This document discusses integrating art into math lessons. It provides examples of lesson plans using different art forms like painting, music, and drama to teach fractions. The goal is to have students learn math concepts through a creative, inquiry-based process. Students should be able to define fractions, add and subtract simple fractions. The best lessons are those where the art activity directly supports learning the academic objectives.

1. Math and Art

2. Math is this week's featured content area. Two of our goals pertain to exploring
how the arts can aid in the understanding of mathematical concepts and
investigating different methods of teaching science with the arts.
This presentation is designed to test your ability to differentiate pedagogically
sound arts integration from unsound arts integration. Remember, your aim is not
just to work the arts into your curriculum, but to work it in in a way that results in
improved learning among your students.
On the next slide, select each medium and read the 2 lesson plans. Click on the
lesson plan that manifests best practices in art integration.

3. You will be presented with mathematical lessons for each of the different art media
Click on the pictures to read the integrated lessons.
Topic: Fractions
Students will be able to :
•Define the meaning of fractions.
•Add and subtract simple fractions.

4. LESSON 1
Students learn about fractions by
analyzing a painting's composition
in terms of the rule of thirds.
Using the rule of thirds as a guide,
students learn that fractions
represent parts of a whole. For
example, if the painting is a
landscape, students can determine
what fraction of the painting is
predominantly sky and what
fraction of the painting is
predominantly land. They can also
add and subtract sections of the
rule of thirds grid to learn how to
add and subtract simple fractions.
LESSON 2
First students engage with a hybrid
demonstration/interaction on
fractions. They learn simple
fraction math concepts and apply
those concepts through guided
practice activities. Finally, the
teacher explains the process of
creating a drawing from a
photograph by tracing a grid over
the photograph and drawing each
section of it one-at-a-time instead
of attempting to re-create the
entire photograph. Students
choose a photograph, draw a grid
over it, and finally draw their own
versions of the photograph.
Painting and Math

5. Try Again

6. Correct
Lesson 1. Pedagogically sound arts integration requires you to think about the
benefits of a particular art activity and whether those benefits help to increase
knowledge of an academic subject through a creative, inquiry-based process. For
each activity, think deeply about the academic learning objectives and determine
whether the activity effectively supports them.

7. Music and Math
Lesson 1
First, students listen to simple
classical music and follow along on
a simple piece of sheet music.
Then, they watch a demonstration
of how musicians have to know the
number of beats per measure in
order to play their instruments.
They learn to identify the treble
and base clef on the sheet music.
Finally, students select an
instrument they are interested in
learning about, research it, and
create a poster showcasing its
material, construction, and
mechanism for producing sound.
Lesson 2
Students engage in a discussion on
math and music prompted by the
question:
Did you know that without math,
there would be no music?
The discussion leads into
interactive demonstrations of
pattern and rhythm. Finally,
students pair up and collaborate to
create rhythmic patterns using
blocks representing half, quarter
and eighth notes. Pairs take turns
clapping out their rhythmic
patterns for the class.

8. Try Again

9. Correct
Lesson 1. Pedagogically sound arts integration requires you to think about the
benefits of a particular art activity and whether those benefits help to increase
knowledge of an academic subject through a creative, inquiry-based process. For
each activity, think deeply about the academic learning objectives and determine
whether the activity effectively supports them.

10. Drama and Math
Lesson 1
First students engage with a
hybrid
demonstration/interaction on
fractions. They learn simple
fraction math concepts and
apply those concepts through
guided practice activities. Then,
they get into groups of three
and write scripts and act out
scenes in a supermarket
demonstrating their
understanding of fractions.
Lesson 2
First students engage with a
hybrid
demonstration/interaction on
fractions. They learn simple
fraction math concepts and
apply those concepts through
guided practice activities.
Finally, they get into pairs and
act out a scene between a
numerator and a denominator,
trying to decide which one is
the more important number in
a fraction.

11. Try Again

12. Correct
Lesson 1. Pedagogically sound arts integration requires you to think about the
benefits of a particular art activity and whether those benefits help to increase
knowledge of an academic subject through a creative, inquiry-based process. For
each activity, think deeply about the academic learning objectives and determine
whether the activity effectively supports them.