My school is rural, small, and community-centered. I teach 4K-8th-grade general music and choir, which means I get to see and build relationships with every single student in the building. This is only my second year teaching, but I am looking forward to seeing most students grow for over 9 years of their education! How exciting! One thing I love about my school is how community-centered it is and how families are really close-knit with the teachers, staff, and other families.
My students especially love to play instruments!
They light up when they walk in the room to see drums or xylophones out for them to play! One unique thing I particularly enjoy about my middle school students is their willingness to travel to nursing homes and the county special needs school to share music with other people! They are genuinely happy to be serving our community with music!
My Project
My students love to use instruments. With all these instruments listed (shakers, claves, vibraslap, gong), I currently only have enough for one kid at a time to have a turn. By adding these instruments to our music room, more students will get their first choice instrument whenever we play them in class!
During these times of struggle with COVID-19, I am planning ahead for the future, especially as students are realizing how difficult it is to make music without the company of others.
I want to be prepared to give them the space to be creative whenever we get to go back to school!
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