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Keefer, Natalie; Lopez, Julia; Young, Jyhane; Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2020
At the intersection of social studies and world language curricula are opportunities to explore students' prior learning with vocabulary-rich content designed to support language acquisition goals. "Funds of knowledge" is defined as socio-cultural, economic, and historical knowledge from home and community settings. The instructional…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Spanish Speaking, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
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Martens, Prisca; Martens, Ray; Doyle, Michelle Hassay; Loomis, Jenna; Aghalarov, Stacy – Reading Teacher, 2013
This article shares the authors' work with first graders and how, through various reading, writing, and art experiences around picturebooks, the children learned to read and communicate through art along with written language. The work is grounded in multimodality theory and the belief that all modes (particularly art for the purposes of this…
Descriptors: Art Education, Written Language, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Frankel, Susan L.; Olshansky, Beth; Yang, Jiaxiu – Grantee Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of two innovative, art-and-literature-based approaches to teaching writing (Picturing Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art and Image-Making Within The Writing Process) on elementary school students' writing, visual literacy, and reading skills. RMC Research Corporation of Portsmouth, New…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Writing Instruction, Literature, Teaching Methods
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Rickard, Nikki S.; Appelman, Peter; James, Richard; Murphy, Fintan; Gill, Anneliese; Bambrick, Caroline – International Journal of Music Education, 2013
Music training has been found to produce a range of cognitive benefits for young children, although well-controlled evaluation of the effects on psychosocial functioning has been limited. In this study participants were recruited from two grade levels (prep/grade 1, "N" = 210; grade 3, "N" = 149), and were allocated to a music…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Music Education, Control Groups, Academic Ability
Lawson, Mered – Arts & Activities, 2009
Diversity is a concept teachers share with their students every day, teaching them to respect, admire and celebrate the uniqueness that makes everyone special. In this article, the author describes how to make early elementary multimedia self-portraits which are a wonderful way to visually exhibit the diversity of each school. When displayed, they…
Descriptors: Art Education, Grade 1, Student Diversity, Art Activities
Shmulsky, Lucinda – Arts & Activities, 2009
In July 2004, The National Endowment for the Arts released the results of a survey entitled "Reading at Risk." The survey covered a 20-year period from 1982 to 2002 and documented a dramatic decline in the reading of literary works by all age groups during that period. The steepest decline of 28 percent was found among the youngest age group of…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Grade 1, Art Activities, Integrated Curriculum