How To Teach Music with Jessica Grant

Jessica Grant
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Whether you use the Orff or Kodály approach, teach elementary music or middle school general music, this is your practical guide for how to teach music with Jessica Grant.

  1. 07/23/2024

    Drum Roll Please! Welcome Back to School with Rhythm and Speech

    Want to get your students speaking, playing, and learning on day one? Here's the perfect piece to use with your older elementary students. Learn a new speech piece that allows students to review/learn class expectations and procedures while making music. Head to TpT to get the Welcome Back to School Resource HERE! Follow me on Instagram @howtoteachmusicwithjessica

    12 min

  2. 07/22/2024

    Annual Halfway Goals Review

    We are just past the halfway point of 2024! It's a great time to review how you're goals are going. In today's episode, we'll look at three areas: Long term goals Short term goals Task oriented goals You'll hear how I'm doing on a few of mine and gain a few ideas for continuing to go after yours. Follow me on Instagram @howtoteachmusicwithjessica

    15 min

  3. 07/02/2024

    AMLE Institute Insights: Educating Middle School Students

    I recently attended the AMLE Institute in San Diego, CA and am excited to share some insights from my experience as well introduce you to AMLE, if you've never heard of it before! Hear an overview of the Institute and takeaways from homebase and different sessions I attended. Head to Instagram and follow me @howtoteachmusicwithjessica! I'd love to connect with you! LINKS Association of Middle Level Educators (AMLE) Website The Successful Middle School: This We Believe Book The Successful Middle School pdf The Science of Mastering Life's Challenges book Untangled book

    25 min

  4. 06/30/2024

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Arrangements Inspired by Pop Music for the Classroom

    We're continuing the series for arrangements inspired by pop music for the classroom. The Pirates of the Caribbean Theme is a great piece in 12/8 that is so much fun to play and a great opportunity for students to explore intervals of thirds in the chorus! Get your free Google Slides and full arrangement of the piece HERE! You'll be prompted to make a copy. For other barred instrument arrangements, listen in to: E289-Paint It Black E290 - Look what you made me do E291 - Down Follow me on Instagram @howtoteachmusicwithjessica!

    7 min

  5. 02/27/2024

    Down: Arrangements Inspired by Pop Music for the Classroom

    Learn a fun xylophone arrangement to use with your students that focuses on a verse/chorus form and movement activity with the song Down performed by Marian Hill. Get the free Google Slides presentation at https://www.jessicagrant.org/shop/p/down-by-marian-hill-xylophone-arrangement and click on the shop. Instagram: @howtoteachmusicwithjessica Website: www.jessicagrant.org

    10 min

  6. 02/20/2024

    Look What You Made Me Do: Arrangements Inspired by Pop Music for the Classroom

    The first single from Taylor Swift's Reputation album is a fantastic way to teach musical form and provide opportunities for students to compose original melodies. Particularly with aaab form! Listen in to hear how I have used this piece with my students to learn melodies on the xylophones and get your free resource at my shop at www.jessicagrant.org. Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram: @howtoteachmusicwithjessica

    13 min

  7. 02/13/2024

    Paint It Black: Arrangements Inspired by Pop Music for the Classroom

    The first arrangement of our series: Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones!  I share the inspiration behind this arrangement, steps for teaching the piece to students, ideas for form, and how to expand on the original theme with rhythmic variations. The arrangement is written for xylophones. Get the free arrangement HERE at www.jessicagrant.org. Follow me on Instagram @howtoteachmusicwithjessica.

    15 min

  8. 02/06/2024

    Five Tips for Finding and Creating Pop Song Arrangements to Use in Your Classroom

    Using pop music in your music classroom can be so much fun! Students love learning something they know or have heard before, playing music that they listen to at home, and performing songs for an audience who also knows the music. For the next several episodes I'll be sharing pop song arrangements that I've created and used with my students for xylophone ensembles, but before we get to the actual arrangements I thought I'd share some tips for how you can find and create pop song arrangements to use in your classroom. What to look for, how to determine if a song would be a good fit for an arrangement for xylophones, and things to think about as you arrange pieces. Instagram: @howtoteachmusicwithjessica Teachers Pay Teachers Store Website: www.jessicagrant.org

    12 min
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Whether you use the Orff or Kodály approach, teach elementary music or middle school general music, this is your practical guide for how to teach music with Jessica Grant.

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