Orchestra classroom organization

I made this tuner station for my classroom using a double sided easel/blackboard from Wal-Mart. Ten tuners are clipped to each side. To ke...

Remember, music classroom organization doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. Just make sure it fits your needs and the needs of your...

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As my students did their Genius Hour projects this year, I've been working on my own. It's something I've wanted to do for a while and was inspired by a post on doing a QR Inventory in the Band Director Group on Facebook. I didn't follow what was shared there exactly, but it was a great spring board for how to make this work in the way I imagined using Google Drive and QRs. It's been tedious, but so worth it. I checked out an instrument to a student with nothing but my phone today! Here are…

I have mentioned in previous posts that I am constantly trying to motivate my students to practice because I do not like to force students to fill out practice sheets. I do many things to motivate students, including having a 'video-of-the-week' every Monday right when class starts. I always have a positive message or moral to share about the video and they usually focus on developing skills the students need at the time. My most successful big event I have done for practicing is having…

After seeing a fingering poster online that another orchestra teacher had created, I knew I wanted to make a set for myself. I cut strips of black paper at various widths to show the strings from thickest to thinnest (1/4", 1/2", 3/4", 1"), laminated the poster, then used Velcro to mark where each note would go. Each letter name bubble was cut out, laminated, and Velcro-ed. I also taped a plastic baggie to the back of the poster to store the unused notes. At one school, I have a strip of…

10 Items Music Teachers Should Include In Their Planner. Organized Chaos.

I really try to be organized and have looked for the perfect teacher planner to help me keep track of everything. I've never been able to find anything that works perfectly for a middle school orchestra teacher, so I created some printable templates to make my own teacher planner binder. This is way less expensive than buying a pre-made planner full of un-needed or non-applicable pages. Check it out and for a limited time you may download for free HERE! 8 pages total - includes a lesson plan…

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