National Music Day June 21st

There are lots of songs that can be used in the school setting to help build a positive classroom environment. Below is a list of songs that I like to use for counseling and character lessons. 

Song Title	Artist/Movie/Album
Beautiful	China Anne McClain
Catch My Breath	Kelly Clarkson
Child of mine	Carole King
Do More Today	Jimmy Nash
Everyday	Gracie Harrison
Everything is Awesome	Lego (movie)
Firework	Katy Perry (clean version)
Happy	Pharrell Williams
What I Like About You	Joining the Happy Club (album)
Let It Go	Frozen (movie)
Let It Grow	Thorax (movie)
Magic	Selena Gomez
Mean Girls	Rachel Crow
Music Makes Me Happy	Drake Bell
My Wish for You	Rascal Flatts
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now	Olivia Holt
One and Only	Superchick
Overrated	Ashley Tisdale
Part of Me	Katy Perry
Pearl	Katy Perry
Pose	Frenemies (movie)
Respect	Aretha Franklin
Rise	McClain Sisters
Roar	Katy Perry
Stand in the Rain	Superchick
Stronger	Kelly Clarkson
The Climb	Miley Cyrus
The Gift of a Friend	Demi
The Greatest	Kenny Rogers
The Voice Within	Christina Aguilar
This Girl is on Fire	Alicia Keys
This is Going to be the Best Day of My Life	American Authors
This is Me	Demi Lovato
Touch the Sky	Brave (movie)
True Colors	Cyndi Lauper
Try	Dolly Parton
Unstoppable	China Anne McClain
We	Joy Williams
We Are Family	Ice Age Continental Drift (movie)
Who I Am	Will.I.Am
Who I Am	Natasha Bedingfield
Who Says	Selena Gomez

Rocking In My Summer Shoes!

Have a rocking summer! See you next year!

This was a fun end of year lesson that is a spin-off activity from one of my favorite books, Pete the Cat Rocking in his School Shoes by Eric Litwin.  The students wrote about what they would be doing over the summer and then the student read their book aloud to the class. The excitement came when the class sang along with the guitar at the end of each book.

Here comes Mrs. Castro strolling down the street

walking in her two tan feet. 

Mrs. Castro is flipping in the air with her Flying Fossils group.

Where is Mrs. Castro going? 

To her gymnastics class!!

I'm rocking in my summer shoes!