Deck 8: Integrating the Arts Into the Curriculum

Question 1

Celebrations are a good way to involve families in children's learning because they:

A)allow children to have more time with their parents.
B)are fun ways to spend time with parents.
C)allow children to develop their oral language skills.
D)show parents what a good time children are having in school.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Jamie wants to integrate the arts fully into her curriculum.How would you suggest she do this?

A)Teach a lesson about the arts every day.
B)Tie an arts activity in with a lesson on science or math.
C)Make a listening center and an art easel available as a center choice.
D)Have arts materials available at all times.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

How can mobile devices be used to facilitate assessing project work and integrated units?

A)They can be used to get help for a child who is not doing well.
B)The children can take their own photos and make recordings of what they think is important.
C)The children can play games on them when they finish their work.
D)The teacher can download fun games for the children to play when they are done with their work.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of emergent curriculum?

A)The children find a strange bug on the playground.The teacher gets out magnifying lenses and books about insects, and invites an entomologist to visit the class.
B)The teacher decides that learning about insects would be a topic of interest to her students.She invites an entomologist to visit.
C)The teacher decides to design a unit about insects to meet state standards.She puts out books about insects.
D)The children find a cricket on the playground and make up a cricket game.They all run around pretending to ᵇᵉ ᶜʳᶦᶜᵏᵉᵗˢ.

Question 5

Chloe, a first-grade teacher, is teaching her students to play the recorder.They practice every day.This is an example of:

A)teaching about the arts.
B)connecting the arts.
C)learning through the arts.
D)emergent curriculum.

Question 6

Several parents ask Gail to explain why she uses the project approach.What should she say to them?

A)"It helps children become more accountable for their own learning."
B)"It requires children to select work that is a few notches higher than their skill level."
C)"It helps children learn by separating academics and play."
D)"Children get to study the information the teacher teaches them."

Question 7

Peter wants to begin a project about shoes with his preschoolers.He sees a child in his classroom wearing a new pair of sneakers.What question should he ask?

A)"How would you like to learn about shoes?"
B)"Have you ever wondered why we wear shoes?"
C)"Where did you get those cool shoes?"
D)"Do you like my shoes?"

Question 8

A child asks his teacher how cars go so fast.In the context of an integrated learning unit, which of the following responses would represent an authentic learning experience?

A)"That's a good question.Why don't you see if there is a book about it?"
B)"Why don't we watch some videos of car races and see how fast they go."
C)"You like fast cars? Why don't you paint some pictures of race cars today?"
D)"I wonder how we could find out.Freddie's dad is an auto mechanic-maybe we can ask him to visit."

Question 9

Which of the following would be the most comprehensive way to record the process of creating a project?

A)Discuss the project when it is finished.
B)Record the supplies that were used.
C)Take daily dictation from the children.
D)Time how long it took to complete the project.

Question 10

Which of the following activities takes place in the second phase of the project approach?

A)Children go on field trips.
B)Children are invited to bring things from home.
C)Children share stories.
D)Children invite parents to see what they are doing.

Question 11

Kerin, a second grader, brings her pet Madagascan cockroach to class and shares how she got it.Which of the following is a teacher using the project approach most likely to do?

A)Thank Kerin for sharing and ask her to take it home at the end of the day.
B)Show the children where Madagascar is on the map.
C)Ask the other children to share stories about their pets.
D)Compliment Kerin on having such an unusual pet.

Question 12

Which of the following should be included on a documentation panel?

A)quotes by the children
B)the relevant Common Core Standards
C)magazine cut-outs and cute cartoons to add color
D)a list of references consulted

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of inclusion through the arts?

A)A child with hearing difficulties is given a musical instrument to hold during rhythm band activities.
B)A non-verbal child is excused from playing in the dramatic play area.
C)A child with cerebral palsy presses a key on his communication device in time with the music.
D)A child with Down syndrome plays at the computer whenever the class does creative movement activities.

Question 14

What information can be assessed from completing a KWL chart with young children?

A)what children like to learn about
B)what children have already learned
C)if the question was a good one
D)how good the children's memories are

Question 15

An integrated learning unit is based on:

A)state standards.
B)a broad general question.
C)a particular topic of interest to the children.
D)what parents want their children to learn.

Question 16

The project approach is particularly designed to meet the needs of:

A)infants.
B)high school students.
C)multi-age groups.
D)overly large classes.

Question 17

Usa, a second-grade teacher, is culminating an integrated learning unit called "What Do We Eat?" As part of the unit, the children built a play restaurant in the classroom.How can she best share what the children accomplished with their parents?

A)Send home a newsletter describing the play restaurant and some funny things that happened there.
B)Hang up documentation panels and then invite parents to come have a meal at the play restaurant.
C)Invite parents to visit and have the children stand up and tell them about what they learned running the restaurant.
D)Tell the children to create a play restaurant at home so their parents can see what they learned.

Question 18

Which of the following would be a good open-ended question for an integrated learning unit?

A)How big do pigs get?
B)Where do we live?
C)How fast can cheetahs run?
D)Where is the nearest mountain range?

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of how an emergent curriculum is designed?

A)Steven meets with parents and asks them what topics they would like their children to learn about.
B)Grace watches her students to find out what they are interested in.
C)Dan consults with his colleagues to find out what activities went well in their classrooms.
D)Casey chooses a topic he knows a lot about and for which he has great passion.

Question 20

The project approach differs from an integrated learning unit in that it:

A)is a better way to teach required skills.
B)is based on topics selected from children's interests.
C)unifies the whole curriculum better.
D)requires more assessment and evaluation.

Question 21

List the elements that should be in a comprehensive documentation panel and give an example of each.

Question 22

Select an integrating question of your choice and complete an MI planning web for it.

Question 23

Give three reasons why the question "What is an ice cream cone?" is not a good unifying question for an integrated learning unit.Explain how you might change the question to make it better.

Question 24

Make a concept web on a topic or integrating question of your choice.