Competition

Hi Everyone. I feel another competition coming on.....How about one year's free membership? If you are already a member I will extend your membership by one year....

All you have to do is tell me how you would use these individual note flashcards. 

They are, of course, part of the huge volume of downloads for Crescendo members, and they can also be bought as a set on Teachers Pay Teachers. 

All your ideas will be collated and posted on the Crescendo Blog so that everyone will have a fabulous teaching resource where the contributors are all music teachers!

Each of these cards can be printed on one page (Thin card works well) and then laminated.

I will randomly choose a winner on April 30.

To enter, head over to Crescendo on Facebook and leave your teaching idea.

https://www.facebook.com/CrescendoMusicEd/

Friday Finds

Musical education in schools is an amazing pathway to the imperative development of children. However, not everyone knows this as well as we do. If you need a way to argue why music education is as important as we know it is, check out this list of the ‘Twelve Benefits of Music Education’.

Find it HERE

Hump Day Hilarity 

How many of these 'Music Teacher Problems' have you experienced? Here are 10

fun posters for you, your room, social media, or just a giggle. Download

them now for FREE here on my web site.

Three Things

I am linking up with Aileen Miracle to share three things that worked for me and my students this week.

#1 - Dig Deep

Want a fabulous song to sing with your choir or your classes? I have been doing this one. Not only is there a good message (which I look for in my material), but it is fun to sing and you can even have Pete Churchill himself do some of the teaching for you while you grab a quick drink of water and catch your breath!

These are the clips in order:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD3Z9V196WY

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR19WS4gsPA

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=672ItIwVXAs

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkaTQ_LPNQ

1. Full Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wW1KNWxo4w

And then a colleague (thanks Lee Reushle) shared this link: http://www.epoc.co/?q=content/dig-deep from the English Pocket Opera Company. There is a lyric sheet (you will have to change sew to sow), audio tracks, score.....

What a find!!!!

#2 - Oreo Intervals

(Also posted this in my latest newsletter - click here to sign up - it is FREE - HERE)

Thanks to Pinterest and this original pin, I used Oreos with my Year 9s to help explain intervals and chords. It was fabulous, but I think I was probably more literal than these pictures. 

The biscuits were the notes played/sung, and each level of cream was a note in between. I made a minor 2nd (no cream) and Major second (one lot of cream) a minor third (two lots of cream) and a Major third (three lots of cream). We sang and played the chromatic notes in between as well. Then we focused on the thirds and built the chords. My chords had only one biscuit in the middle to accurately represent the notes in the chord....anyway, it was a fun lesson segment, and we got to eat the intervals.
"Mrs O'Shea, please can I have the Major third." So cute and fun!

#3 - Music Tech Teacher Quizzes and Games

The first time on the music lap tops for the year sevens and eights this week. We explored the quizzes and games on the Music Tech Teacher site HERE and boy were they engaged and happy. 

Hump Day Hilarity

Download 10 Music Teacher Problems for FREE on my Teachers Pay Teachers

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Thanks, Debbie

Hump Day Hilarity 

How many of these 'Music Teacher Problems' have you experienced? Here are 10 fun posters for you, your room, social media, or just a giggle. Download them now for FREE here on my web site.

Friday Finds

St. Patrick's Day Squilt Worksheet 

This St. Patrick's Day SQUILT (Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time) worksheet will help you incorporate some St. Patrick's Day activities into your lessons in the coming week. Put on a piece of your own choice and let the students complete it, with a class discussion afterwards.

Find it free HERE