Middle Years

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Music From Around the World

In my music classes, I make sure that my students are exposed to a variety of different styles and genres. It is important that they...

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Music for a Purpose - Composing Background Music

Teaching Middle- and Highschool about chords and chord sequences is essential, however, at times it can be a bit "dry" or boring. By...

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Responding Musically to a Challenging Topic

This year, during our last MYP 5 unit, which is taught in conjunction with History and German, we explored the concept of music and...

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8 bit video game music examples

In one of my previous post, I shared a tutorial I made for my MYP 1 (grade 6) students. We investigated pentatonic music in different...

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Pentatonic Scale - a tutorial for ELA learners

In the past few weeks of distance learning, video tutorials have become an important part of my daily teaching. When I was looking for a...

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Much more than a timer!

I love teaching middle school students. The pace is fast, you need to keep them on their toes, have a variety of tools ready for them....

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So what is it? Factual? Debatable?

At the heart of each MYP unit, there are the different questions. Sometimes students are not really clear what kind of questions there...

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Peer Feedback in the Lower Middle School

Peer feedback is a powerful tool. However, giving feedback to group performances can be challenging, especially if the class is a bit on...