Greater Tampa Bay Area Orff Chapter

Hello Greater! We understand that life gets busy and inboxes are full, so we’re sending you a reminder about tonight’s workshop because we don’t want you to miss out. Tonight’s webinar is a playful approach to melody and its many ups and downs. Drue Bullington, Casey Goryeb, and Crystal Pridmore will bring you “next-day-ready” lessons to LEVEL UP your teaching, enchant your young learners, and…

Cooperation and genuine relationships are right at home in the music classroom with these lesson plans and resources. Plus, come see us at TMEA! View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD Love is Friendship Set to Music Explore cooperation and genuine relationships in this week’s lessons. If you’re in Texas, or even if you’re not… Find all the resources from…

Hello Greater! Our winter weather has definitely been strange this year! Scott Roether uses a classic selection from the American Volumes to explore the crazy experience of winter driving! You can teach the whole lesson to older students or any one part of the process to any grade if time is short. You might even spiral this lesson by adding a step each winter with a variety of grade levels!…

Hello Greater! Our next webinar is a playful approach to melody and its many ups and downs. Drue Bullington, Casey Goryeb, and Crystal Pridmore will bring you “next-day-ready” lessons to LEVEL UP your teaching, enchant your young learners, and PUT DOWN THOSE WORRIES about what you’ll teach next! We’ve got you covered! Participants can expect to take away detailed process-based notes, new…

Strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion: that works for the orchestra but there are many more that appear regularly in the elementary music classroom! View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD Instrument Family Outsiders Many of these instruments don’t make the orchestra roster, but they’re regulars in the elementary classroom! Are you celebrating in your…

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Plus Folklife stories, news, and events Photo by Sonya Pencheva, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives The Renovation of the Rinzler Archives At the heart of the Smithsonian are the archives, preserving the words, images, and items that tell the histories of our country, our planet, and our own organizations. The same is true at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, home to the Ralph Rinzler…

The core arts standards provide a clear framework for teaching and assessing music. Learn how to use them with this new series of lesson plans. View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD Scaffolding to Support Your Teaching The National Core Arts Standards are the benchmark for our work. All our lessons align! Learn how to use the standards Connecting,…

Hello Greater! Our next webinar is a playful approach to melody and its many ups and downs. Drue Bullington, Casey Goryeb, and Crystal Pridmore will bring you “next-day-ready” lessons to LEVEL UP your teaching, enchant your young learners, and PUT DOWN THOSE WORRIES about what you’ll teach next! We’ve got you covered! Participants can expect to take away detailed process-based notes, new…

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a kaleidoscopic celebration of culture! Join the party with these lesson resources and professional development that broaden the scope of your classroom repertoire. View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD Music Is… a kaleidoscopic celebration of musical genres! Use these lessons to broaden the scope of your classroom playlist. 🎵 LESSON SKETCH Get…

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind!

Take the tricky parts out of the recorder instruction equation! Use our lesson resources and classroom management tips to ensure success with your recorder unit. 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD The Answer is Blowing in the Wind Take the tricky parts of recorder instruction out of the equation! 🎵 LESSON SKETCH Get inspired! Each lesson sketch is an instructional…

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NEW sequentially developed series of lesson plans will help you cover music fundamentals with your PreK through fifth graders with ready-to-teach material. View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS 📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES 👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓PD Music is FUNdamental! Our new lesson plan series makes teaching the basics a breeze. Rhythmic and Melodic Concepts for pre-k to 5th Looking for a fun way to…

Sunday scaries? I got you!

Lesson plans for the first week back, management tips, & free calendar download! Organized Chaos Newsletter View this email in your browser Happy New Year! I don’t think I’m alone in saying good riddance to 2022… I am definitely ready for a better year. As you think about heading back to the classroom I’ve got lesson plans for the first week back, my most effective classroom management…

Closing 2022 with bright spots of hope

Thank you for your support this year and beyond Young visitors embrace Earth Optimism at the 2022 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Photo by Sonya Pencheva, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives Dear friends, This year was filled with reminders of how many people the world over genuinely care for others and want to do well by the planet and their fellow human beings. Although it is easy to get…

STEAM up your new year!

New lesson plans with companion resources to help you connect music learning to other subjects! Plus, meet one of our newest contributors! View in browser 🎵 LESSON PLANS📚PRINTABLES 💼ARTICLES👥 PEOPLE 👜 PRODUCTS 🎓 PD STEAM up the windows! Put all those new gifts into your teaching routine with these cross-curricular lesson plans and resources. 🎵 LESSON SKETCH Get inspired! Each lesson sketch…