Show Notes:
Self-Care Google Doc (you'll be prompted to make a copy)
Beth Duhon is, to borrow Tracy King’s phrase, the K-5 “ambassador of joy” at Travis Elementary in Rosenberg, TX. This is her fifth year teaching in Lamar Consolidated ISD. She has received over $14,000 in classroom grants for a keyboard lab, iPads, and music manipulatives in addition to regularly receiving travel grants for music education conferences. In 2021, she presented “Self-Care for the Music Educator: Not Just a Buzzword” for TMEA and the LCISD elementary music teacher cohort. Previously, Ms. Duhon was a successful horn private lesson teacher, clinician, and freelance performer in the West Houston area for over a decade. She also taught elementary music in Williamsburg, VA and middle school general music in Falls Church, VA before moving to Texas. She was an honors recitalist, principal horn in the wind ensemble and orchestra, cum laude and an inductee of Pi Kappa Lambda from Illinois Wesleyan University where she received a B.M.E. At the University of Houston, Ms. Duhon was a teaching assistant in the music history department, summa cum laude and a student of Roger Kaza (St. Louis Symphony) and Nancy Goodearl (Houston Symphony). She received an M.M. in horn performance. Ms. Duhon met her husband, Jimmy, when they were both performing as instrumentalists at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. They have a ten-year-old son, Mark.
Afternoon Ti:
The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music Book and Journal are here!
F-Flat e-books: Book and Journal
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Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes
Learn a fun xylophone arrangement to use with your students that focuses on a verse/chorus form and movement activity with the song Down performed by Marian Hill.
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The first single from Taylor Swift's Reputation album is a fantastic way to teach musical form and provide opportunities for students to compose original melodies. Particularly with aaab form!
Listen in to hear how I have used this piece with my students to learn melodies on the xylophones and get your free resource at my shop at www.jessicagrant.org.
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The first arrangement of our series: Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones! I share the inspiration behind this arrangement, steps for teaching the piece to students, ideas for form, and how to expand on the original theme with rhythmic variations. The arrangement is written for xylophones.
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Using pop music in your music classroom can be so much fun! Students love learning something they know or have heard before, playing music that they listen to at home, and performing songs for an audience who also knows the music. For the next several episodes I’ll be sharing pop song arrangements that I’ve created and used with my students for xylophone ensembles, but before we get to the actual arrangements I thought I’d share some tips for how you can find and create pop song arrangements to use in your classroom. What to look for, how to determine if a song would be a good fit for an arrangement for xylophones, and things to think about as you arrange pieces.
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Now that we're a few weeks into the new year, you might be feeling the Sunday Scaries…again. Here is how I’ve worked through - and continue to work through - my Sunday Scaries.
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January is a great time for a reset of classroom procedures. Here are five procedures to review that will help re-establish expectations and set a positive start for 2024 in your classroom. Pay close attention to number five - it's likely the most important one that will make a difference.
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It's the fifth annual goal review and goal setting episode! And the first episode of season 16.
Listen in to hear how my goals went for 2023, gain ideas for how to get your goals, and listen in for what's in the works for 2024.
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Happy New Year!
Looking for gifts for music teacher friends, colleagues, family, or even yourself? Listen in for some gift giving ideas this holiday season!
Music Teacher Ideas:
Jessica Grant Shop - use code DECEMBER25 for 25% through December 26
Other Gift Ideas:
JCrew Factory Crewneck Sweater
The James Method Verse Mapping Journal
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If you’re wanting to incorporate centers into your music room, Becca Davis is the perfect person to talk to! She’s here to share how she prepares students for centers, the four expectations she has for students during centers, some great ideas for setting up centers, and she shares a few favorite center ideas you can use! Be sure to check out her centers freebie in the show notes! Let’s talk centers with Becca!
Meet Becca: Becca Davis is an elementary music teacher in Savannah, GA. She has a Bachelors from Armstrong State University and has been teaching elementary school ever since. In addition, Becca conducts a 4-5 grade choir in partnership with the Coastal Youth Choirs and sings in a group called iCantori. She loves to help other music teachers engage their students and simplify their lives by providing content and resources to music teachers via her blog, Teachers Pay Teachers store, and her courses.
Links:
Instagram: @beccasmusicroom
Website: https://beccasmusicroom.com/
Teachers Pay Teachers: Becca’s Music Room
Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, is a topic that has been discussed in educator circles more frequently in the past several years. So what exactly is it? How can we teach SEL skills through music learning and musical listening? And what are some lesson ideas that we can incorporate into our classrooms that infuse SEL? Alessandra from Teach from the Stage is here to talk about all of those things with us! Be sure to check out her website at teachfromthestage.com and follow her on Instagram @teachfromthestage.
Alessandra’s Bio: Alessandra is a Kindergarten-Grade 8 Teacher of the Arts, based in Toronto, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelors of Music Therapy and a Masters in Child Study & Education. She is a huge advocate for the arts, and continuously strives to offer students rich musical experiences where they are at the centre of their learning. Through @teachfromthestage, she offers tons of lesson ideas, teaching tips, and music class activities to help other teachers engage their students in meaningful learning opportunities.
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