Thanks so much, everybody, for all of the great ideas! I had my first day of teaching today and it was a blast. I love all of your suggestions for incorporating music into the classroom. Keep 'em coming! Cheers, Alicia On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Jeanne O'Hearn <jlo817@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My music day is Friday. Check out Julieta Venegas. My 7th and 8th > graders loved her song *Eres Para Mi *last year. We learned the little > dance that appears toward the end of the video. Other good songs by > Julieta are *Lento* and *Limón y Sal*. I personally like Alex Cuba's > music and my students liked singing his *Sí Pero No *and *¿Qué Pasa > Lola? *Of course, I love anything by Juanes. My students would often > request Shakira's *Waka Waka *song and they would get up and dance with > the video. They also liked Jarabe de Palo's *Bonito*. Depending on the > song, sometimes I would have a competition to see which half of the room > could sing a part of the song the best or you can do boys vs. girls. > :) > Jeanne > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:43:37 -0400 > Subject: [ola] Songs! > From: hambrozaitis@xxxxxxxxx > To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm doing my música miércoles (music Wednesday) this year with OWL... AH! > This morning I had one tough class and one decent one with a Juanes song > and am wondering what kinds of things people have tried. > > Thanks!!! > > Heidi > > P.S. First day was GREAT! :) Thank you all for being so supportive. >