Movement and Arts

1. Movement and Arts Meeting the Diverse Needs of Gifted & Talented Learners

2. Janet Draper DPS GT Itinerant Teacher October 5, 2009

3. Movement & the Arts Prepares the mind for learning Internalize concepts Enhances understanding Builds mental flexibility Adds variety and fun Addresses active learning styles Meets the needs of Visual-spatial, kinesthetic, ELL, and special needs students

4. Established Programs Roger Taylor Integrated Units Kagan Brain Gym Language! Arts Integration in IB Fluency Fast- TPR-Storytelling Many local practitioners

5. Workshop will Cover:

6. Arts and Achievement Study 1: Arts improves academics http://www.dkfoundation.org/pdf/profilesofsuccess-3-4-2008.pdf Recent Colorado study Profiles eight schools that are closing the achievement gap. All of the schools offered music programs and most provided creative and performing arts.

7. Study 2: Arts improves engagement 2008 Colorado Council on the Arts and Colorado Department of Education study showed schools that offer more arts education have higher academic achievement and lower dropout rates. www.coloarts.org www.cde.state.co.us

8. Study 3: Adults value the arts education May 2005 Harris National Poll on the attitudes of Americans toward arts education revealed the public strongly supports arts: 93% arts are vital to a well-rounded education 86% say arts assisted in the improvements of attitudes toward school www.aep-arts.org

9. Structured Movement & Creative Arts Reinforce Higher-Level Thinking

10. Academic Achievement & the Arts

11. New information • Daniel Pink John Ratey

12. Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

13. Daniel Pink, Arts, and Movement • In the Conceptual Age, the logical-sequential left brain will no longer be sufficient. The right-brain can interpret many things simultaneously. • We’ll need an integrated brain

14. Integrated brain that does: • Work that overseas workers cannot do cheaper • Thinking that computers can’t do faster • High-concept, high-touch thinking that satisfies the aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual demands of a prosperous time.

15. Pink suggests “PLAY” • p. 178 “When you are playful, you are activating the right side of your brain. The logical brain is a limited brain. The right side is unlimited. You can be anything you want” says Dr. MadanKataria of India. • Games, humor, and joyfulness can help lead to sophisticated thinking.

16. Spark • The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, MD and Eric Hagerman • Ratey is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. • JohnRatey.com

17. Exercise makes one smarter

18. Exercise • Exercise…makes the brain function at its best. • The point of exercise is to build and condition the brain. • The relationship between food, physical activity, and learning is hardwired into the brain. • Spark, page 3

19. Exercise increases levels of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine —important neurotransmitters that traffic in thoughts and emotions.

20. Brains respond like muscles do, growing with use, withering with inactivity. …exercise causes the neuron connections to grow and bloom with new buds, thus enhancing brain function at a fundamental level.”

21. The more complex the (exercise) movements, the more complex the synaptic connections. And even though these circuits are created through movement, they can be recruited by other areas and used for thinking, p. 56

22. Brain Rules- 12 rulesby John Medina

23. www.brainrules.net • Ancestors walked 12 miles a day • Rule #1 Exercise boosts brain power • Rule #3 Every brain is wired differently • Rule # 9 Stimulate more of the senses- Sensory integration is important to learning.

24. Directly opposed to brain • Current classrooms • Stressful cubicle offices • Driving with cell phone • Suggests Multisensory school lessons • Treadmills in classrooms and offices • Recess twice a day

25. How Much Exercise? • 2-3 times per week for 30 minutes • 6 times per week for at least 30 minutes • Strenuous exercise that increases heart rate • Aerobic exercise • Day-long movement still beneficial

26. Exercise

27. Please advocate: Movement/Exercise: Before and after school In the classroom and class day As part of our instructional tools (Water, Sleep, Nutritious Food)

28. Activities & Examples: Language Arts Science Math

29. Language Arts • Long Vowels– a trip to Elitches • Limerick - 3-Step Limerick poem • Tic-Tac-Toe: movement choice • Visualization & literature • One-pager - AVID • Tableaux: Romeo & Juliet

30. Draw and color world Walk the Heart – Mamie Garceo Whirligig – Scientific Method – Cheryl Joseffy and DPS Integrated Arts team Science

31. Scientific Method

33. Human Whirligigs • Explain Scientific Method • Display a whirligig • Small groups draw 5-step tasks • Small groups physicalize steps • Perform as human whirligigs

34. Math • Crop Circles- Bridgette Russell Weiss • String art – equation-based- Weiss • Rope angles – Jane Page • Algebra – order of operations

36. Number tables and desks Flexible grouping Small groups can move at once Clear expectations Teach no-mouth + movement Age-appropriate Stop! If inappropriate Classroom Logistics

37. Room arrangement • “Patio” – standing area • Clipboards for sitting or standing • Glide rocker (with turns) • Teach sit or stand options • Learning centers • Small group options • Establish routines

38. Non-competitive Games • Non-competitive Games • Build cooperation, teamwork, and communication skills • Principal Greta Martinez asked Janis Ward to design the games • Games establish a caring school climate

39. Grant Games- Janis Ward