It’s terrific working with the grades 4, 5 and 6 classes and Mr. Chichak and Mr. Turlione. We’re working with the Learning Through the Arts model of teaching and that means we’re combining an art form and a core subject area.
What does it look like? Groups of students will be making commercials to “sell” their glider (paper airplane) or Mixture Separation Device (various techniques to separate the specific elements in birdseed).
Clearly we’re coupling Science concepts with drama/language arts. The students will be creating scripts, asking scientific questions as well as the questions writers ask before developing a commercial that they will work as a team to build and film.
I’ll show a clip of a commercial on February 5, the day after our final day of shooting!
If you’re interested in knowing more about the LTTA model or about an artist in residence program, send me an e-mail and I’ll fill you in.
Mar’ce
