1. Link to math summit program

2. Incorporating Art in Math class
India Kingsberry
6th Grade Math
East Millbrook Magnet Middle School

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

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

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

8. Obstacles…

9. 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

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

11. Lesson ideas
Quilt Squares

12. Lesson ideas
Collages

13. Lesson ideas
Trading Cards

14. Lesson ideas
Grids

15. Lesson ideas
Coordinate Planes

16. 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

17. Gallery walk

18. Questions…

19. Evaluation Survey - Thank You for Your Feedback!!