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Pat is an arts integration specialist in Anne Arundel County, MD. Having been a mentor teacher and instructional coach, she passionately believes that integrating the arts is the best approach to teaching: it enriches the classroom environment with art, engages students and motivates learning. Her mission is help all teachers realize that they can teach through the arts with a little know-how. Pat appears every Monday. Email Pat.
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Arts Integration: A Way to Reach All Learners
Integrating the arts into my teaching was a powerful and effective way to reach all learners, especially those who were not successful.
Student Groups
More than a Special: Connecting the Arts with Special Education
Arts provide a powerful connection for special education students because it speaks to an area of their brain that "traditional" education cannot.
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It’s All About (Brain) Connections!
Learning through the arts helps students make stronger and more significant cognitive connections.
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The Art of Data
For today's free Friday, we're offering you a framework that addresses these questions and can help you facilitate connections of the art of data.
Assessment
Are Your Assessments Aligned?
If we go through the assessment alignment process, we are ensuring that we're choosing assessments that are measuring the standards.
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Using the Arts to Build Empathy, the Ultimate 21st Century Skill
Without empathy any one of those skills would be nearly, if not entirely, impossible to attain.
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Student Learning Objectives in the Arts
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Form and Observation Arts Integration Lesson
Today's lesson aligns music standards for patterns with the new Next Generation Science Standards for teaching heredity.
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Why Managing a Crisis is Easy
Have you ever noticed how comfortable people get when a "crisis" arrives in your building?
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Bringing the Pride Back
Arts integration is bringing the pride back to student achievement.
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