Strategies
Using the Reciprocal Teaching Strategy with Works of Art
Reciprocal Teaching strategy has proven its effectiveness as an instructional strategy for reading comprehension, exploring works of art, music, dance, etc.
Arts Integration
Arts Integration ideas offer an approach to teaching and learning through which content standards are taught and assessed equitably in and through the arts.
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Curriculum
Musical Notation Jack-O-Lanterns
This festive lesson combines musical notation and observational drawing skills.
Educator PD
Family Art Night – Try It, You’ll Like It!
It's time to allow a group of people, friends and families of students at the school, to have an evening of family art night.
Student Groups
Meeting the Needs of Advanced Learners
What happens when you meet an advanced learners who already knows the majority of the content you're teaching?
Student Groups
Action Art Making Strategies: Visual Art, Music, and Movement
Invigorate your students with a lesson plan that beautifully combines movement and art.
Resources
The Power of an Audience: Social Media in the Classroom
A classroom is a captive audience and social media in the classroom is a powerful way for students to have a voice, that should be used effectively.
Advocacy
Social Justice & The Arts
Social justice is center stage today. As educators are job is to present facts without bias.
Strategies
Line Graph Listening Map Strategy
You can incorporate the math of graphing and the science of sound, while creating a piece of abstract art, with this line graph strategy.
Educator PD
What Not to Say About Art In Front of Kids
What adults say when they talk to kids about art, creativity and artistic abilities or inabilities can shape how children start thinking about their own.
Curriculum
How to Connect through Media Arts with Don Goble
As educators we often find ourselves sitting in a presentation like Media Arts, learning from fellow teachers and if you’re lucky you think to yourself.
Strategies
Invitation Not Expectation: Encouraging Participation from Reticent Students
But we educators need to remember that we have to create an environment that is encouraging participation from students by allowing them to choose their pat
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