Music Teacher Tip #48 - Calling Out
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 6 min
Music Teacher Tip #43 - Incentives
Music Teacher Tip #43: Incentives or not? During my second year of teaching I taught a classroom-management workshop to a group of...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
Music Teacher Tip #42 - If Your Class is a Dumpster Fire
Music Teacher Tip #42: Lordy, Lordy! Every day someone is posting how terribly their classes are behaving. Here’s what to do if your...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Music Teacher Tip #39 - Student Mistakes
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Music Teacher Tip #37 - Where to Put All These Kids?
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Music Teacher Tip #36 - Seating Assignments
Music Teacher Tip #36: Seating assignments or not? For middle and high school, yes. More on that later. This post is for elementary...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Music Teacher Tip #34 - Student Solutions
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tip #30 - Teacher Tool = Sense of Humor
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:...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Music Teacher Tip #26 - Look for the Good and Let Them Know
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
Music Teacher Tip #20 - Starting Class Off on the Right Foot
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 3 min
Music Teacher Tip #19 - Why Are We Doing It Again?
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Music Teacher Tip #18 - Quieting a Group
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...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Music Teacher Tip #15 - Getting Students to Sing Out
Music Teacher Tip #15 - #GettingStudentstoSingOut: I’m often asked how to get middle schoolers and beginning high schoolers to sing out....
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Music Teacher Tip #10 - Louder is NOT better!
Music Teacher Tip #10 - #ToneQuality: 😖 Louder is not better. Say it with me, "Louder is NOT better." Have your students say it back to...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 3, 2019
- 6 min
Music Teacher Tips - #9 - Discipline
Music Teacher Tip #9 - #Discipline: (Warning = Long Post) One of my current college students emailed today asking for help with...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 2, 2019
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tips - #4 - Classroom Rules
Music Teacher Tip #4 - #ClassroomRules: Here are the rules I posted in my classroom for years. They work for elementary and middle...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 2, 2019
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tips - #3 - Secret Student
Music Teacher Tip #3 - #SecretStudent: My first year of teaching was for inner city middle school. My 8th grade class had 48 students....
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 2, 2019
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tips - #2 - Learning Students' Names
Music Teacher Tip #2 - #LearningStudentsNames: Prioritize learning all of your students’ names ASAP. Make extra effort to learn the names...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Music Teacher Tips - #1 - Focusing Your Students
Music Teacher Tip #1 - #FocusingYourStudents: If your kids come to you with too much energy and not enough focus, practice deep breathing...
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