Saturday, May 11, 2019

MTCT #37: Assessments

Music Teacher Coffee Talk #37 is all about assessments.

 You can listen to the episode here.


Chain Singing

Students are grouped by teacher in groups of 1 or 2 students per phrase of song. Each student sings one phrase of a well-known song.

4 = Advanced: Student can solo sing a phrase of a well-known songs in-tune consistently, (regardless of others singing out of tune near the student.) The key is established by the teacher.

3 = Proficient: Student can correctly solo sing a phrase of a well-known song in-tune. The key is established by the teacher.

2 = Basic: Student can sing the correct melodic contour of a phrase of a well-known song. (Not necessarily in-tune.) The key is established by the teacher.

1 = Emerging: Student does not use a singing voice consistently.

Carrie's 4 Point Rubric Rhyme (credit to Diane Miller!):

 1: "I didn't get anything done, that's why I got a 1."
2: "I did some of what I was supposed to do, that's why I got a 2."
3: "I did just what was asked of me, that's why I got a 3."
4: "I did what was asked and more, that's why I got a 4."

Tanya's rhythm tracing pages 
Work Smarter Not Harder Teacher Tip
Give small choices in the music room.

Tanya's Who Sang It? Interactive Game

Coda (Our professional and/or personal recommendations.)





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MTCT #36: OAKE 2019 Conference in Columbus, OH


Music Teacher Coffee Talk Episode #36 is all about the 2019 OAKE Conference!

 You can listen to the episode here.

 Main Theme: OAKE 2019 in Columbus

 You can hear the Music Teacher Coffee Talk on Mindfulness here.

 Work Smarter Not Harder Teacher Tip

 Make a List!: After returning from a conference, take a short list of songs, games, and activities that you want to bring into your music room soon.
Coda (Our professional and/or personal recommendations.)

Carrie recommends: Queer Eye 
Tanya recommends: Go Tell Aunt Rhody by Aliki


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Sunday, March 10, 2019

MTCT #35: Multipurpose Songs

You can listen to the podcast here.
Multipurpose Songs:
Songs with an *asterisk can be found in the *In Holy Names Song Collection
Bounce High Bounce Low*
Snail Snail*
Two, Four, Six, Eight*
Loose Tooth
I’ve got a loose tooth, a wiggly, jiggelly, loose tooth
I’ve got a loose tooth a-hanging from a thread.
Someone took my loose tooth, my wiggy, jiggelly loose tooth,
Now I have a quarter and a hole in my head!
Lucy Locket*
Bluebells, Cockleshells*
Here Comes Mrs. Macaroni can be found in Susan Brumfield’s First We Sing
Polly Wolly Doodle
Here Comes a Bluebird*
Who’s That* (written in rhythmic diminution form)
Yangtze Boatmen’s Chantey can be found in An American Methodology
Chicken on the Fencepost (Called Dance Josey in HNU)*
Paw Paw Patch*
Bow Wow Wow*
Alabama Gal*
Liza Jane*
Hill and Gully Rider*
Coda (Recommendations)




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Saturday, February 23, 2019

MTCT 34: Resiliency

Music Teacher Coffee Talk 34: Resiliency
Resiliency is an important skill all teachers should cultivate. In this episode of the Music Teacher Coffee Talk podcast, Carrie and I discuss ideas on how to keep teacher burnout at bay and how to find teacher happiness for a long career.

“When we tackle obstacles,
we find hidden reserves of courage
and resilience
we did not know we had.
And it is only when we are faced with failure
do we realize
that these resources
were always there within us.
We only need to find them and move on with our lives. “

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Resiliency Rubric for Teachers (from Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, CO)

How's your resiliency? Here's a resiliency quiz.

 Know yourself! Here are some personality tests we've found helpful:

 Myers & Briggs Test

 Enneagram 

 Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Quiz

 Videos on happiness and resiliency

Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
(SO many great ideas here!)

 Simon Sinek on Millenniels in the Workplace

 Dan Gilbert: Why Are We Happy?

 The ABCs of Resilience 

 Professional Development
The Organization of Kodály Educators conference is around the corner! (March 

 Coda: Our professional and personal recommendations of what we're enjoying

 Tanya
Russian Doll on Netflix

 Carrie

David Walliams Marvellous Musical Podcast



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Sunday, February 10, 2019

MTCT #33: Teaching Form

Highs and Lows
333 Reading Exercises:
Main Theme:
HNU Song Collection Link
Feierabend song collections:
The Book of Call and Response
Brent Gault Listen Up!
Coda:
Score, A Film Music Documentary
Every Anxious Wave




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Sunday, January 27, 2019

MTCT #32 Teaching Dynamics and Tempo

In this episode, Carrie and Tanya discuss their favorite resources and strategies to teach dynamics and tempo.

 Dynamics


Songs:
Grizzly Bear
Going on a Bear Hunt
Lullabies - video of kids from Zimbabwe rocking their shoes
Lucy Locket
Blacksnake
Hey Betty Martin (find source for B section)








Mortimer



Tempo

Songs and Chants:
Engine Engine #9
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
Page’s Train
Jim Along Josie
Cobbler Cobbler
There’s a Cobbler Down the Street
Sarasponda
Old Joe Clark


Resources:

 Listening Lessons:

Sweet Honey in the Rock - Little Red Caboose
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Sunday, January 13, 2019

MTCT #31: Teaching Instruments of the Orchestra

Here are the show notes for MTCT #30: Teaching Instruments of the Orchestra:

 Song and Game: Ye Toop Doram from Mrs. Miracle's Music Room

 (and here's part 2)
Audio Resources:
Benjamin Britten Young Person’s Guide
Peter and the Wolf
Trumpet Voluntary
Vivaldi 4 Seasons
Nimbus 2000
Carnival of the Animals


Books:

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