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Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Never Sleep Late Anymore

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / September 28, 2016
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Never Sleep Late Anymore by BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams We trust you and your young students will enjoy this lesson taken from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book Three – by BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams. Designed to encourage active music making, this lesson includes pathways to rhythm, literacy, partwork, ensemble, and improvisation. A printable version can…

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Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Fais Dodo

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / October 28, 2015
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We hope you and your young students enjoy this Fais Dodo lesson taken from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book Two – by BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams. Designed to encourage active music making, this lesson includes pathways to meter, ensemble, and improvisation. Click on the link to download the lesson: Purposeful Pathways: Fais Dodo.

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Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Old Mother Brown

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / May 20, 2015
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We hope you and your young students enjoy this Old Mother Brown lesson taken from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book Two – by BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams. Designed to encourage active music making, this lesson includes pathways to pitch, literacy, composition, rhythm, and ensemble. Click on the link to download the lesson: Purposeful…

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Lesson: “Thank You” Canon

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / January 29, 2015
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You simply can’t have too many rounds and canons in your teaching repertoire.  Nor can you have too much gratitude in your life and classroom!  This “Thank You” canon is intentionally written to be very simple so students can learn and perform it quickly.  We know that it is helpful to have simple lessons that…

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Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Simple Simon

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / May 23, 2013
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This lesson is from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click on the link to download the lesson: PurposefulPathways_SimpleSimon

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Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Cinderella

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / May 23, 2013
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This lesson is from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click on the link to download the lesson: PurposefulPathways_Cinderella

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Pease Porridge Hot

Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Peas Porridge Hot

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / May 23, 2013
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This lesson is an excerpt from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click here to download the pdf. 

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Apple Tree

Purposeful Pathways Lesson: Apple Tree

By BethAnn Hepburn and Roger Sams / May 23, 2013
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This lesson is an excerpt from Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom, Book One – by Roger Sams and Beth Ann Hepburn. Click here to download the pdf. 

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