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	<title>The Misadventures of a First Year Music Teacher &#187; Techniques &amp; Strategies</title>
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		<title>snow day reflections</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/snow-day-reflections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have yet another snow day &#8211; this makes 7 or 8 in the last 6 weeks &#8211; so I am doing a little bit of reading and planning. I&#8217;ve been reflecting on the past couple of months. It seems as though we haven&#8217;t progressed very much, what with winter field trips, winter carnival days, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh the things we will do!</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/oh-the-things-we-will-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve mentioned before that my school (the one I teach music at) is quite small &#8211; approx. 180 students in 9 classes over 6 grades. We don&#8217;t get a lot in terms of technology, usually the bigger schools get the cream of the crop, but we are starting to see some new things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>organizational tips</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/12/22/organizational-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As music educators, we all know about the necessity of keeping organized. I&#8217;m sure many of you are just like me in that you see every student in your school for music class. That&#8217;s a lot of paper work, names, materials, and information to keep track of! I&#8217;m still a newbie at this, and I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>colour-coded baskets</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/12/15/colour-coded-baskets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msgallant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bit of an organizational freak. I teach 9 periods/day, and have basically no down-time whatsoever what with choir practices, meetings, duty, and now I&#8217;m helping out our awesome phys. ed teacher with gymnastics. I need to have all of my supplies and paperwork &#8211; whatever I&#8217;ll need for each class &#8211; ready first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>things I&#8217;ve learned</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/11/13/things-ive-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msgallant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a &#8220;real teacher&#8221; (edit: paid teacher) now for just about 2 1/2 months.  It&#8217;s time to do some reflecting! Here is a list (though nowhere near exhaustive) of some of the things I have learned so far:
1. Lesson plans are not set in stone!
This is not a new concept to me, I learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/collaboration-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of the month of December, the phys. ed teacher and I will be collaborating on a dance/movement unit with our students. Our schedules work out so that one of us has an older grade when the other has a younger grade. I&#8217;ll be bringing my classes to the gym to work with her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legends and ghost stories</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/10/17/legends-and-ghost-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having trouble keeping my grade 6 students engaged. The &#8220;junior high&#8221; mentality just kicks in earlier and earlier &#8211; they know they&#8217;re at the top of the totem pole here at the elementary school, and they think they&#8217;re too cool for what I have to offer sometimes. It&#8217;s ok though &#8211; they keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you do?</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/09/25/what-do-you-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msgallant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;when a child sits in the corner, curled up in a ball, and won&#8217;t participate or respond to you?
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		<title>the &#8220;whiteboard&#8221; experiment</title>
		<link>http://msgallant.edublogs.org/2008/09/24/the-whiteboard-experiment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msgallant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to be economical and savvy and inventive&#8230;but I&#8217;m pretty sure it backfired. I had this brainwave that having individual whiteboards for my music classes (grades 4-6, mostly) would be an awesome way to help to rhythm drills and theory lessons, etc &#8211; and it would! It would be fantastic! But the thing is, [...]]]></description>
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