They become disconnected with many song selections that are presented in music class. Once the students reach a certain age, some will shy away from singing. There are usually my go-to resources when researching appropriate graduation songs. One could tweet the question with the #mused or #elmused to see if they receive answers. One can ask a music education network group like Facebook’s Music Teachers Group with over 20,000 members or the I’m a General Music Teacher Group with over 7,000 members. One can look them up on YouTube to find videos of other schools’ graduation songs. Social media can be very helpful when it comes to selecting an upper elementary graduation song. With that in mind, how do music educators pick a graduation song? Social Media You have more options because the students are older, more mature, have a larger vocal range than PreK/K, and they can read words and many of them can read music. However, the upper elementary graduation song is its own entity and I was faced with it this year. I have experienced the PreK and kindergarten graduation songs and have found many fun ones (I will save them for the next post). ![]() ![]() It has been years since I have had to go through the process of picking an upper elementary graduation song. If you teach elementary general music, then you have probably had to face the situation: What song will my upper elementary students sing as their graduation song? 4th or 5th Grade Graduation Song
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