Join Denise Gagne this week as she presents new Rhythm Band Arrangements and some November Week 1 Lessons!
Category: Teaching Tips
It’s summer! Finally! So why is Denise sending newsletters in the summer??? The next newsletters will be on year plans, month outlines, weekly lesson plans and sub plans. For my American friends who start school in early August, July might be the time that you’re getting your planning done. And for my Canadian teachers who […]
This is the time of year when teachers are looking for new ideas and fun approaches to teaching music in the classroom. That’s why Denise wants to bring in her decades of experience to help you with planning out your yearly, monthly, and even weekly plans! In this video, she goes over where on MusicplayOnline […]
Outside Music Classes For those of you in the south, you’ve had nice weather for a while now. But up north in Alberta, the last snowfall was May 5th. After a long winter, when nice weather finally arrives everyone wants to be outside – students AND teachers. I really enjoy taking music class outside. Singing […]
Are you doing assessments for your end of the year report cards? One of the areas that I want to assess is how well children perform music in choirs, Orff ensemble, on unpitched instruments, recorder, ukulele or guitar. Assess a Choral Performance When you’re conducting a choir, it’s almost impossible to assess the performance of an […]
In this newsletter I’m going to share the process I use to teach ties, using the song Obwisana. When first writing and recording songs for Musicplay in 1999, the internet wasn’t the wealth of information it is today. I asked everyone I knew in Red Deer, Alberta (not a very multicultural city in 1999) if […]
Dynamics Lesson Plan for K-5 Music Classes Lesson is from the Musicplay 2 curriculum. For info visit www.musicplay.ca Materials: 1. Find the Easter Basket Song #75 Musicplay 2 2. Dynamics printables, Pop Quiz, Sort the Dynamics activities at musicplayonline.com Objectives: 1. The students will identify when the music is quiet and when the music is […]
I had an email question from a teacher this week. She needed to give a synopsis of what she teaches in each grade to her principal. She asked if I had a synopsis of what’s taught in Musicplay, and I had never written it in this format. So here’s the synopsis. Of course how much […]
March 11, 2017 Musicplay Newsletter Bullying in the Music Classroom In 2013 one of my former students (now married with 3 children) found me on Facebook and friended me. She wrote: Hi Mrs. Gagne, I wanted to wish you a merry Christmas and many blessings this new year! As another year closes I often reflect and […]
Peter and the Wolf Lessons Peter and the Wolf is a timeless classic. There are many musical concepts to teach using this wonderful composition. If you’re done teaching for this school year (lucky you!) this is a great time to plan your units for next year. If you’re still in class, these movies could be […]