1. PED 2140A Education in the Primary/Junior Division The Arts Leslie Bricker 613-864-7129 (cell) lblbricker@uottawa.ca LMX 240 Friday, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Office hours: Fridays, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Evenings, by phone or e-mail

2. Some background….  Broadview Ave. P.S. – Music/Drama/Dance  Faculty of Education  Faculties/Departments of Music  Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario  Carl Orff Canada

3. Are you comfortable….”ish?”  Dance?  Drama?  Music?  Visual Art? Ish Peter Reynolds; Candlewick Press; Cambridge, MA; 2004 ISBN 076362344-X

4. What do we need? As learners….  Safety  Confidence  Comfort zone  Read music  Names of instruments  What is Art – how do I teach it? We seem to need the human elements, along with the practical ideas! As teachers….  Safe, respectful environment  Creating confidence  Supportive  Open-minded  Developing strategies in the arts  Gathering resources  Practical ideas (recorder, list of songs for dance, scripts for plays  Assignments that are “do-able”

5. Course Outline….  Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Art  Focus on expectations… planning /assessment/ accountability  Interactive – movement happens!  Materials – in-class distribution, wiki, recorder  Schedule  Assignments

6. Overall Expectations in the Arts 1. Creating and Presenting / Performing “doing” the arts Communicating through Arts “creative process” 2. Reflecting, Responding, Analysing “Critical Analysis” Reacting/reflecting to own and others’ art 3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts Development of the arts in different times / places

7. Specific Expectations: Overview Dance (A) -body -space -time -energy -relationship Drama (B) role/character relationship time / place tension focus / emphasis Music (C) duration pitch Dynamics/expression timbre Texture/harmony form Visual Art (D) Elements line shape/form space colour texture value Principles (1 per grade) Contrast (Gr. 1) repetition / rhythm (2) variety (3) emphasis (4) Proportion (5) Balance (6) Unity and harmony (7) movement

8. Reporting on the Arts  Minimum of 2 strands per term  Each strand must be evaluated once E.g., Term OneTerm Two DanceMusic DramaVisual Art

9. Arts Curriculum Jigsaw (6-7 per group)  Introduction / Approaches (pp. 3-6)  Program / Strands / Concepts (pp. 11-18)  Creative Process (pp. 19-22)  Critical Process / Cultural Context (pp. 23-28)  Program Considerations (pp. 36-43)  Arts and Other Subjects (pp. 51-55)  Overview Grade 1-3 (pp. 61-63), Grade 4-6 (pp. 95-97)