Exam 7: Introducing the Worlds Arts
Give an example of a song, dance, artwork, or play you think appropriate for young children.Explain how you would use this work to address one or more of the foundational concepts of the National Core Standards.Using the same work as a text, give an example of a question you would ask to elicit children' responses that would address one of the ELA Literacy Common Core Standards.
Students many name any work they know well.
To address foundational concepts:
Communication: Ask the children what they think the artist's message is.
Creative personal realization: Present an activity that explores a technique or element used in the work.
Culture, history, connector: Identify who/where/when the work was made and compare it to works from other cultures.
Well-being: Ask about how the work makes them feel or tie in an activity that improves their sensory perception or mental or physical state.
Community engagement: Explain how the work can be tied into people and resources in the community.
To address Common Core Literacy skills:
The student should identify a skill and then write an open-ended question.Examples:
Describes familiar things: What do you see in this painting? What have you heard that sounds similar to this piece of music?
Engages in language play: Can you add a new verse to this song? Connects pictures and stories: What story can we tell about this picture?
When sharing examples of multicultural arts with young children, a teacher should:
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Theo wants to introduce his kindergarten students to a famous symphony.The children will likely first be interested in the:
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Annalisa wants to bring the cultures of her students' families and community into her arts program.What would you suggest she do?
A teacher would like to encourage children to use the arts for personal well-being.He should say:
Wanda wants to take her kindergartners to see a children's theater production.What should she do to prepare the children for their theater experience?
What criteria should be used to select works of art to present to young children?
Which of the following should a teacher do to keep children's attention while reading a book?
One day each week, a preschool teacher has her children lie on the rug and listen to complex pieces of classical music instead of the music they usually hear in school and in their homes.Why would she do this?
A guest artist who would appeal to artists and engage them in his or her work is one who:
Which of the following is a foundational concept of the National Core Arts Standards?
Which of the following strategies help children learn to observe and respond to artistic works?
Lynn, a preschool teacher, wants to buy several music CDs for her children to experience.She should select music:
How can multicultural works be selected to represent other cultures fairly without bias?
Which of the following is an effective way to have children use literacy skills to respond to a performance they have seen?
A teacher hangs up three paintings by famous artists.Her first-graders gather around the one with the most colors and ignore the other two.Based on this, she decides that her students:
Which of the following would make an engaging arts artifact to share with young children?
Which of the following would you consider good advice for helping infants respond to artwork and performances?
Imagine you are taking a group of preschoolers to a children's concert.Describe how you would prepare the group
for viewing the performance and give at least two ways to develop literacy skills through responsive activities.
When everyone in a group shares the same cultural aesthetic, this means that they:
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