharing a few lesson ideas to incorporate Star Wars into your General Music classes! If you don’t already know, my name is Jessie and…
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Spring Lesson Ideas for the Elementary Music Classroom
In today’s blog, I will be sharing 5 Lesson Ideas to incorporate the Spring season into your General Music classes! If you don’t already know, my name is Jessie and I am an Elementary Kinder-6th Grade General Music Teacher and,…
Jazz Lesson Ideas for the Elementary Music Classroom
In today’s blog, I will be sharing all about lesson ideas to incorporate Jazz music into your General Music classes! Also, I’m so excited to be collaborating with Becca over at Becca’s Music Room, who will be sharing 3 more…
Ukulele Mini Unit – Teaching During a Pandemic
How do you teach Ukulele during a pandemic?! Let’s talk about that! I love teaching Ukulele! It’s one of my favorite things to teach my upper elementary students, but I was struggling with how I could teach it meaningfully and…
5 Lesson Ideas for Saint Patrick’s Day in the Elementary Music Classroom
Below are 5 Music Lesson Ideas to share with your students around St. Patrick’s Day! When teaching these lessons, my goal is to highlight and showcase a little bit of the music, dance and instruments of Ireland through engaging songs…
5 YouTubers Every Music Teacher Needs to Follow
Don’t snooze on YouTube! There are some amazing channels out there that we can utilize as music teachers. In the past my go to places to search for ideas have been blogs and Pinterest, and don’t get me wrong they…
Lesson Ideas for In-Person Music with 1st Grade
I have just completed two weeks back in-person with my students and let me just say planning is a little more tricky these days! Lots of re-inventing the wheel and modifying! I wanted to share a few lesson ideas with…
3 Ways to Play Singing Games During Online Learning
Making online music lessons more interactive can be tricky, but after a few weeks of teaching online, I have found a few ways that you can play some of your favorite singing games during a virtual meeting! Types of Singing…
Upper Elementary Music Lesson: Angry Birds Cup Challenge
It is my life’s mission to hook those Upper elementary, 5th and 6th graders in music class. I begin every year surveying my older kiddos to find out their preferences and what they want to learn in music. This year,…
How to Create Tabs For Your Google Drive Teacher Planner
I love digital planning as a teacher! It saves time (hello copy and paste👏), you can easily change plans, and link to other files and websites easily. I could go on and on, but I have a feeling if you…
