I think Kodaly had it right. My Kindergarten/First Grade Split class was SIGHTREADING 4-beat rhythms. It was kinda AMAZING. I nearly leaped for joy! I was beaming the whole time :)
I instituted a personal reward system into my class. My classes were on a class-wide point reward system, but I found it lacked in both rewarding the awesome kids and punishing the ornery ones. (BTW: Apparently everyone East of the Rockies actually says it Or-ner-ee, as opposed to us who say on-ree...weird)
I made 100 copies of a paper with.. oh... 25 clip art eighth notes. And the kids get an eighth note when they are on task, when they RAISE THEIR HAND, when they answer a question correctly... And they LOSE one when they are naughty or off task.
With the wee ones I just give stickers and I take them back when kiddos are bad. I thought a Kindergartner was going to cry today when I did that, but he straightened up like no body's business! :D
Tomorrow I go to Harry Wong Conference in Chapel Hill. And Friday. I'm nervous to leave my class...
Oh no. I just realized that I didn't leave a Sub-Lesson Plan for Friday's Kindergartners... OH NO. Gotta get on that ASAP.
Miss you all. Had AMAZING BBQ pork tonight... home-made goodness. Made breaded Cod last night. Barb had never had Cod. So weird. It was Alaskan Cod too, from Costco. Bomb.com. :)
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