Hi! I am a first year music teacher and I am loving your videos, they are so helpful!! Any chance you would make a video sharing your favorite movement activities for 1st,2nd, and 3rd grade?
Hello! Congrats on your first year teaching!! That is so exciting, and I'm glad you are liking the videos!! Of course I can do that, I will add it into my quarter two video ideas and release it soon :)
Hi thanks for this. You're a great teacher... I wonder, to what extent these exact same activities, movements, routines, etc. would work for adults? Have you ever tried the exact same approach with an adult learner?
Hi. I loved your video which provided a detailed way to structure music lessons. Thank you! Can you possibly give some literature examples I could use with grade 5s? Anything for grade 6? For Kindergarten? Thanks so much I will definitely use your ideas.
Hi Randy, thanks so much for your video! I really appreciate your lesson plan flow and how you can keep roughly the same structure but insert new activities to keep it fresh and progressive for the kids. 2 questions: 1. What if most of your 5th graders don't know the 1st grade concepts? Do you try go through it quickly? 2. What if your students don't engage with the Kodaly/ Traditional songs and want more pop songs (e.g. Count On Me, Believer, Snap, Wake Me Up...)?
Hey! 1. So if my older students are super behind, like they were at my new school, I skip some of the concepts- instead of starting with Sol-Mi, I start with Mi-Re-Do, and go from there- they usually can handle that without having to start with Sol-Mi. For rhythms I just speed teach quarter and eighth notes, etc. Some other concepts I just skip if I feel they don't absolutely need it, and try to focus more on getting them up to speed with melody & rhythm. 2. I incorporate pop songs into my class often, through rhythm stick routines, folk dances, etc. I don't every class, but I try every few classes to use pop songs. I also tell them if they expect me to use their music, I expect them to engage with mine, and that usually works well. Also, it's Rainy, but everyone heard Randy lol.
@@WhimsicallyMusical So sorry Rainy! Thank you for correcting me. Yes, I've heard about Kodaly teachers starting with Mi - Re - Do (I even think that's how the 333 exercise book starts as well...) so no trouble there. I agree with you - finding what's absolutely necessary for them and working around that; I use word syllables to skip ahead to syncopated rhythms or sixteenth notes. That's a really nice class agreement - I play your music, you play mine. And I think we are starting to have that in my lessons!
Hi! I came across your videos by accident. I am thrilled!!! Thanks so much! How many kids do you generally have in your classes? And secondly...di you think 40 is pushing it?
