Classroom Management
An Arts Integrated Icebreaker with Gummy Worms
Take your class icebreaker games to the next level with an arts integrated inspired activity featuring two of students' favorite things - candy & painting!
Dyan Branstetter
Dyan is a fifth grade teacher in a public school district in Lancaster, PA and has over 16 years of classroom experience. With a Masters of Science Education and a passion for dance and music, she strives to integrate the arts into the curriculum whenever possible. Dyan has a background in teaching advanced learners, and is devoted to using project based learning to help her students achieve 21st century learning skills and master the PA Core Standards.
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Organization
Have Your Best Year Yet: Summertime Tips for Getting Organized
Summer is the perfect time for getting organized in your classroom.
Strategies
Carnival of the Animals in the ELA Classroom
Ready to take your ELA lessons to the next level?
Resources
Using Technology to Support Arts Integration and STEAM
Ready to experiment with new tech tools that could help support instruction?
Strategies
Arts Integration Inspired by Paul Klee’s Once Emerged from the Gray of Night, 1918
Learn how to use artist Paul Klee to inspire an arts integration lesson using search and find.
Educator PD
Art in the Garden
May is the perfect month to use a teaching garden to integrate the arts.
Strategies
Mastering Geometry Concepts With Dance
Bringing movement and dance into the math classroom is a fantastic way to help students deeply understand geometry concepts and vocabulary.
Curriculum
Celebrating Shakespeare Through the Arts
There are many ways that even our youngest students can celebrate Shakespeare and his brilliance through the context of the arts.
Advocacy
Celebrating the Arts “Out” of School
One of the best ways of increasing & celebrating arts in school is to reach beyond the school walls.
Curriculum
Carving Out Time for Arts Integration
With a little creativity & flexibility, art integration would be easily and effectively fit into a structure and will successfully be figured it out a way.
Classroom Management
How Often Does Your Class Reach 70 Decibels?
Does Your Class Reach 70 Decibels? We want to provide an environment for students to reach their intellectual and creative potential.
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