Music Teacher Tip #46 - ALL Kids Can Learn
Music Teacher Tip #46: As many of you know, I spent my entire K-12 teaching career in the inner city schools of Charlotte. Mostly because...
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Sherry Blevins
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tip #40 - Where You Teach
Music Teacher Tip #40: This will be a surprisingly cynical post following many very positive ones. I know it's weird coming from me,...
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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 #35 - Sunday Syndrome
Music Teacher Tip #35: Teaching in a school is challenging. Sometimes the stress can be overwhelming. When I was first teaching I would...
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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 #32 - Everyone Can Sing!
Music Teacher Tip # 32: I once had a student join my non-auditioned performing chorus at the beginning of her 4th grade year. She...
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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 #24 - The Work Can Wait
Music Teacher Tip #24 - #ItCanWait: Sometimes it’s ok to just take a night to not think about your job. Sometimes the work can wait until...
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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
- 2 min
Music Teacher Tip #14 - Key Changes
Music Teacher Tip #14 - #KeyChanges: 💁🏼♀️ This one’s for the choral-music teachers. If you’ve ever worked on a piece that’s having...
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Sherry Blevins
- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
Music Teacher Tip #11 - First Year Teacher
Music Teacher Tip #11 - #FirstYearTeacher: It gets better! If you are a new teacher, you’re probably alternating between pervasive...
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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 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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