- The order of activities in the lesson made sense.

- Come up with a better attention getter/way to get them quiet than “Listen to me”.
“Voices off” and then calling on any students who are still talking or, even better, calling
on students who are doing the right thing- “I notice Sally is ready to learn.” “Thank you,
Billy.” Avoid saying, “I like how Sally is sitting.” I don’t believe you did this, but just FYI.
The Conscious Discipline program says students’ motivation shouldn’t be pleasing the
teacher by doing what they “like”. Noticing and thanking is good.
- You have a friendly demeanor and tone of voice but could be a bit louder and slower at
times to be able to be heard over any student noise and by the students furthest away
from you and so the students (especially the youngest grades) can keep up with the
speed of what you’re saying.
- You are knowledge of music and its topics are good.
- You know when to step in and assist students.
- You asked good questions to have them think deeper or solve the problem on their
own.
- Knowing names helps with classroom management and student relationships but that
obviously comes with more practice and experience teaching them to get familiar.
- Good use of showing visuals to help concrete things in students’ minds, especially
younger grades.