%0 Journal Article %T Classroom Management Through Lesson Design: Considering Some Often %A Tiger Robison %J General Music Today %@ 1931-3756 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1048371318793147 %X Classroom management skills and related issues are usually top concerns of preservice and new in-service music educators. This column, the first in a series about classroom management issues, is about designing lessons to avoid common behavior issues. There are many more variables to consider besides curriculum when designing a lesson, such as the students¡¯ experiences directly prior to music class, the culture set by the classroom teacher, and dozens of others. This column contains a detailed examination with applicable strategies concerning two such variables: time of day of the lesson and students¡¯ physiological needs %K classroom management %K elementary music %K general music %K lesson design %K lesson plans %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1048371318793147