Thank you so much!•Arts integration projects for IB•IB field trips for each grade level •Purchasing of cameras to document student learning•Poetry Play

IB ARTS Integration

Made possible by a grant from the 2011-12 Fernway PTO

Kindergarten• Susan Weber, from Young Audiences• February 16, 2012• Susan came to each classroom and did

interactive storytelling activities with two books▫ Turtle Knows Your Name (West

Indies)▫ Sylvester, The Mouse With The Musical

Ear (USA)• This visit supported the “How we express

ourselves” theme whose central idea is “Exploring and responding to literature helps people discover and express ideas and feelings.”

• Susan Weber focused on these ideas: ▫ story elements (sequencing,

characters, setting)▫ people discover feelings and

ideas when they listen to and respond to literature

▫ there are different ways to tell a story (with a book, without a book, with puppets and props, with movement and music)

▫ we use our body, voice and imagination to tell a story

First Grade• Jimmie Woody, from Young Audiences• March, 2012• Jimmie came to each classroom and

did interactive theater activities:▫ Working on facial expression▫ Body movement▫ Annunciation ▫ Using the body to show emotion

• Mr. Woody’s visit supported the “How we express ourselves” theme whose central idea is “Literature informs, unites, and entertains individuals and groups.”

•Amanda Powell•April 13, 2012•Songwriting workshops

•This supported the 2nd grade unit of inquiry, “How we express ourselves,” whose central idea is “Artists express their feelings which causes others to react in their own ways.”

Let’s listen to some of the songs:• Family

•Change the World •Respect

•Kevin Maury•January 30, 2012

•The students worked with Kevin Maury, a Fernway parent. Ultimately, they made a collaborative mural collage of their favorite characters.

•This supported the third graders’ fourth unit of inquiry, “How we express ourselves,” whose central idea is “Authors and illustrators communicate ideas by using a variety of techniques and styles.”

First, in classroom workshops, Kevin talked about the way an author’s descriptive language helps illustrators figure out what characters look like.

He told the students that they would be using their knowledge of favorite texts to draw their favorite character.

Mrs. M-C supported this project by coming into each third grade class so that she could review: -proportions of the face-how to add color to drawings effectively

She also helped some student who had super-hard characters to draw.

The finished product!

Thanks, Kevin!

•Susan Weber •January 20, 2012•Buckeye Picnic --Assembly for grades 2-4 focusing on Ohio History •Workshops for the 4th grade classes

•This day supported the 4th grade unit of inquiry, “Where we are in place and time,” whose central idea is “People immigrate and migrate because of challenges and opportunities”

•Susan talked about effective story telling techniques as she “became” historical figures :

• Tecumseh• An Italian immigrant

who worked on the canals

• Harriet Tubman• William Proctor, of

Proctor and Gamble

The students practiced using different forms of expression then learned about the four factors of production – which is a state standard.

Thank you, PTO! The arts integration with IB was a big hit!