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Transitions: It’s What’s In Between That Counts
Just as we orchestrate and plan for transitions in our classrooms and just as we teach children how to create transitions in their writing
Deirdre Moore
Deirdre is a teaching artist and AI coach in the San Diego public schools dedicated to helping classroom teachers make arts an integral part of their teaching. Deirdre has an MEd in Arts Integration and over twenty years of classroom and performing arts teaching experience. Email Deirdre.
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Following Your North Star
I look at what I have been doing with my students the last few weeks I realize that I have lost sight of my North Star.
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Progress Through Equity
Many of my fondest classroom teaching memories involve the arts, visual & performing.
Educator PD
Happy Birthday to Me: The Natural Integration of Arts and Life
Because whenever people want to celebrate, they turn to the arts.
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Once Upon a Time: Empowering Children through Fairy Tales
It was perfect timing too since I am currently steeped in fairy tales as my second graders work on their theatrical interpretations.
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Read This: Applying Common Core Literature Standards to Musical Theater and Dance
By applying some of those Common Core Literature standards to different areas of art, educators can develop a new way to engage “readers”.
Strategies
Teachable Moments
Recently I had one of those magical teachable moments that remind me why I love to do what I do.
Strategies
Stage Direction Charades: Teaching Children Stage Areas and Directions
One of the grade 3 standards is for students to know the term stage direction & the areas of the stage.
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Teaching Daydreaming
Recently I read a couple of articles that brought that year of my teaching to mind.
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Eensy Weensy Spiders and Humpty Dumpty: Teaching Moments that Inspire Gratitude
Forgive me for being a little indulgent but I feel compelled to write an article of gratitude, something to inspire teaching moments.
Strategies
Moving to Learn: Using Movement to Bolster Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension - I also love to move and am a huge believer in experiential learning.
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Combat Perfectionism: Model Learning from Mistakes
The arts provide a perfect environment to show how mistakes are an integral part of the learning process.
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