Elemental Conversations with Victoria Boler

Dec 10 2023 77 ep. 40 mins 16

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Conversations about elementary general music

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Understanding the National Core Arts Standards | Nyssa Brown

Find the show notes here: https://victoriaboler.com/podcast/national-core-arts-standards-nyssa-brown 01:52 - Nyssa’s role in the 2014 standards, and what the National Standards are 07:38 - What is Literacy? 10:55 - What is a Concept? 15:33 - Enduring Understandings24:22 - Concepts and Skills 33:25 - Sequencing Understanding 36:48 - What do I do with these standards? 46:10 - Shoul

Nesting Concepts for Active Music-Making and Active Meaning-Making

01:44 - Nesting Concepts in Elementary General Music10:10 - Areas of Balance through Tension 12:16 - Emphasizing Music 12:18 - Emphasizing the Child Over the Curriculum Document 15:07 - Emphasizing a Functional Classroom 17:51 - Possible Applications 18:59 - Transferrable Understanding 1: Ensemble 27:05 - Transferrable Understanding 2: Complement 34:07 - Where to Read More

Getting Started with Centers in Elementary General Music - Aileen Miracle

Full Show notes: https://victoriaboler.com/elemental-conversations In this Conversation…. 00:00 - Intro01:27 - About Aileen04:05 - Benefits of centers08:33 - Should we do one concept or more than one concept in our centers? 12:38 - Aileen’s “formula” for center categories20:11 - Setting up for success26:45 - Choices, classroom management, and assessment : What to think abou

Starting from Scratch with 2nd and 3rd Grade Music

Find the full show notes: victoriaboler.com/podcast/starting-from-scratch-in-2nd-and-3rd-grade-musicToday we’re thinking through what it can look like to start at the beginning of the music sequence with our 2nd and 3rd grade musicians. It can sometimes feel like these students are overlooked with teaching materials intended for both Kindergarten / 1st grade, and older beginners.

Vocal Health for Music Teachers - Dr. Caitlin Moore

If your year is just starting and your voice is already feeling tired, I know you'll appreciate all the wisdom Dr. Caitlin Moore has to share about vocal health for music teachers! Over the summer Dr. Moore took time out of her day at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp to talk about vocal care, vocal fatigue, vocal mechanisms, and much more. Read about Dr. Moore and get in touch with her

Why Takadimi?

Aug 29 2023 38 mins

Metric counting…. notation-based…. beat based…. What is the deal with these counting systems? Where did they come from?And why takadimi? As we look into some elemental questions around takadimi, we see that most of us are starting from the same set of core values. The differences in our choices come down to how we answer a few elemental questions: 1. What is the role of the s

Responsive Classroom for the Beginning of the Music Year - Matthew Stensrud

This is such a great conversation with my friend, Matthew Stensrud! We talk about structuring the first elementary general music experiences of the year through the lens of Responsive Classroom.Find Matthew’s bio and connect with him here: https://victoriaboler.com/podcast/responsive-classroom-for-the-beginning-of-the-music-year-matthew-stensrud In This Episode: 00:00 - Intro 01:

Songs to Start the Lesson, Songs to Start the Year

Jul 31 2023 24 mins

Let’s think through some ways to set the tone for learning - both at the beginning of the lesson and at the beginning of the year. Additional Podcast Episodes:Opening the First Day of Music - An Elemental Conversation with Anne MileskiClassroom Management for Elementary General Music (Before the Sticker Charts)Lower Elementary SongsEngine Engine Feeling Fine, It’s Music Time He

Routines and Procedures for an Efficient Music Room (Conversation with LeslieAnne Bird)

Today I’m sharing an elemental conversation with the fabulous LeslieAnne Bird, all about setting up music room routines. We talk about how to know it’s time to think or rethink routines, and we go over some very specific pain points a lot of us experience in class - things like getting students into the learning space and starting class, lining up at the end, and other thi

Back to School Data, Assessment, and Review

Jul 17 2023 43 mins

After the getting-to-know-you activities, after the name games, after the routines….. what’s next? How do we know where to start the year from a musical content perspective? How will we know what students remember? How can we review and make sure kids aren’t bored? What if we’re at a new campus and we don’t know what students have done? How do we take information from sin