By implementing an art integration project per unit, students can demonstrate content mastery in an original and inventive way. This strategy of assessment allows for multitude of data to that allows me, the educator, to identify each student’s learning needs and to develop differentiated learning experiences. This option particularly supports my English Language Learners and Special Education students tremendously. They are able to draw their comprehension instead of developing sentences for a writing or taking a multiple choice exam.

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Examples:

1. Students created their own Informational Text about a planet of interest. This cross-disciplinary study used reading skills to connect to science. Students included the text features of illustrations and diagrams on this art assignment demonstrating mastery of utilizing text features to explain and locate information.

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TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills):

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4.9(D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational  text, including: headings, subheadings, photographs, captions, etc.

 

4.8 (B) Use text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text.

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4.7(B) write responses that  demonstrate understanding of texts.

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2. We published our own cookbooks for Thanksgiving Fall of 2018 where we shared our family recipes. Students designed covers and pages and practiced binding and publishing the books. 

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TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills):

 

4.15(A) Follow and explain a set of written multi-step directions.

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3. Students read a procedural text about making paper airplanes. After reading the passage, students followed the step by step directions to create their own airplanes. Once the planes were folded, students took the time to design them. We then took the planes and made them into classroom decor. Engagement for this lesson was high, and student data showed tremendous academic success as well. Daily Exit Ticket Questioning allowed for ninety-two percent of students to master the objective. 

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