by Melissa Stouffer | Feb 25, 2018 | Composition, Lesson Planning
Sometimes I think teaching composition is really easy, and then I try to teach my kids to compose melodically. The first time I did it, I didn’t give strong enough parameters, and the kids came up with everything under the sun, which was GREAT, except they...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Back To School Lesson Plans, Kodaly, Lesson Planning
Hi everyone! Today I’m linking up with Aileen from Mrs. Miracle’s Room and Amy Abbott from Music a la Abbott.Did you hear that TpT has announced a one-day bonus sale on Wednesday, August 19, in which you can buy products from most stores (including...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Kodaly, Lesson Planning
I’ve taught with a Kodály influence for a couple of years. I think my style was Kodály meets Feierabend meets Stouffer. My student teaching experiences were 5th grade and older. So my first year out of school, when I was thrown into a classroom as a maternity...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Kodaly, Lesson Planning, Teacher Tips
In addition to my Kodály newbie blog this week, I’m linking up with Jen Bailey from Sing to Kids to talk about children’s literature for music class. Make sure you check out the other posts – I love learning about new literature for the classroom!...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Lesson Planning
So I grabbed myself a cover, a portable punch, a set of disks, and printed pages from the planner I use by the 3am teacher, found here. The pages I plan on using are month by month dividers, income and expense pages for my store, note pages, goal pages, and the...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Kodaly, Lesson Planning
Like a lot of specials teachers, I see my students 1 time a week. By the time you add in things like performances, prepping to sing (some of my students sing often for the church community the school is a part of in addition to semester performances), I really need...
