Arts Integration
Resources
“Arts Integration is
an
APPROACH to TEACHING in which students construct and demonstrate UNDERSTANDING
through an ART FORM. Students engage in a CREATIVE PROCESS which
CONNECTS an art form and another subject area and meets EVOLVING OBJECTIVES in
both.”(Kennedy
center definition)
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Artful Thinking Routines (thinking routines that teach
critical thinking, analysis, & inferring)
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Maryland Artist Teaching Institute (professional development workshop)
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Young Audiences Arts For Learning (professional development
classes/workshops)
Emily’s Arts Integration
Pinterest Boards
Arts Integration/Art Advocacy (research about benefits of arts integration)
Artful Thinking/Arts integration Artworks (Good resources for artworks to discuss and
for artful thinking routines)
Other
Arts Integration Ideas
Visual arts
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Have
students write about their artwork (ask Emily or Jessie to use the artwork)
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Create
a book with illustrations
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Create
a drawing in response to a reading
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Design to Specs: Create an artwork using different
types of lines, 2D and/or 3D shapes, fractions (i.e. 1/3 of the shapes are
blue), etc
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Create
an artwork as a culminating activity to a unit to demonstrate understanding
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Look
at artwork relevant to the topic as an activator for a lesson (Artful Thinking
Routines)
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Easy clean up art materials: crayons, watercolors, oil pastels,
colored pencils, found objects to create a recycled sculpture
Music
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Play
music during transitions
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Use
beats to teach math and patterns,
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Listen
to songs relevant to topics currently teaching and analyze lyrics to introduce
or conclude a lesson (i.e. 5th grade listening to Bastille’s Pompeii
when learning about Pompeii)
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Use
songs to teach reading/writing concepts( i.e. cause and effect: The Beatles
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da; metaphors: R Kelly’s “The World’s Greatest”
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Head Start/Pre-K: classes practice pattern recognition
when lining up (boy, girl; long sleeves/short sleeves)
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Kindergarten: Classes had a “parade” to The Grand
Old Flag when studying the United States
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1st Grade: Ms. Piper’s class used math
applications when discussing quarter notes and eighth notes
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2nd Grade: Mrs. Ferguson’s class created rhymes
for Down by the Bay as part of their poetry unit
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Writing Adventure – this is sort of like Mad Libs.
You’ll write three-five sentences to continue the story below, then COVER UP
ALL OF YOUR STORY EXCEPT FOR THE LAST SENTENCE OR PHRASE before handing it to
the next person in your group.
Once upon a time, a young girl was sitting on a bench…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66m52YFZBg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOG89TrL4Vk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7SPm7N6D8
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Sing Me A Story: Find books that go
with known children’s songs
http://mcdouglemusic.weebly.com/sing-me-a-story.html
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“DIY” Reading Rainbow : Build your students interpersonal
skills; develop listening skills; enhance expression
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Teaching phonemic awareness through
music & movement:
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/balancedliteracydiet/Recipe/00087/
Physical Education/Movement/Dance
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Emily’s Pinterest Board:
Brainbreaks/Physical Movement: http://www.pinterest.com/edematat/brain-breaksphysical-activity/
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Brain Gym Exercises: Exercises designed to help the brain function better during
the learning process. It’s based on the idea that simple physical exercise
helps blood flow to the brain and can help improve the learning process by
making sure the brain stays alert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSBTVFgK0Y
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Creative Movement/Dance in the
Classroom http://www.prekandksharing.blogspot.com/2012/01/creative-movement-in-classroom-tips-for.html
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Movement and the Growing Child http://movingsmartblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/moving-to-learn_03.html
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Yoga in the Classroom http://www.yoga4classrooms.com/
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Alphabet Letter Charades http://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/alphabet-letter-charades/
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