Tweet When I was in grade school I remember hating history. I knew it was important to learn about, but the material was always so dull and uninteresting. Now that I’m older I love history. History really isn’t dull or boring at all. There are so many big events that have taken place in the […]
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Tweet Today I am excited to be presenting at the second annual Connectivity Conference hosted by Susan Riley of educationcloset.com. Her site has many wonderful resources for teachers who want to begin or continue integrating the arts into their work. If you haven’t checked them out, please do so! This year’s Arts Integration Connectivity Conference will […]
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Tweet Many teachers support both arts and tech integration. However, they don’t realize the two subjects can be integrated together. They become trapped thinking arts integration is analog and tech integration is digital; the former is fingerpainting, making music and dancing while the latter is calculating, researching and programming. However, there are numerous ways to […]
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Tweet Earlier this year, my students explored the commonalities between musical rhythms and fractions. The Common Core State Standards put a huge emphasis on fractions earlier in students elementary years now, and I believe this helped some students to understand more about the basic concepts of fractions. They were able to draw out the fractions, […]
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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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