ISSUE #5 • AUGUST 2017
Back to School
It’s that time of year when everything is fresh and new. Your classroom is a clean slate waiting for a new set of adventures. In this issue, we’re sharing resources, tips and tricks for the best back to school season yet!
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7 Hints for Teaching Expected Behaviors
The beginning of the school year is often all about classroom management. Â Teaching expected behaviors is a huge step in setting yourself up for a smooth year ahead. Â By teaching our students what behaviors [...]
RESOURCES TO PRINT
5 End of the Year Ideas to Stay Engaged
The school year is coming to an end and things can get a little crazy. Everyone feels cooped up inside as the sun beams through the windows. Friends may be on summer vacation already, [...]
Collaborative Planning Framework
The purpose of collaborative planning in arts integration is to work together across content and arts areas in order to analyze student strengths and challenges. It can also help to develop arts-integrated lessons which address [...]
CLASSROOM IDEAS
A New School Year… A New Teaching Strategy?
It is not every year that I’ve turned my teaching career on its head and changed my teaching strategy (thank goodness!) but that is what I did last year. I’ve been teaching for 30-ish [...]
August Already?
Don’t forget to look back before moving forward. Sometimes we forget to reflect back on our topics, hosts and chatting together so as the new school year approaches, we thought it would be a great time [...]
Pick 2 Brainstorming Strategy
Since the beginning of time, people have been brainstorming to combine two seemingly unrelated items in new and creative ways. At one point in our history, either a creative thinker or an accidental inventor, created [...]
Self-Care Practices for Educators
As a new school year begins, as the long days, the piles of paperwork, the hustle and bustle of school days begin, we have an opportunity for a fresh start. We start off with the [...]
Funding Arts Integration
As we near the beginning of the school year, I want to purposefully address one of the elephants in the room when it comes to arts integration. Â One of the largest issues I have heard [...]
The Science Behind Curiosity
Teachers often teach by instinct. They are also action researchers. They try something, they see how the kids respond and they either do it again or don’t depending on how the students react. One thing [...]
Welcome Back… Already?
While packing for a long awaited trip, I realized I needed a few travel items so I quickly dashed over to my neighborhood drug store and was hit with the most peculiar sight - back [...]
An Arts Integrated Icebreaker with Gummy Worms
What student doesn't love a teacher who gives them a piece of candy on the first day? As much as mine enjoy candy, I think they love that they get to paint in writing class [...]
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