Educator PD
Student Art Inspires Writing
Showcased a writing lesson which incorporated a slightly different version of a visual art strategy that that I love to use with kids at all grade levels.
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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Teaching Students to Know How they Know: Metacognition through the Arts
Using the arts to support and illuminate metacognition for students empowers them to pursue a lifetime of deep and meaningful learning.
Educator PD
Look, Think, Write!
I was scheduled to attend a workshop at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) called Teaching Writing through Art.
Curriculum
A Thriller of a Halloween Lesson
This lesson for grades 2-3 connects Michael Jackson's classic Thriller with informational text for a fun and exciting Halloween learning experience.
Organization
Planning for Success
The best way to have a successful Arts Integration lesson is to be over-prepared so you can relax and enjoy the process of planning for success.
Strategies
Define through Doing Strategy
Define through Doing Strategy. This provides the learner with an opportunity to explore a key question through the use of a chosen artform.
Strategies
Drama Adds Up to Literacy with CBRT
Do you want to integrate drama into your classroom in a simple but highly effective way?
Approaches
Earn Some Extra Cash for your Class
Have no fear! Your ideas don't have to be shuttered - there are fantastic new ways that you can get the artful funding you need to pay for the projects.
Approaches
How Rich Are You?
There are some easy ways we can all discover our true wealth management measure and invest in strategies that will bring us even more richness.
Organization
Mantras for Sanity
"Baby steps” combined with “keep it simple” have proved to be useful mantras when my enthusiasm overrides my reason and human limitations.
Organization
Who Exactly Does the Integrating?
WHO exactly does the integrating? arts integration lesson is one where the content and fine arts standards are being taught and assessed equitably.
Assessment
Write Like an Artist!
Have you tried using artist statements as assessments in your classroom?
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