Subject: Re: [MK8] Retiring public, but...

thanks, the half semester class is the Music Appreciation class for college
credit. I don't think bucket drumming will cut that one. I will probably do
that with 6th grade and maybe in the whole year General Music class (grade
still unknown). Sorry if I wasn't clear. Right now I'm dying to get the
paneling repaired and painted. I need to figure out how to work around
those 16 big desks! Thankfully the elementary classes are supposed to be
small. I can't have them in those big chair desks. There is no carpet but I
have 3 big runners I used at my other school. I guess I will roll them out
every day for the littles!

Wynne in MS
NBCT

On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 1:16 PM M Stanley wrote:
> I had really good results with teaching bucket drumming and percussion. I
> made them read rhythmic notation with drum line music (free scores at
> Freedrumlinemusic.com - look for easiest level) and progressed to pitch
> reading using boomwhackers. It was a blast. With only one semester, you
> probably couldn’t get to pitch reading.
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 12:38 PM PW Alexander wrote:
>
> > I have a new job at a private school just down the road from the public
> > school where I have been since 1997! I'm excited to be at a small school.
> > It isn't a lot of pay, and no insurance, but it will help ME pay for
> > insurance since I'm not old enough for Medicare. And I can draw
> retirement
> > and build up my COLA. I will have 3 rotating classes of PreK3-6 and 2
> high
> > school classes. One of those is general music year round (not sure of the
> > grade yet, but principal said teach whatever I like to them!) The other
> HS
> > class is one semester proctor for an online psych class in which they get
> > college credit. Then I'll have the same kids the next semester for a
> music
> > appreciation class I will teach I have no idea if I will have a syllabus
> or
> > not for that one! They get college credit for it, too. I finally saw my
> > room today.... paneling, window AC and wall heater. I'm thinking about
> > painting the paneling. There are maybe 3 windows. I'm on the high school
> > end of the one long hall. My sons graduated at this school about 20 years
> > ago! Any suggestions on where to find room organization ideas before I
> > throw 32 years of teaching materials into this room??? WHAT to teach high
> > schoolers??? Thanks in advance!
> >
> > *´¨)
> > ¸.·´ ¸.*¸ ¸.·`¨)
> > (¸ . ´ (¸. · * ynne in MS
> >
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