Teaching Elementary Orchestra

  For this year's beginning-of-the-year bulletin board, I wanted to do something with conducting patterns.  I came up with the title ...

  After seeing a fingering poster online that another orchestra teacher had created, I knew I wanted to make a set for myself.  I cut strips...

 In preparation for in-person and virtual students in the fall and the possibility of going totally virtual at some point, I prepped folders...

  This fall I taped fingering charts into the folders for my students as a helpful reference for both my in-person and virtual students.  F...

  My district is planning an in-person return in September.  I'm nervous about this decision, but one small thing I knew I had in my con...

For our last small group before a concert, we'll often play "Name that Tune."  First we rosin bows as I walk through the...

At my schools, we need to have a window covering handy in case of a lockdown.  I taped a few pieces of construction paper together, la...

I was cleaning out a cabinet the other day and came across these playing card hall passes I forgot I had made :)  These must have be...

For winter and spring concerts at my schools, we have a combined orchestra, band, and choir concert that ideally lasts about an hour.  ...