ESL Strategies in the Fine Arts Classroom

Please review these resources and feel free to comment on their use in your classroom. If you have additional sites/resources that you have found useful, please share.



Everything ESL

Illinois State Standards- ESL
Integrated Art Lesson

Creative and Performing Arts Program

Rockford Public Schools District #205 has a program for students needing more in-depth arts experiences, the Creative and Performing Arts Program (CAPA).  The program is housed at two locations- Ellis Arts Academy for students in grades 6-8 and Auburn High School for students in grades 9-12.  Acceptance into the program is by audition.  More information including audition materials is available at the CAPA website- http://www2.rps205.com/Parents/Academics/Curriculum/FineArts/Pages/CAPA.aspx

CAPA auditions for the 2011-2012 school year are:

         ·            Thursday, February 3 from 4 p.m. to 8p.m. (High school music auditions only)

         ·            Friday, February 4 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. (No high school music auditions)

         ·            Saturday, February 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Reserve your audition time by January 26, 2011.

Contact Julie Palkowski at palkowj@rps205.com or 815-720-4856.

Messages should include contact information, arts area of interest, student and parent name, and current grade and school.  

Learning Online

Here are some resources on technology use for classroom and teachers professional development. Please share other ways you have found technology useful in your instructional practice.

Teacher testimonials of Technology use in classroom - Teacher stories of their technology use in the classroom.

Online Tutorials - Tutorials for the following available on this site- PowerPoint, Word, Inspiration, Dreamweaver, and Excel to name a few.

Teacher Tackle Box- Links to sites for arts areas.

Concert and Art Exhibit Preparation

We are coming upon a typically busy time of year. There are festivals, fine arts weeks, concerts, competitions.. a multitude of opportunities for our young people to take part in. Here are some helpful websites that provide hints and strategies to help prepare our young artists and musicians for these amazing artistic adventures. Thank you again for shaping our students’ educational paths through the arts.
Stage Fright Management
Concert Ettiquette
Gallery Ettiquette

Virtual Fieldtrip Sites to:
New York Philharmonic Kids Zone
Art Site Gallery

Arts Standards Based Instruction Ideas

There are some wonderful ideas for standards based instruction in the arts available online. A few out of state examples have slightly different standards listed than the Illinois Learning Standards for the arts. The examples however closely align with our pursuit of providing a comprehensive arts experience for our students. Enjoy and please share your ideas and comments about these resources.

New York State Research Article- This provides several lesson activities that closely align with the New York State art and music standards. These lesson ideas share the resource information and assessment choices to determine level of student understanding of the skills being explored.

Arts Edge- This site allows the visitor to find resources by grade level and content area.

Artsworks- Miscellaneous listing of lesson plan ideas for review.

The Wisconsin Academic Standards-
Dance

Music

Theater

Visual Arts