Advocacy
Student-Led Parent Teacher Conferences
Discover the benefits of student led parent teacher conferences.
Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning (also known as PBL), is an approach that connects inquiry, solving real-world problems and meaningful hands-on experiences. This is a perfect opportunity to integrate the arts! But be careful - there's more to this than just fun projects. In this comprehensive area, you'll find everything you need to connect PBL and the arts with integrity. Want to learn more? Try our Project Based Learning in the Arts online class in our Accelerator membership and build a PBL lesson while getting 25 PD hours.
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Technology Review: Piktochart in the Classroom
Technology Review of Piktochart in the classroom.
Strategies
Making Powerful Connections through Collaboration
Discover what Don Masse has to say about the importance of collaboration.
Strategies
Art-Making: Concentration with Imagination
Maximize student engagement with a creative lesson plan.
Strategies
Strategies for Group Script Writing that Address the 4C’s
After reading a grade appropriate version of the story, students practiced in group script writing to report on “What Happened to Ichabod Crane”.
Advocacy
ARTISTIC Critique of Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn
ARTISTIC Critique, Mike Anderson's Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn is an important key to student motivation & Achievement.
Classroom Management
We Buried “I Can’t” Today
Students may be afraid to try something new in the first place or take creative risks.
Curriculum
Macabre Stories Arts Integration Lesson
This year, we selected the symphonic poem Danse Macabre or Macabre Stories to provide inspiration for a spooky third grade writing and music lesson.
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.
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.
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