Creativity’s Package:Unwrapping Achievement through Arts Integration

Presented by: Susan Riley, Arts Integration SpecialistAACPS Division of Curriculum and Instruction

the imagination INSPIRE

What is Arts Integration?

Weaving the Content and the Arts together to make meaningful, natural connections

Promotes active engagement and inquiry through seamless blending of content.

Teaching and assessing both objectives at the same time

Curricular strategy - NOT a curriculum

Project-based learning

Provides an environment fostering creativity and innovation

Tying the Bow on Your Package

Some Sample Work...

See, Think, Wonder Charts

Drawing habitats and writing about their animals

Using music note values to equate

fractions.

Argumentative writing using Chromotography

Ways to Get Started...

Talking with your Cultural Arts Team!

Looking at the curricular objectives for all areas to find common links.

•Some Simple Examples....

Listening to music for repeated patterns.

Acting out a section of the story as if each student were the main character.

Artful Journals.

See/Think/Wonder Charts.

Looking at a masterwork of art to engage critical thinking.

in the classroomCREATING

Strategies that Work!

Visual Art, Drama, Music, and Dance

Can be BIG or small - as long as there are natural connections

Seamless flow

Expressing versus Experiencing

Expressing Through the Arts

Performance Assessments

Project-Based Learning

Focus on arts techniques

Examples: artful journals, playing an instrument, photographic collages, the Actor’s Toolbox

Visual Arts Strategies

See/Think/Wonder Charts

Watercolors

Artful Journals

Digital Portfolios

www.storybird.com

Drama Strategies

The Actor’s Toolbox

Mirroring

Human Sculpture

Dance/Movement Strategies

Moving through Meanings

Geometric Choreography

Summarized Storytelling

Music Strategies

Soundscapes

Call and Response

Using Form

Building a Common Vocabulary

Create a word wall that incorporates vocabulary from all disciplines

Layer your terminology

Practice repetitious habits with using the common vocabulary

Lesson Planning Process

Get your idea ready!

Meet with your cultural arts teacher(s) of choice

Compare curriculums to find a naturally-aligning objective. Refer to Curriculum Maps if available.

Write your objectives side-by-side.

Write your assessments side-by-side.

Create your lesson! Make sure that you are teaching both disciplines simultaneously.

Questions?Contact Me!

Susan Riley, Arts Integration Specialist

Division of Curriculum and Instruction

sriley1@aacps.org410-222-5449