Curricular Integration Through the Arts

Those who attended either concert this week saw curricular integration in action. The selection of songs for several grades complemented units of study in other areas such as reading and social studies. The first grade sang songs related to the Civil Rights movement; the second grade performed "The Weary Blues" (Langston Hughes) and other extensions of their study of Jazz; the third grade sang songs from the Underground Railroad; and the fourth grade sang songs based on some of their biography report subjects. Even though many fifth graders were home with the flu, we had a brief preview of their year-end show: Your a Good Man Charlie Brown!