Periscope PD: Expanding Sentences Strategy
Who couldn’t use a new arts integration strategy to put in their bag of tricks? Today’s Periscope PD is from the session I shared last Tuesday evening all about the Expanding Sentences strategy. In...
View ArticleCharacter Reflection
One important aspect to education that has quickly been pushed aside to make way for more testing is character building. The arts are a great place to house these valuable skills, because we innately...
View ArticleTech: Making the Most of What You Have
Each new year brings change for goals you might have for yourself as a teacher, along with goals you might have for your students. At the very beginning of my teaching career, I felt that technology...
View ArticleSTEAM-ER Series: Engagement
Welcome to the STEAM-ER series! Over the next few weeks we will be discussing Engagement through Rigor for each of the STEAM content areas. In the STEAM-ER introduction I shared five areas that...
View ArticleSTEAM-ER Series: Deep Inquiry
Welcome to the STEAM-ER series! Over the next few weeks we will be discussing Engagement through Rigor for each of the STEAM content areas. In the STEAM-ER introduction I shared five areas that...
View ArticleAsking the Right Questions
Editor’s Note: This week, we’re introducing you to the AMAZING freebies, ideas and tips that we share exclusively in our weekly Sunday emails. This is just a sneak peek at what you’re missing, so if...
View ArticleCan You Make It: An Arts and Math Strategy
Have you ever really looked at a construction site? There are so many moving parts going on to create a finished product. My own husband is a project manager in a construction company and I never...
View ArticleAuthor’s Purpose is Easy as PIE
Are you a pie person? I have found that there are pie people in the world and there are cake people and both hold strongly to their opinions! Today though, I hope that even if you’re a cake person...
View ArticleArts-Based Strategies for Writing
I was recently talking with a friend whose son struggles with writing in the classroom. He’s a creative, bright, and charismatic boy, and when he’s engaged in a task, he is focused and shows great...
View ArticleMark It Up Strategy
As a musician, I can’t tell you how many times I needed to “mark up” my music. I thought I knew what that meant – until I got to college. Where I used to just circle tricky passages or make a...
View ArticleArts Integration and STEAM Strategy Cards
Sometimes, all we need to jumpstart an arts integration lesson is a great arts strategy. These strategies can help lead us into a rich, meaningful lesson but it can be hard to find exactly the […] The...
View ArticlePutting the Performance in Performance Task
I have been an arts educator for almost 2 decades, and in that time I have frequently felt left out, isolated, and treated as if my subject was just a reward for kids who read, […] The post Putting the...
View ArticleArts Integration Strategy: I Spy
Last week, as I stood in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, studying a Jackson Pollock, I overheard a group of children standing nearby, studying the same painting. These children were...
View ArticleCreating Classroom Arts Centers: Dance
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View ArticleBack-to-School and Sunday Night Anxiety Tips and Tricks
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View ArticleFormula Elements: smART Ideas Strategy
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View ArticleInvitation Not Expectation: Encouraging Participation from Reticent Students
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View ArticleLine Graph Listening Map Strategy
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View ArticleSocial Justice & The Arts
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View ArticleVideo Self-Modeling: The Power of Image to Create Behavior Change
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