Category+II-+Classroom+Environment

For evidence of my classroom environment, I have included a number of pictures and documents. The first picture is of an artist-in-residence who worked with my 8th grade class on ways to incorporate movement and theater into music. The students were hesitant at first to try something new but by the projects end were finding ways to physically express the musical ideas they heard. The second picture is a bulletin board I created for our hallway entitled "Music in the Movies" Students often don't realize how much music they hear in their every day lives and how it impacts other forms of pop culture. This bulletin board referred to many pieces that were being performed in the various school ensembles and aimed to give all students more insight to the music used in film. The third picture is of a another bulletin board created for our hallway focusing on the musical form of a march. The final picture is of a bulletin board that I put up at the beginning of every year. Each apple on the tree lists a different good habit for students to begin. Many are not music specific but apply to the student as a whole learner. The three documents included are the syllabi for the different classes I teach. These documents outline the class expectations and general course of study so students and parents are aware of what is going on in our classroom.