SHERRY BLEVINS

Music Teacher Tip #48: Many teachers want to know how to get students to quit calling out. Here are some tips: 1. Add the words “Raise...

Music Teacher Tip #43: Incentives or not? During my second year of teaching I taught a classroom-management workshop to a group of...

Music Teacher Tip #42: Lordy, Lordy! Every day someone is posting how terribly their classes are behaving. Here’s what to do if your...

Music Teacher Tip #39: (It really applies to all teachers and parents too.) I want you to think about what you do when a student makes an...

Music Teacher Tip #37: Where to put all these kids??? 🤷🏼‍♀️ If you teach middle or high school chorus, it’s likely that you have a LOT...

Music Teacher Tip #36: Seating assignments or not? For middle and high school, yes. More on that later. This post is for elementary...

Music Teacher Tip #34: I'm grateful to have access to several Facebook pages for music teachers to share ideas and to STEAL ideas for...

Music Teacher Tip #30: When I used to give short music quizzes, I always made the last question for extra credit. Here’s what it said:...

Music Teacher Tip #26: Do you remember a time that one of your teachers gave you a compliment? Sometimes as teachers we forget the power...

Music Teacher Tip #20 - #StartingClass: 😴 If you have groups that are too sleepy or too low-energy at the start of class, begin with the...

Music Teacher Tip #19 - #WhyWeNeedtoDoItAgain: If you ask students to play or sing it again, either give a reason why or ask them to tell...

Music Teacher Tip #18 - #QuietingaGroup: There are so many ways to TRY to get a group to get quiet when there is a lot of noise in the...

Music Teacher Tip #15 - #GettingStudentstoSingOut: I’m often asked how to get middle schoolers and beginning high schoolers to sing out....

Music Teacher Tip #10 - #ToneQuality: 😖 Louder is not better. Say it with me, "Louder is NOT better." Have your students say it back to...

Music Teacher Tip #9 - #Discipline: (Warning = Long Post) One of my current college students emailed today asking for help with...

Music Teacher Tip #4 - #ClassroomRules: Here are the rules I posted in my classroom for years. They work for elementary and middle...

Music Teacher Tip #3 - #SecretStudent: My first year of teaching was for inner city middle school. My 8th grade class had 48 students....

Music Teacher Tip #2 - #LearningStudentsNames: Prioritize learning all of your students’ names ASAP. Make extra effort to learn the names...

Music Teacher Tip #1 - #FocusingYourStudents: If your kids come to you with too much energy and not enough focus, practice deep breathing...