A partnership with Arts for Learning NW (ALNW) and the Oregon Department of Education
Students will observe and discuss meaning and mark making in Joan Miró's work and collaboratively create their own connections between emotions, lines and shapes. Then, students will individually create Miró inspired drawings.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
Students will learn how to use body percussion and chants to create short rhythmic patterns that express how they feel and who they are.
Medium: Music | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will find shapes in their environment. Students will transform their bodies from a growing fiddlehead fern to a mature frond. Students will draw and design an art piece incorporating a fern.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 2nd Grade
They will choose safe ways to use materials and choose materials to make art that best communicate their ideas. Their work will be informed by the place they are from, which holds many stories, cultures and histories.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
The focus of this lesson is to teach students Observational Thinking as a way to give feedback in an open-minded, curious, and non-judgmental manner. Students will create short dances based on a personal emotion, watch each other perform, then share observations and feedback to help each other see how their moves are understood by an audience.
In this module, students will explore the connection between their emotions and the world around them through movement. They will learn to identify various emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, and calmness, and express these feelings by associating them with the waves of an ocean—gentle ripples, crashing waves, and calm seas.
Students will learn to express their thoughts and emotions creatively by writing and performing their spoken word poetry. They will explore the art of rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling, using their voices and words to communicate their ideas confidently. The focus will be on self-expression, creativity, and collaboration, helping students connect with their peers through the vulnerability of sharing personal poetry.
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythm maker, and compose a taiko rhythm that tells a story. Throughout the lesson, students will build a sense of mindfulness and respect for themselves, their peers, and their instruments.
Medium: Music | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will engage in an improv game to practice collaboration through a listening, observation, and response exercise. They will then work on short scenes in pairs to explore how punctuation can change the meaning and tone of a story. The lesson will result in a final performance of a short script that combines the ideas and contributions of the group members.
I can use paper and drawing tools to make a zine or mini book that tells a story. I can make things to communicate my ideas.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 1st Grade
Students will dance in a circle to three different pieces of music, changing their speed to match each song.
Medium: Dance | Grade: Kindergarten
