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

I also had this thought this week! There are so many routines I've
perfected over years that just got thrown out the window!
Here's what I workshopped after my first day:
I have a variety of speakers on my cart for backup reasons initially, but
they help in this situation: my battery powered CD player with an aux port,
and also my rechargeable bluetooth speaker which has an aux port as well
(just in case), so I can plug my phone into either of these and play an
instrumental steady beat selection for them to tap the beat while I roll in
and get set up. This is how I had started my 4k/5k/1st classes the last 2
years when they came to me, so it was an easy transition for 5k/1st/2nd
because they're already trained.
3rd, 4th,and 5th this week I let them tell me about their summers, raising
hands and taking turns until I was set up. In the future, I can see them
getting their iPads out and completing a quick preassessment or warm up
activity on SeeSaw, knowing they only have until I'm done getting set up to
finish. They could also play some rhythm poison, my older ones are ready to
lead it themselves.
I also got myself a personal mic, so no matter where I am in the room I can
be heard, which is great when your head is under a desk plugging in!
Of course, these are very specific to my situation but they may work for
you! I might use these as well when I take them outside just to transition
them. I have been rallying for an outdoor classroom where I stay and they
come to me but that made my principals' heads spin right now so it'll have
to wait. We're fortunate to have LOTS of outdoor spaces at both my schools
for getting literal fresh air!
Christina in SC

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 11:02 AM Susan Torrie wrote:
> 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
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
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> >
> > > Hi Ann:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > This is a great question. You may also want to pose it in the
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> >
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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:
> >
> > >>
> >
> > >> 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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