Third grade students explore the masks that visual artist Joan Harrison
brought for an "Open Court" Language Arts unit on Urban
Wildlife in which students contrasted "real" animals with the way
animals are portrayed in different media. |
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Third grade students create posters that challenge common-sense
assumptions about urban wildlife while linking media literacy to
language arts and social studies. |
Students created this storyboard to help them develop their plot,
characters, and settings for their animation project. |
A single frame from the animation project titled "The News
Part of the War!" |
A single frame from the animation project titled "It's Not
the Size that Counts!" |
A single frame from the animation project created by kindergarteners,
titled "Playing With Guns". |
Third grade teacher, Steve Schullo receives animation training from
AnimAction founder Clifford Cohen during a full-day animation training.
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During Year 3 of Project SmartArt, teachers and artist received
a full day of animation training to enable them to work with students
to create animation and use the newly purchased animation software.
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Teacher Verónica Díaz, Denise Grande coordinator for
the Music Center, teacher Francisco Delgado, and music artist Andrew
Grueschow discuss how to collaborate and teach media literacy during
the training in Year 1. |