Curriculum
Arts Integration Lesson: Character Pitches
Need a lesson to introduce character analysis for grades K-2?
IB/PYP/MYP
International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme (IB/PYP/MYP) are approaches grounded in asking meaningful questions. Many of these questions are the same as ones that artists have been asking for generations. Who are we? Why are we here? How do we effect change? By connecting IB/PYP/MYP and Arts Integration, students are able to bring their unique point of view to any complex issue.
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Strategies
Integrating Visual Art into Instrument Design
Instrument design is a great arts integrated project and a natural pairing of music and science, but how do we integrate visual art as well?
Strategies
The Ultimate Teacher Summer Reading List 2015
The school year may be getting ready to come to an end, or has already ended for those lucky few.
Strategies
Team 20: Cooperative Learning Strategies Using Play
If you need some fresh cooperative learning strategies, this game is a great way to build positive behaviors in your classroom through play.
Strategies
Unpacking the National Standards: Standard 10
We have spent time unpacking the National Standards, and this month we will explore Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.
Curriculum
Driving Questions to Guide Inquiry in the Arts
The essential questions in the National Core Arts Standards are a great place to begin looking at how to develop driving questions in the arts.
Educator PD
Sparkchasers Podcast: Innovation Looks a Lot Like Hard Work
In reality, innovation is a process, the more you put into it, the more you get out.
Resources
Facilitating Creative Process in the Classroom
Everyone can learn. Everyone has an artist within.
Strategies
History of Dance: Part II
Teaching theory and history of dance within our dance classes is so important.
Educator PD
Sparkchasers Podcast: Mission Control – We Have a Problem.
Why is there such a huge gap in between school district-level offices and schools themselves?
Strategies
Austin’s Butterfly – An Opportunity for Arts Integration
Austin's Butterfly - An Opportunity for Arts Integration.
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