By Tyler French | Innovation and Partnerships Director
Story Tapestries just completed a two-week residency program at Pemberton Elementary School. This is the second year we have served Pemberton with artists-in-residence in language arts, history and math classrooms, performances, and professional development for teachers. Pemberton recognized the impact of our work with teachers and students last year and is committed to growing their professional development for teachers in all subjects. Yet not every school or educator has access to these resources. Our virtual classroom is meant to resource those schools and educators we cannot physically reach, to help them incorporate the life-changing power of arts integration into their classrooms.
In math classes, Story Tapestries artists used drama and dance to create choreographic movements demonstrating complex mathematical operations. Students also used creative writing exercises to write their own word problems. Teachers witnessed students in their other classes showing the mathematical movement to students who did not experience the residency. They danced through long division, not only remembering the steps for themselves but also gaining the skills to teach others.
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