Subject: Re: [MK8] Routines when teaching a la cart

In my case, I have to teach in the auditorium this year so we can sing. I
would start off my class with a peace song or chant and have a student lead
it if I still need to setup my technology.
Susan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 10:49 AM Dana Smith
wrote:
> Let’s brainstorm. I am in your same situation. What if we taught them a
> rhythmic poem or body percussion routine or something like that. Students
> know when it’s time for music they do that routine. We could pick a captain
> from each classroom who starts it as soon as they see us enter. Any ideas
> on this?
>
> Dana
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> > On Aug 19, 2020, at 6:11 AM, Kristyn Johnson
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> > Would it be possible for you to have a foldable easel with a white board
> attached, with your daily message, rhythm activity, etc. ready to go? You
> could prop that up upon entering the room and the kids could focus on that
> while you’re getting set up.
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> >> On Aug 19, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Ann Wells wrote:
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> >>
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> >> Hi, list friends...
>
> >> I am going to be on a cart this year, at least for the first part of it
> -
>
> >> haven't lost my room or anything, minimizing kid (and theoretically,
> germ)
>
> >> movement is the name of the game for now. Hopefully later in the year
>
> >> things will change!
>
> >>
>
> >> At any rate, I have a specific question - I'm very interested in
> Responsive
>
> >> Classroom and even last year started incorporating things from it into
> my
>
> >> teaching. Right now I am trying to set up a beginning-of-class routine
> but
>
> >> I am not envisioning how that is going to look when I am coming to them
>
> >> rather than the students coming to me. I have the Responsive Classroom
> for
>
> >> Art, Music, and PE book, but all of the discussion and examples of
> opening
>
> >> routines revolve around how students enter my space, and even though it
>
> >> acknowledges and mentions the fact that many special area teachers
> travel
>
> >> to classrooms, it gives no examples of how RC looks in those situations,
>
> >> which is frustrating for me. So, finally, after all that background, my
>
> >> question: What can I have the kids do while I am coming in with my cart
> (I
>
> >> hope...don't actually have one yet but I think the principal is getting
>
> >> them for us?) and pulling up my website on the classroom computer and
> all
>
> >> that? I plan to set up a website with all my display resources - google
>
> >> slides presentations and whatnot so I don't have to worry about logging
> in
>
> >> to every computer etc., but that will still take a minute and we all
> know
>
> >> the kids get squirrely when they're waiting on us to do things like
> this.
>
> >> In my classroom, I'd have the daily message and maybe a warmup activity
> or
>
> >> a Think-Pair-Share question or a rhythm to practice already displayed
> for
>
> >> them to do when they got settled, but when I come to them, they will
> have
>
> >> to wait on me to get that displayed.
>
> >>
>
> >> Also, although I haven't been told by anyone specifically that I *can't*
>
> >> sing with my kids, I am not planning on singing based on my
> understanding
>
> >> of the science (or at least playing it safe considering how much we
>
> >> actually don't know...) so having some kind of opening song we can do
> while
>
> >> I set up isn't an option either.
>
> >>
>
> >> Ideas, anyone? I'm finding a lot of advice/pointers/etc. about teaching
> on
>
> >> a cart, but nothing specific to routines/managing behaviors/preventing
> down
>
> >> time.
>
> >>
>
> >> Thanks!!
>
> >> ~Ann in NC
>
> >> Ann Wells - annmusic7@gmail.com
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