Encyclopedias, Atlases and Google: Oh, My!!
Using dramatic principles of mime, scriptwriting & puppetry to help students distinguish between the various types of media resources available to them and what those resources are best used for.
Fable and Folktale Fun
What is the central message of a folktale? What is the theme? How are the character feelings, traits, and motivations conveyed throughout the story?
Follow the Rules, Why???
During the lesson the students will learn why it is important to follow the rules and be a good citizen. Students will use tableau (a theater technique that will breathe...
Grab Your Letters and Grow
After reading “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes, the children will build a tableau to graph letters in their names...
Head in the Clouds
To create a cloud composition: 1. Students should be able to create cloud characters and after conducting research, write a rap about their assigned cloud with their classroom teachers. 2....
How Rich are You??
Through study of the North Carolina mountain community, our students will experience literature, art and music. Our students will know and understand choices families and communities make based on their...
Informance: Global Patterns
Students will choose between creating a visual arts piece, drama and/or dance, or writing a parody or original song to demonstrate understanding of the Jet Stream, Gulf Stream, or La...
Japan Via Mime
1. Understand how various sources provide information about the past. 2. Understand how various cultures influence communities. 3. Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local...
Lights, Camera, Division!
Students will deepen their understanding of the four different ways to interpret remainders by participating in an activity using creative writing and theatre arts....
Musical Fairy Tales Sound Scape
Creating a soundscape for the Three Little Pigs (ELA) to learn about melody/form and the way instruments are differentiated based on how they produce sound (science/music)
