This Thursday, April 26th, is Poem in Your Pocket Day. This is such a fun way to celebrate poetry during National Poetry Month. For this day, you find a poem or write a poem and keep it handy (in your pocket) so that you can read it to anyone and everyone you come in contact [...]
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I love working with other teachers, and I was so fortunate to do so for the past three weekends in my own district. 14 teachers in Amesbury, MA signed up for and took my Arts Integration course. It was yet another amazing experience where I was able to work with great teachers in grades Pre-K [...]
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This past week end, I started teaching my arts integration grad course through the district in which I work. 16 teachers from grades Pre K-12 gathered together and worked hard getting started on the track of Arts Integration. It was wonderful! We talked, we listened, we created, we collaborated, we connected. What else can you [...]
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Each year, my school celebrates a special, yet under-acknowledged anniversary in our country’s history. September 14, 1814 was the date when Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became our National Anthem while witnessing the battle at Fort McHenry. Three years ago, I approached my principal and colleagues with the idea of bringing the tradition [...]
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It always amazes me how quickly a community can be build when art is involved. I was reminded about this last week, during the grad class I taught in arts integration and the creative process when I saw it happen again. During our five day class we created visual art, music, stories, poems and drama [...]
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Over the last weeks, I have received many emails, a few comments and some personal inquiries into active listening time. In nearly each post in this series I’ve highlighted how this time allows me to make connections between music and literacy every day with my students. Whether it be visualization and reading, listening for the [...]
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This week some students of mine have begun the blogging process. They are very excited and so am I. Since the beginning of the school year, they have been writing in their “Reflection Journals” at the end of every day, reflecting on what they have learned in the various subjects and about themselves as learners. [...]
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For the past couple of months, I have had the great opportunity to collaborate with some amazing people in my PLN (personal learning network). People a few blocks away to ones 3000 miles away – it doesn’t matter. When someone is in your PLN, you become connected by an interest, no, a passion and great [...]
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The anniversary of the penning of our National Anthem is September 14th. MENC, the National Association for Music Education, has made this historic date an annual event! In an effort to help get Americans singing again, they have called this “The Campaign to Restore America’s Voice.” Schools across the nation will participate in this event [...]
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