1. Rock This House: Using Music in the Classroom!
Crissy Lauterbach Contactlearning.org
@Jeanlauterbach

3. 30 Think – Pair Share 2 min

5. Rapport
Guess my song?
Playlist

6. Music helps us learn because it will:
establish a positive learning state
create a desired atmosphere
energize learning activities
facilitate a multisensory learning experience
release tension
provide inspiration and motivation
accentuate theme-oriented units
Build a sense of anticipation
Change brain wave states
Focus concentration
Increase attention
Align groups
Add an element of fun
Develop rapport
Improve memory
Enhance imagination

7. Only Use It
Of the Time!

10. Don’t Trust

11. Great Pandora Stations
Piano Guys
Brazilian Radio
Afrobeat Radio
Classical Goes Pop
Lindsey Sterling
Beats for Studying

12. Peter Lee Johnson

14. 3-4 Beat Pattern

17. What if I am not a

19. Shubert, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven
Low Beats Per Minute
40-60 Relaxation
Adagio, largo music i.e. Pre-Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, or Romantic
Shubert, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven
Flute, harp, and piano
music works well here.

20. AMAZON PRIME

21. Low Beats Per Minute 40-60 Relaxation
It mimics the heartbeat and soothes the student; just like a clock soothes a new puppy.
Modern Examples:
Jack Johnson, Michael Buble, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding and John Legend, Taylor Swift,

22. When to use: Individual work Testing Notes Visualization
New ideas or units
Storytelling

23. Moderate Beat 60-70 Alert Stage Moderate or Andante Beats
i.e. Post Romantic and Early American like Sousa Marches, George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel.
Big Band music /Jazz music

24. Moderate Beat 60-70 Alert Stage
This type of music starts the heart and massages both sides of the brain.
Modern Examples:
The Beatles, Carrie Underwood,
Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown,
Adele

25. When to use: Uplifting for creativity Use for small activities
Teamwork great for increasing learning pace
Transition time
Brainstorming

26. Word Ping Pong or Concept Ping Pong

27. High Beat 70-120 Active Mode Allegro or fast paced music
Techno, hip hop, fast paced classical, soft rock, light rap.
Modern examples:
Sam Hunt, Natasha Bedingfield, Pink,
Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars, Haim, Katy Perry

28. When to use:
Opening or closing of the class
Celebrations
High movement with entire class
Dance breaks

29. Monday/Friday
Song
Vinyl Days

30. Karaoke
Genre Days

31. Take the morning meeting with STYLE!

32. Use Music in Discipline
Use Music as a Timer
During group or individual work, play music and have your signature song as the closing song.
Use Music in Discipline
If students are tardy to class, have sing I’m a Little Tea Pot or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Use it as a guide for classroom noise. If you can’t hear the music you are too loud!

33. Activities for musical-rhythmic intelligences
Kazoo or Lose
Have students present a small skits
with restricted words. If they hear a restricted word,
they blow the kazoo and gain a bonus point.
Opera or Bust
Place a variety of music genres like opera, Broadway, western, or rap, into a hat. Then have the students perform a skit based on your content in one of those formats by drawing it from the hat

36. Rock This House: Using Music in the Classroom!
Crissy Lauterbach Contactlearning.org
@Jeanlauterbach