Music classroom management

Whole Class Behavior Management Systems in Elementary Music. Organized Chaos. Ideas for whole class incentives that don't take away from music-making and encourage growth over competition.

Remember, music classroom organization doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. Just make sure it fits your needs and the needs of your...

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Three Really Specific classroom management systems for the music room. Some ideas for keeping your class under control so that they can learn!

One of the most important things we can do at the beginning of the school year is practice classroom procedures- the less time we have to spend explaining and managing logistics throughout the year, the more time we have for music-making and the smoother our lessons will go in general. Part of creating a "safe space" classroom is making sure students feel confident that they know what to do in common lesson situations, and procedures are the foundation for that. Here are the most important…

Grand Behavior - Music Classroom Management Tool When a music class is misbehaving, or their behavior isn’t “grand” – they lose a letter at the whiteboard. If later they show me behavior that is “grand” they can earn a letter back. At the end of class time, if they still have all of their letters they have had “Grand Behavior” and they get to move up a spot on the grand staff. Read more on our blog! RivianCreative.com/Grand-Behavior

My personal approach to classroom management for the elementary music classroom revolved around four basic principles.

We love to celebrate in the music room! We celebrate holidays, birthdays, unbirthdays, silly days (Have you ever celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day? FUN! ) and ordinary and extraordinary days. Last week 1st graders had to opportunity to sing all by themselves in front of their classes. This takes a lot of courage and every one who sang received a special "I Sang By Myself" certificate! The rest of the class listened quietly and displayed audience behavior (quiet, eyes on performer, hands on…

Download a free editable checklist for music teachers. You can use it to check off all the things you need to do as you set up your classroom.

How do you keep your students in line in the music room-- both figuratively and literally? Here are some of my favorite phrases for classroom management!