Susan Riley | April 2015
Extend Your Arts Integration Strategies into Any Grade
Extending Arts Integration Strategies to Any Grade Level
How many times have you seen a set of arts integration strategies and thought, “those are great, but I can’t use that in my grade level”? I’m willing to bet you’ve had that thought-bubble at least once. In fact, when I share arts integration strategies with teachers anywhere, I can almost see that message scroll across their foreheads at some point during the presentation.
Here’s the wonderful thing about any high-quality strategy: if it’s worth it’s weight, you’ll be able to modify it to meet the needs of your students, no matter what grade level you teach.
For today’s episode of EdCloset On-Demand, I’m going to show you how to translate any arts integration strategy across any grade level in way that is meaningful and true to your content area. You’ll see me use the Improvisation Frame strategy as an example with alignments for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-10. Let’s dig in!
Just in case you need a quick reference sheet for later, here’s the translation process in a nutshell: