1. LIGHT IT UP WITH ARTS INTEGRATION Teacher to Teacher Conference
April

2. TIERNEY FAIRCHILD, UNCC, tfairchi@uncc.edu
DENISE HUNT, UNCC,
CARRIE ROCHA, UNCC,
MELISSA SYKES, UNCC,

3. Why should we integrate the arts into our classrooms?
Essential Question
Why should we integrate the arts into our classrooms?

4. Graffiti Art in Content Areas

5. Graffiti Art in Content Areas
Think-Pair-Share
What is powerful about these graffiti images?

6. What is Graffiti Art?
Graffiti art encourages students to tap into their imagination and feelings. It also helps students sharpen their observation and analysis skills.
Students can use symbols, shapes, color, images and statements that allow them to visualize and synthesize subject matter material. These graffiti walls become tangible pieces of their thoughts and perceptions about a topic.
Graffiti art also serves as a wonderful cooperative learning strategy. It can even motivate students who may be reserved in their participation.
Easy to incorporate into your classroom. All you need is paper or a board.
Use during a warm-up, introduction of a new topic, or organize prior knowledge.

7. Let’s Create Our Own Content Specific Wall!
ACTIVITY TIME
Let’s Create Our Own Content Specific Wall!
Around the room you will notice that we have chart paper with content specific names: math, science, social studies, and ELA.
Choose a content that you would like to explore.
Think about some ideas that you think will work for your specific content area.
Pick up a marker and begin to jot down your ideas!

8. Weaving the Arts into Our Lessons
MUSIC
Patterns/Equation Rhyme Time
Soundtracks/Jingles
Reviews
Lyrics as Poetry
THEATER
Slam Poetry
Storytelling
Readers Theater
Character Pitches

9. Weaving the Arts into Our Lessons
VISUAL ARTS
Quick Doodles
Museum Visits
Textured Fireworks
DANCE/MOVEMENT
Continent Dance
Cupid Shuffle
Movement Phrases

10. Hands on Literacy Strategies
Why Incorporate the Arts in Literacy?
It helps students…
Define meaning
Demonstrate understanding of concepts
Stimulate curiosity and set the stage for inquiry
Reinforce Vocabulary
Deepen Understanding

11. Hands-on Literacy Strategies
K-1
Note Syllables
ELA + Music
2-5
Starry Myths
Literacy + Fine Arts
4-6
Rockwell Marketing
Writing + Visual Arts
K-12
Writing Scrapbooks
Persuasive Writing + Various Media
The Shape Shifter
Allegory + Geometry + Art

12. Hands-on Literacy Strategies

13. Art Focused Project Based Learning
Project-based learning can be a purposeful and engaging way to integrate the arts across disciplines and curriculum.
“PBL demands voice and choice in how students spend their time and how they show their learning. Each project culminates in a presentation or product that is presented to a public audience.”
Final arts-related products can be shared and utilized by audiences on a GLOBAL stage!

15. Your Turn: Art PBL Planning
Using the PBL Project Planning Checklist and sample plans as a guide, sketch out a possible plan based on your content and arts integration.
Be prepared to share and provide feedback.

16. Why should we integrate the arts into our classrooms?
Revisit and Commit
Revisit our essential question.
Why should we integrate the arts into our classrooms?
Has your initial answer been altered or strengthened?
How will you integrate the arts in your classroom in the future?