This week we created skits for vocabulary words. I really like this activity idea. It was really fun! We also reported and heard from other classmates about how field experience went. We discussed how we implemented art in our lessons and also how the teachers used it. It was really interesting and I could have listened all day to others' ideas.
Our teacher told us that she didn't do very many art activities in class, however she had them act out a read-a-play and she incorporates it in science. For instance in heredity, they colored butterflies so that they were camouflaged with items in the classroom. I think she implements art without her realizing that she is doing it. I think she associates art with drawing and arts and crafts projects.
It is easier than I thought it would be to implement arts into lesson plans. I loved seeing the students involved in our lessons. We used a painting for a primary source, a classroom impromptu debate, and some of the students sketched drawings in their Lewis and Clark journals we made them. They even loved the "Turkey Dance" I taught them! They really appreciated creative arts activities and because of this experience, I want to continue finding ways to implement the arts in my teaching.
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