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The daily practice of art history warm-ups will develop art criticism skills while investigating a broad range of artists throughout history.
WHY ART #3 - What can art do in a student's life? Here's a quick fact poster/handout. Original artwork size 8.x5x11. Can be scaled down or enlarged for multiple sizes or digital display. I like to have it not only on display for students but as a handout for parents. This is our 3rd version since it...
One of my favorite topics to teach in my art class, no matter what the age or skill level, is divergent thinking. What is divergent thinking? One of my favorite videos to introduce divergent thinking to my students is the lecture by Ken Robinson. Divergent thinking is the ability to come up with multiple solutions
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There’s a ton of superb free art instruction out there for kids who are into drawing, painting, sculpting, and other artsy things! Here are our favorites!
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Use these YouTube channels to teach art appreciation and art history to your kids.
Fun and easy art activities for kids. Learn about famous artists and be inspired to create your own masterpieces with our step by step guide.
Resources and links to improve students' literacy and vocabulary in the art room. Printable poster or handout to support excellence in writing about art.
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Looking for a fun, easy and engaging art lesson for students in grades k-5 that teaches students about color mixing but with a focus on SEL? This is the perfect arts integrated lesson!
In an earlier post, I went over a list of memory review games that I am planning on using this year with my Foundations class. (CLICK HERE if you would like to read that post.) In this post, I am s…
"What is your thing, then?" "Complex female characters."
The Unfair Game is a totally unfair twist on Jeopardy that your students will LOVE to hate! Learn how to play and find sample game boards in this post.
How does slow processing speed affect students? Slow processing speed can create anxiety as the struggle with processing verbal or visual information.
This is THE SECRET to Create Interesting Description: learn here how to describe scenes without boring your reader to death.
The underworld is perhaps the most important motif in mythology and literature - tied up with ideas about life, the afterlife, belief, culture, storytelling, and the psyche, it's the setting of humanity's reckoning with the ephemeral nature of mortality. As writers, we can use the motif of the underworld in two aspects: The underworld as world of adventure The underworld as world of the dead
The mentor archetype can be an important character in your novel. Learn 8 qualities of a worthy mentor, see modern examples & get writing exercises!
Every writer will ask: "how long should my novel be?" Unfortunately, the answer to how long a novel should be is more complex than a single number.
In education today, educators are trapped in the muck and mire of red tape that can easily lead to burn out or loss of purpose.
Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.
We know how important it is to teach our students to make inferences when they read. It's a tricky concept, and one that needs to be taught again and again. Students often confusing inferring with making predictions and observations, and some are just confused all together! Som
"Should we break up?" It's a question that most of us get to at one point or another. You're in a relationship that is less-than-perfect, but you don't know if it's actually at a point where you need to end it. It's a tough balance, because you…
Vocabulary instruction is so critical in today’s classroom! A vast vocabulary will help students to become better readers and writers. Vocabulary is also essential to their performance on standardized tests. Helping kids to develop their vocabulary is time that is well spent in a busy classroom. I have developed a routine to teach new vocabulary
This is part of the series of blog articles called “A Writer’s Guide…”, check out this article by writer Cinaedh Vik on Boats and Ships.
NaNoWriMo is the highlight of the year for me. But how to get through this intense month of writing? Make a survival kit!
We all fall into one of nine learning styles. Which one is your strongest?
Writers Write is your one-stop writing resource. Use this list we put together to create a spectacular magic system in your novel.
Nashville writer/editor/professional blogs about writing and grammar.
Harvard offers many free online courses. Here are some of their best free courses on computer science, business, art, math, and more.
Art and design sketchbook annotation advice. Checklist in student speak to guide with hints and tips for high quality annotation.
How to Write Circular Gallifreyan (Doctor Who): Today We are gonna learn how to do the easiest form of Circular Gallifreyan!
Here's how I sell educational printables to teachers, homeschool parents, and party planners. How to sell teaching resources online and make money selling teaching resources.
Describe, analyze, interpret, and judge an object using these guidelines.
In this six part series on How to Teach Spelling, this third post discusses and provides teaching resources for teaching the eight conventional spelling rules.
There were times when ladies were supposed to act in a certain way, and they had to follow a set of rules on how to act in public.
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Shakespeare is the most quoted English writer of all time. Read Shakespeare quotes by play, subject and character.
A digital curation project is a fast way to engage critical thinking in any content area. Here's how it works.
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
