Tuesday, December 2, 2025
How to reach every student
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In any beginning orchestra class, there will be students learning at different rates. Each student comes from a unique background with va...
Monday, November 24, 2025
EPIC or FAIL Lesson Plan
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My students sounded better today then ever and I attribute that to my lesson plan. I introduced the theme of the lesson using this video:...
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Note Reading with SMARTIES
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I posted about this idea on social media...here's a template for the worksheet . I buy Smarties in bulk on Amazon
Saturday, September 20, 2025
First Concert for Beginning Orchestra
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I love the first concert of the year. You would think people wouldn't get too excited about hearing a beginning orchestra after just ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL lesson plans
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Maybe I'm crazy, but I love the first day of school. I try to make my class stand out on the first day by making it fun, meaningful, ...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Warm Up Zone - a new book for beginning and intermediate players
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I am so excited about this warm-up book! I've been needing a warm-up book to use with my year 2 players. I tend to find myself repeati...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
The secret to note reading
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To me, teaching note reading is a huge deal. If students don't learn to read notes in my beginning orchestra class I know they were s...
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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Revenge of the FIFTH (Sith)
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Themed lesson plans are so much fun! I just put together one for May 5th - REVENGE OF THE FIFTH! You can access and edit your own version...
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