@musicwithmrsjimenez: Elementary music teachers, do you teach the recorder? If so, which grades? Just curious as I’m starting a recorder unit tomorrow with 4th and 5th grade 🤗 #musicteacher #musicclass #musicclassroom #elementarymusic #musicteachersoftiktok
I've never taught recorder, but the one fear in my mind is having a student who really struggles in earning belts and having them feel not good enough/behind other students.
2025-10-03 01:55:55
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Sarah Elker :
3rd, 4th, and 5th. We don’t do recorder karate anymore. I don’t teach recorder as a unit. We just use them as tools and use them throughout the year! I LOVE RECORDERS!
2025-10-01 02:28:16
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emily :
Wait I love this. Do you have the kids sign once they earn that belt?
2025-10-01 16:26:48
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dozieddylan :
MY NAME IS RICHARD AND IM SITTING IN A CORNER IS SO NOSTALGIC FOR ME OMGGG
2025-10-11 00:35:18
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UkeStuff :
We were asked not to do Recorder Karate, so I use Rob DelGaudio’s Recorder Scouts instead and have stickers printed instead (they put them on their cases). I also like Music With Mr. Greg for additional resources.
2025-10-02 18:50:25
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Margaret Brink :
4th grade!
2025-10-01 02:26:46
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Endangered Soup :
Not a teacher but a student who did that in like 2010, we started over each year with new pieces for each level, I made it to black both years 😎 One of my favorite memories and I now have been playing the flute (not the recorder) ever since
2025-10-01 23:28:51
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fiona :D :
I did that in 4th!!!
2025-10-07 21:38:57
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Karyn Lawrence :
Fourth and fifth grades learn recorder.
2025-10-01 02:10:32
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tomsedJr :
I love teaching recorder but I keep it to just 3rd and 4th. I have several 5th graders every year asking if we are going to play recorder that year. I always leave it open ended in case I find a piece that needs recorder.
2025-10-01 23:40:23
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kells :
how long do you do your unit?
2025-10-01 02:08:47
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Ms. Patrick 🧏♀️😏 :
I do 4th and 5th. 4th starts in spring and 5th is all year long.
2025-10-02 23:01:50
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Andy Deskins :
My elementary school did 5th.
2025-10-03 03:35:38
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Laura Mattioni :
what's recorder karate?
2025-10-02 18:46:20
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iain armitage stan 😍 :
my elementary school was 2nd 3rd 4th and half of the year for 5th
2025-10-02 20:09:02
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Kjersten :
3rd 4th and 5th and I use a sort of modified recorder karate that builds the skills from 3rd to 5th! I don’t keep it as a single unit but they’ll use it throughout the year!
2025-10-02 00:46:33
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lillemur :
3rd
2025-10-03 16:05:29
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PopTart41 :
Third grade, but I refuse to do recorder karate for a number of reasons. Personally I think it’s bad teaching practice.
2025-10-01 02:21:05
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Bilingual Beats :
This year it’s 5th grade. 😬
2025-10-01 03:28:55
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SailingContessa :
We do recorder for 4th grade. Next year they start instruments. Last year I did recorder karate without the belts and it went okay. This year I decided to do the belts (using embroidery floss) and I am getting 99% participation! I have one struggling but we all are helping him along with positive encouragement.
2025-10-03 04:18:38
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Nelisa Headding508 :
3rd grade.
2025-10-01 23:30:57
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