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	<title>The Music Teachers Blog &#187; Classroom Music</title>
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		<title>Rock and Roll Music Lesson Ideas: Rock Around The Clock</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/06/rock-and-roll-music-lesson-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marking some of the earliest footage of Rock and Roll music, this Bill Haley classic called &#8220;Rock around the Clock&#8221; brought teenagers to their feet as they couldn&#8217;t help but dance as they heard it, much to their parents disapproval. This is a perfect discussion piece for a music class and below are some questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Resources In Schools: Help music funding in schools this weekend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s see if we can fund a needy school to get more than $1000 worth of new resources this weekend! As music teachers, we all know the reasons why we think music is important in schools and all too often there&#8217;s just not enough funding for even the simplest of resources. I also know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Management for the Music Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom ManagementTips and Tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classroom Management for the Music Teacher was the topic of conversation in a recent Music Education Twitter Chat held on Monday 5th April, 2010. These are just a few of the highlights, comments, articles, links, tips and tricks shared in the chat. I personally think music teachers have some of the toughest challenges facing them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Music History in your lesson Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/04/discovering-music-history-in-your-lesson-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beethoven]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning about Music History is a bit like learning to eat your vegetables as a child. If you approach it in an authoritative way and say “You must eat your Vegetables” &#8211; and don’t enjoy them yourself you’ll have quite a hard time! (P.S. I know this because I currently have a three year old!) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Music Worksheets Renamed and Re-released today!</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/03/classroom-music-worksheets-renamed-and-re-released-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our team at the Fun Music Company has been hard at work for the last few weeks finishing off a whole revamp of one of our products, which was previously known as Instant Print Music Lessons. Several months ago we decided to completely revise and re-release this product, as we felt that the name &#8220;instant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources For Teaching Percussion in the Music Classroom</title>
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		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/03/resources-for-teaching-percussion-in-the-music-classroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Classrooms can often have loads of percussion instruments laying around. The question is what do you do with them all? Sure, you can play simple rhythms and percussion grids with them, but what do you do beyond this when your students are ready to learn bigger, more inspiring ensemble pieces? Here are three well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Ideas For Using STOMP in a General Music Class</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/03/teaching-ideas-for-using-stomp-in-a-general-music-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found this STOMP Clip that would provide great inspiration for students in the music classroom of approx junior high school standard. Lesson Plan Ideas Make A STOMP Ensemble Have the class watch a portion of a dvd about the group STOMP. Afterwards, the kids should form small groups and pick out unique objects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Major Scales: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2009/11/teaching-major-scales-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2009/11/teaching-major-scales-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post by Janice on Music Lesson Plans: Worksheets to help with Teaching Major Scales If you need theory worksheet content to help with teaching major scales then you may find that our Printable Music Theory Books could become an invaluable companion in your resource kit. This is a book of comprehensive book of worksheets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Major Scales: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2009/11/teaching-major-scales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2009/11/teaching-major-scales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post by Janice on Music Lesson Plans: A Game to help with Teaching Major Scales If you’ve ever taught music theory, then you would know that it can be difficult to get students to remember the pattern of tones and semitones needed, the scale degree names and for younger students the solfege names in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Flashcards In Music Theory Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2009/11/using-flashcards-in-music-theory-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is a Suzuki teacher using flashcards to actively involve her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces. I was just looking through youtube for music theory videos and I stumbled across this teacher who was actively involving her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces. [...]]]></description>
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