I began my music career teaching in Darlington County School District before moving to Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in 2001. I enjoy my students and strive to make sure that they have an appreciation for music from other cultures and an understanding of music elements. We use music books, games, movement, interactive music software, Orff instruments, recorders, instrument charts, and non-pitched percussion instruments. Literacy and math are used in music: learning note and rest values, reading texts to songs, reading/playing notes on the staff, and reading/playing rhythms.