Teaching Elementary Orchestra

  My schools have shifted from having school rules to talking about school values.  I adjusted my school rules display to reflect this chan...

  For the last couple of years, I've been wanting to put a reference sheet in folders for students.  The glossary in their book has more...

  My district recently hosted a performance of a youth orchestra from the area.  Elementary and middle school students from all the district...

  I teach at two elementary schools, and the 100th day of school is a pretty big deal, especially for the younger grades.  I'm always lo...

During the 2020-21 school year, I had several students who attended virtually instead of in-person.  When thinking about all the sheet music...

  In the spring, actually it tends to fall right around spring break, second-year orchestra students write their second composition of year,...

  In about January of students' second year of string playing, I introduce this D Major scale sheet.  Before then, we often warm up in f...

  For this year's beginning-of-the-year bulletin board, I wanted to label the different parts of notes and eventually came up with the t...

  In an effort to help with retention in orchestra between elementary and middle school, I created this "Music for Life" bulletin ...