Assessment
Common Core and Arts Integration Assessment Rubric
To finish up our assessment series this week, we are providing you with a fantastic new assessment rubric tool that you can use in your classroom today.
Amanda Koonlaba
Amanda Koonlaba, Ed. S. is an educator and educational consultant with over 12 years of experience teaching both visual art and regular education. Her career has been driven by the power of the arts to reach all learners. She is a published author and frequent speaker/presenter at education conferences. Amanda was named the Elementary Art Teacher of the Year for the state of Mississippi in 2016 and received the Arts Integration Service Award from the Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative (Mississippi Arts Commission) in 2015. She holds an Elementary and Middle Childhood Art certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. As a coach for The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Amanda is on a mission to ensure every student in America has access to a high-quality arts-based education. She blogs at partyintheartroom.com.
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Assessment
Connecting Assessments through the Arts
Today, we're going to take a look at the PARCC sample assessment prototypes and find out how connecting assessments through the arts.
Strategies
Picture This: Exploring Art Elements in Picture Books
Today, we'll be discussing how to introduce your students to the concept of illustration and its elements!
Assessment
An Equitable Assessment Model
And here is where the Arts become truly reflected within this newly proposed assessment model.
Strategies
Groovin’ the Rules: Movement in the Classroom
Setting classroom rules to movement can be a fun, effective way of focusing student energy, helping with transitions, and reinforcing classroom rules.
Strategies
Documenting Arts Integration Lessons
It's important for educators to show parents the activities of their students.
Advocacy
Using QR Codes in AI Classrooms
QR codes have such incredible possibilities for STEAM classrooms.
Curriculum
Math and Photography Arts Integration Lesson Plan
This math and photography lesson is written for grades 5-8.
Strategies
The Math and Language of Photography
A natural way to integrate the arts is with math and photography.
Approaches
PYP and Arts Integration
What has struck me most about PYP, however, is its intense relationship with the strategies that are presented using Arts Integration.
Strategies
15 Ways to Integrate Art and Math in an Elementary Classroom
One of the best ways to engage our elementary students is connecting math and art together.
Strategies
Engagement Fortune Tellers
The paper fortune teller technique helps keep students engaged and connects directly back to arts integration.
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