Students creating chance music compositions I recently participated in a national elementary music symposium this summer, presenting a short session based on the title of

Sometimes, the best inspiration for lesson plans for music (if you expand your horizons) can come from a school hallway. A few years ago, I

As music teachers collect more and more professional material (including Common Core standards for integration, handouts, schedules, IEPs, forms, resources…..) our rooms can look like

Under the Common Core standards for fifth grade includes writing narratives, conducting short research projects, and using the Internet for research. You could go the

Well, maybe not THAT much. But I know quite a few of you are being asked to incorporate writing, specific types of writing, into your

As you most likely know by now, a coalition of various arts education organizations formed to review and propose new national standards.  The National Coalition

We are teachers. We like STUFF. I’m going to take the opportunity to present some items that can help you with your Common Core integration

Part of the goal of the Common Core standards is to develop higher order thinking skills in preparation for life challenges. We have already been