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Incorporating Art in Math class India Kingsberry 6th Grade Math East Millbrook Magnet Middle School ikingsberry@wcpss.net

Introduction Cards Write your name in the middle of the card Write what you teach at the bottom of the card Draw a symbol that represents you at the top of the card Introduce yourself to the other people at your table using what you wrote on the card

Introduction Cards How did this activity allow for creativity? How did my instructions possibly limit creativity? How could you use this activity in your classroom?

Benefits of including art in math class: Engagement Engage All Learners Visual Learners ESL and LD Students Creative Arts Students Struggling Math Students Encourages Joyful, Active Learning Fun Welcome Change from Basic Worksheets

Benefits of including art in math class: Differentiation Multiple Entry Points Open for Different Ability Levels Opportunities to Challenge Advanced Students

Benefits of including art in math class: Student Choice Ability to be creative Opportunity to express personal connections to math content

Obstacles…

Ways to incorporate visual art Lesson Introduction Formative Assessments Use artwork to display a topic or idea Students draw to brainstorm vocabulary words Hook students when introducing a new project Students display steps of a procedure using art Students illustrate key vocabulary terms Students add ideas to a growing mural as they learn new topics throughout a unit

Ways to incorporate visual art Formative Assessments Projects to close a unit Projects to close a semester Projects to close out the school year

Lesson ideas Quilt Squares

Lesson ideas Collages

Lesson ideas Trading Cards

Lesson ideas Grids

Lesson ideas Coordinate Planes

Today’s activity: Art on the Coordinate PLane Objective: Create an activity your students can do in your class using art and the coordinate plane Directions: Create a design using one or more of the transformations: reflection, rotation, translation, or dilation Create a pre-image in one of the quadrants Using your chose transformation, repeat your design in the other quadrants creating a balanced design Color your design

Gallery walk

Questions…

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