Tweet I’m happy to bring you this article from a dear colleague of mine who works hard to always bring wonderful arts integrated lessons into her classroom. This is a great reflection of her journey this year and hopes for the next. ~EMP “Mrs. Mitchell, what colors should I use?” I couldn’t believe what [...]
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Tweet I am so excited! Today 8 colleagues and I are going to become trained in a program called Reading and Rhythm. It incorporates the natural tendencies of rhythm in spoken and written word and helps those who struggle to find more fluency in their reading. In addition, it helps build students’ comprehension and vocabulary. [...]
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Tweet The Wax Museum project has become quite the tradition and expectation in our fourth grade. For over twelve years, the fourth graders at Cashman Elementary School have been researching about a famous person who has made an impact on society, creating a poster to represent their life, dressing like the person and giving a [...]
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Tweet Today as a guest blogger, I have a wonderful colleague, Deb Hewey. She is our ELL teacher at the elementary level. I know you will love her piece about the power of music on the brain. ~EMP “Music making stands head and shoulders above other disciplines in its likely impact on overall learning” (page [...]
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Tweet There’s a new arts integration book on the market and it’s something you should check out for sure! Susan Riley’s new book, Steam Point, is a must have for any teacher interested in arts integration or student learning. Susan, the arts integration specialist from www.educationcloset.com has taken the three most talked about curricular movements [...]
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Tweet You heard me! I just implied that the Common Core can be inspiring. I was reading a few things online where the CC was, well, basically being put down and the implications were that teachers see the CC standards and think (sarcastically), “Great! Something new for me to learn and do.” Woah! Please, fellow [...]
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Tweet Not all musical pieces are meant to be heard as stories, but often they can be. Just the other day, my students did a quick write using Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture to create a short story. All this month, I love to do Beethoven-based lessons with my class. We listen to his music, study his [...]
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Tweet Music can be seen as very complex (a Beethoven symphony or Bach variation), sometimes quite simplistic (a nursery rhyme or simple melody). Music can be heard as dark and ominous, joyful and exciting, or even angst-driven with longing. But what is it that makes music this way? The great part about studying music is [...]
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Tweet How do great stories begin? They capture your interest, grab your attention, introduce you to characters and setting, and give you a sense of the overall feel of the story as they set you into a series of events that ultimately bring you to the climax of the story. Great music begins the same [...]
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