Hip Hop Headucatorz – Blog
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Live Interview TONIGHT
Category : InterviewsMastrmynd has a weekly live show called The Indie Show and we will be special guests on it tonight. MikeAll and Chase March will be discussing our music, how we use Hip Hop in the classroom, our forthcoming new album, and much, much, more. Watch live starting at 8:00 pm ET. on YouTube or with…
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Take “One Moment” to Listen
Category : Side ProjectsJon Corbin just released a new EP and you really should take a moment to listen to it. It features some great talent, including a fellow member of Hip Hop Headucatorz. “One Moment brings a full-circle moment in my catalogue. The lead track — featuring Shad, the apologette, and Rel McCoy — is a remix…
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Ready For Back to School
Category : UncategorizedI am ready for the first day of school next week. Here are a few things that I do to get my classroom set up and organized. Work baskets I label these small bins with the days of the week. The first week of school starts on Tuesday next week, so everything is in order…
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Wu-Tang Clan Letter
Category : UncategorizedWhile cleaning out storage in my mom’s garage, I came across this letter. I sent this to Much Music when I was in Grade 8. I even attached some sketches. I wanted to see some music videos from Wu-Tang Clan on their amazing show Rap City. Do you have any Rap City memories? Please share…
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The Happiest Kids Aren’t Here (And We Can Learn From That)
Category : ReadingThe Happiest Kids in the World: How Dutch Parents Help Their Kids* by Doing Less *and Themselves by Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison It seems that the happiest kids aren’t from North America. We should be concerned about the levels of anxiety being reported these days here. Perhaps we can learn from how things are…
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Who Needs a Seating Plan? (Not Me)
Category : ClassroomHere is how I feel about seating plans; 1) I don’t have one. 2) I move the students and their desks around frequently. 3) My desk is placed at the back of the room. This allows all of the students to get closer to the board and the front for instruction. I think these three…
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Education That Lifts Students Up, Now That’s Wzup!
From conception to publication, it took me ten years to create the African-Canadian anthem, AfriCanuck. The chorus, “AfriCanuck, that’s wzup!,” was first conceived and performed in 2008 at a Toronto Catholic District School Board Black History Month celebration. It began as a simple call and response chant to hype up the crowd before my students…
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Students Created Dollar Bills – An Expensive Art Project
One of my favourite art lessons asks students to create fictional currency. These fake dollar bills are colourful, creative, and a lot of fun. They also let students practice different shading techniques and elements of design. This project comes after a several lessons that teach students to create fancy ribbons and effects. Students also get…
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2025 is for Squares (Perfect!)
Category : MathThis year has some pretty cool math behind it. 2025 is a perfect square. It is the product of 45 times 45. The last time we had a perfect square year was 1936 and the next one doesn’t come around until 2116. So let’s celebrate this magical year. Watch this Instagram reel from Howie Hua…
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Hip Hop Beats Connect Class With Curriculum
Category : Press CoverageMikeAll was recently featured in The Catholic Register in an article by Luke Mandato. Read it here, see it in print, or visit the newspaper online. As a music-loving kid growing up in Scarborough, Michael Grandsoult vividly recalls his childhood hyperactivity, a state of being that would inevitably lead him toward one of his life’s…