Arts Integration

in the Classroom

By: Corey Gushikuma

Activity: Colorful Nature and
Stories

- Take on a nature walk and pick one thing you find most
interesting and draw it. After coloring and drawing,
think of a short story to tell that relates to your art
piece. Ready and Go!

- This will encourage creativity, problem solving, perseverance,

collaboration and the ability to work through rigorous demands of
multiple task to create a final product.
Arts Integration
- An approach in which students
construct and demonstrate
understanding through an art
form. Students engage in a
creative process which connects
an art form and another subject
and meets evolving objectives.
Why should arts be implemented

The arts, including the

literary arts, can
stimulate the senses,
challenge the intellect,
and touch the heart
(Cornett, 2011).
Building Blocks of
Arts Integration:
1. Philosophy: Why Integrate Literature?
2. Arts Literacy: Literary Content and Skills
3. Collaborative Planning
4. Aesthetic Literary Environment
5. Literature as a Core Art Form
6. Best Teaching Practices
7. Instructional Design: Routines and Structures
8. Differentiation for Diverse Needs
9. Assessment for Learning
10. Literary ARts Partnerships
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Literacy and Art
Drama allows students to act out parts of a
book, which ultimately helps them to
comprehend and retell the story.
The rhythm in music builds fluency in
literacy.
- Vocabulary and rhyme are both in music,
which helps students to become effective
language users.
Art Integration in the classroom
 Benefits of

Music: Drama: Art:

- Heighten students - Teaches cooperation,
auditory and visual empathy for others,
decoding process. decision making skills
and encourages
- Enriches the collaboration
experiences in the
classroom. - Learn the importance
of shared space, time,
attention, information
and ideas.
- Encourages creativity
and social interaction.
- It helps students
develop self esteem.
- Tells a story.
- Expresses thoughts,
feelings and emotions

- Develop their
imagination.
 Open ended questions

- Comparing these artworks, how are they similar?

- Why do you think the artist choose this title for their artwork?

- What type of feelings were you going through from observing this
drawing/picture?

- What title would you give this picture/artwork and why?

- What can you tell me about this picture or artwork?

- What if you used a different color for this section of the picture?
 Presentation Reflection
- I rehearsed my presentation on co-worker Kristel, who used to be a fifth grade
teacher, but is currently a tech teacher. She is a very open minded person and really
creative, especially when it comes to things such as art. In her own experiences, she
knows just how effective it can be. She as a teacher always tried to incorporate arts
into her lessons, even if it was something as simple as arts and crafts. It allowed her
students to be hands on and have an opportunity to understand the content of what
they are learning from a different approach. Last school year she was teaching as a
fifth grade teacher and attending school to get her masters. During the time she was
in school, she was required to incorporate a variety of different strategies and
techniques. However, she was still allowed to integrate arts into them, to make it that
much more interesting and a better learning experience for the students. For
example, one of the projects that she always has them do every year is a might simple
one, but definitely one to remember. Every year she has her students create an I am
poem based on their own life. In addition to their poems, she has them create
watercolor backgrounds and choose colors that represent how they are and how they
feel about their life up until now. She uses many more other approaches for arts, such
as technology. All her efforts have helped her students be successful and learn.
Works Cited:
Boudreault, C. (2017). The Benefits of Using Drama in the ESL/EFL Classroom. Iteslj.org.
Retrieved from: http://iteslj.org/Articles/Boudreault-Drama.html
Cornett, C. E. (2011). Creating meaning through literature and the arts: an integration
resource for classroom teachers (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill
DeLorenzo, A. (2017). What is Arts Integration?. KID smART. Retrieved From:
http://www.kidsmart.org/arts-integration/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIibi739Lb1wIViWx-
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Melissa, A. (2017). The Benefits of Arts Integration. Retrieved from:
https://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/936-the-benefits-of-art-integration
Riley, S. (2017). Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common Core. Edutopia. Retrieved from:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/core-practices-arts-integration-susan-riley
Tarbert, K. (2017). Learning Literacy through Music | Oneota Reading Journal | Luther
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 Needs Improvement
___The presentation is missing one
or more required components and
must be resubmitted.
_X_Candidate needs reminder to
submit the presentation.
___Candidate needs reminder to
reflect on the presentation.
___Candidate needs reminder to
proofread work
___Candidate needs reminder to
submit work as a .doc, .docx, .ppt, or
.pptx file.
Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
The presentation includes ___The presentation meets
_x__Title Page (including name and date of the expectations
presentation) and
_x__Audience is indicated and the focus of the ___The teacher candidate elaborates
presentation is clear on how they think they exceeded
_x__Brief experience is included to engage the expectations for this project.
audience
_x__ Background information or research in art
education is provided
_x__ Audio and/or visuals are are included in the
presentation.
__x_Open-ended questions (many possible answers
are correct) or references to high-level critical
thinking are part of the presentation.
_x__Relevance to literacy skills and elementary
curriculum is included.
_x__Reference list is provided
_x__Reflected on the experience of presenting and
the reactions of the audience
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