Sheet Music - Drunken Sailor

Drunken Sailor is a simple arrangement of the traditional Irish tune in D minor designed for the elementary piano student. It is set in 2/4 time. The melody is in the right hand and the left hand forms a simple accompaniment.

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Reading Together - How to Teach - Measuring the Achievements of Children

Most of what this chapter covered doesn't really apply to music classes or private lessons. So, instead, I thought I would pull together some resources on measuring progress in your music students.

How to Measure Your Progress

Measure Your Progress with this Piano Practice Schedule

Assessment in Music Education

Assessment Tools for the Elementary Music Classroom

Assessment Resources from Carnegie Hall

Formal and Informal Assessment in the Music Classroom


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Reading Together - How to Teach - How To Study

"Study is controlled mental activity working towards the realization of a goal." (page 159, Kindle Edition)

"Study requires a certain critical attitude, a checking up of results against the problem set. In order to be efficient in study a child should know when he has reached the solution, when the means have been adapted to the end, when he has reached the goal." (page 162, Kindle Edition)

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Reading Together - How to Teach - Types of Classroom Exercises

"The skill of the teacher depends upon his knowledge of the previous experiences of the children in the class and his skill in having them word the problem which remains unsolved in their experience in such a way as to make it attractive to them." (page 146, Kindle Edition)

"Psychologically a question is valuable not only in accordance with the kind of response it gets, but also in proportion to the readiness of the response." (page 155, Kindle Edition)

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