
Core Music Anchor Standard 2
This month, as part of our year-long series unpacking the Core Arts Standards for General Music, we will be looking at Core Music Anchor Standard 2.
Pat Klos taught middle school foreign languages and served as an arts integration specialist in MD. She shares how to connect literacy and the arts through visual thinking strategies.
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This month, as part of our year-long series unpacking the Core Arts Standards for General Music, we will be looking at Core Music Anchor Standard 2.

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