Silent Cacophony
Blog URL http://chasemarch.blogspot.com
Located Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Tags hip-hop, writing, teaching, running, hip-hop history
Silent Cacophony is the sounding board for Chase March. He is an elementary school teacher, a writer, a musician, a hip-hop historian, a skateboarded, and countless other things.
Latest Blog Posts
- No Homework Please on Nov 20, 2009
This is the news article that has been the topic of much discussion today.http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Calgary+family+signs+homework+deal/2241272/story.htmlA family in Calgary has won the right for their children not to be assigned daily homework...
- Meet the Author on Nov 19, 2009 in autographs writing
Last night I met an author. She came to my neighbourhood library to talk about her writing and to read some excerpts of her work. Her name is Barbara Haworth-Attard. I love how she told us that she had always written but had never even thought that i...
- Teaching Tip Tuesday – Song Maps on Nov 17, 2009 in Teaching Tip Tuesdays
This is the song map that I created to teach my class the song "Yellow Submarine."I love using song maps because it teaches that music can be written down and read. This image is read just like you would read any text - from left to right and top to...
- An Extra U, A Weird Q, A Strange S, and a Zed on Nov 17, 2009
I love the colour of our currencybut sometimes I write a cheque.I like going to the Recreation Centrebut we just call it the Rec.I practise my strokesand analyze my technique to get efficient and speedyat the 50-metre freestylein the olympic-sized po...
- Cale Sampson Interview and Podcast on Nov 14, 2009 in podcasts hip hop
Last month, I had the chance to interview Toronto emcee Cale Sampson. I transcribed the interview and laced it with some YouTube videos but at the time of the posting, we had some technical difficulties getting the podcast up. Well, I am glad to ann...
- Be Kind Today on Nov 13, 2009
Please remember to be kind today. After all it is World Kindness Day. The fact that we even need such a day is awfully telling. The world is often not a kind place. Yet, it can be. And it all starts with YOU. That's right, YOU. No one else can make t...
- Take a Moment on Nov 11, 2009
I never understood the phrase "Lest We Forget." To me, "lest" looks too much like "let's" and of course, "Let's forget" is something that we never want to do.I was glad that we had some Veterans come into my class yesterday and talk to my students. I...
