Integrated Core Curriculum
Linear - Full Year
Learning through the arts enlivens instruction, increases student involvement, and deepens both memory and meaning. The arts are infused throughout curricular areas to engage the whole child and provide for various methods of expression. In the integrated core, academic learning, such as Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, are delivered through both skill instruction and experiential interdisciplinary projects. When students receive an age appropriate arts-integrated lesson, they improve their ability to assess their learning. Arts integrated instruction creates greater intrinsic motivation, encourages learning for understanding, turning what students perceive to be barriers into opportunities to be solved, and motivate students to continue learning. Students will build community through shared work. Projects will have a real-world connection while being supported by learning partners and the community at large. |
Students will develop core competencies that support them to:
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Arts
Arts Rotation
6-8 week rotations
Rotation choices may include:
6-8 week rotations
Rotation choices may include:
Music
Drama/Theater Movement/Dance Culinary Arts |
Ceramics & Sculpture
Drawing & Painting Photography Poetry & Spoken Word |
Creative Writing/Script Writing
Media Arts & Design S.T.E.A.M. Fiber Arts |
Immersive Exploration
One week - 3 times a year.
Students will explore a variety of curriculum competencies in their Immersive Experience.
Examples may include:
Students will explore a variety of curriculum competencies in their Immersive Experience.
Examples may include:
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Immersive Explorations are dynamic and engaging learning opportunities for students to go deep into interests within specific arts and technology focus areas. During this exploration, students will collaborate with peers, teachers, experts/professionals, and creative professionals in the community to partner on real-world projects and problems.
These intensive learning opportunities support students to discover and grow in personal passion areas and prepare for even deeper focused learning in future explorations and begin to learn with age and skill appropriate industry standard tools. These experiences prepare students for self-directed personalized learning projects at the 4th - 6th grade levels.
During the week these Immersive Explorations take place, learning in the integrated core and arts rotations are paused.
Project based learning for math deepens the understanding of how numbers are used in real world connections. How does a painter calculate square footage to determine how much paint they need to purchase? How would they create a budget, design the project and execute their idea? This geometric mural also reinforces the visual concept of polygons and how important teamwork is to see the final product come to life.
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