Math and Literacy Shared Concepts
taught through dance, theater, visual arts

Arts Impact worked with Tacoma School District curriculum specialists to identify those concepts that are represented in both core classroom disciplines and the arts.

Examples include: Writing: narrative beginning, middle, and end shared by dance, theater, and visual arts; Reading: character attributes shared by theater and visual arts; Math: symmetry shared by dance and visual arts.

Below is the complete list of shared classroom concepts taught in the Arts Infused Summer School:

Second Grade

LITERACY

Reading

Reading Essential Leaning Concepts

• REL 1.4: story elements: setting (theater and visual arts)
• REL 1.4: literary devices: descriptive language (theater)
• REL 2.2 understand meaning: analyze and interpret: character’s persona within the context of the story (theater)

Writing

Writing Essential Learning Concepts

• WEL 1.1: develop concept and design: relevant details: character attributes (theater)
• WEL 1.2: word choice (dance)
• WEL 1.2: figurative writing (theater)
• WEL 2.2: write for a purpose: describe something: setting (visual art)

MATH

Math Essential Learning Concepts

• MEL 1.1: basic addition number strings: doubles, +1 doubles, +2 doubles, and their reverses (dance)
• MEL 1.1: number sense: computation: divide whole numbers (fractions) (visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: symmetry: central axis (visual art)
• MEL 1.5: algebraic sense: defined equations (dance)
• MEL 2.1: investigate situations: searching for patterns (dance and visual art)

Third Grade

LITERACY

Reading

Reading Essential Learning Concepts

• REL 1.3: fluency: read fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and materials: choral reading (theater)
• REL 2.1: important ideas and details: sequence of action (theater and dance)

Writing

Writing Essential Learning Concepts

• WEL 1.1: develop concept and design: relevant details: character attributes (theater)
• WEL 1.2: word choice: adverbs, verbs (theater)

MATH

Math Essential Learning Concepts

• MEL 1.2: measurement: precision/approximation/standard measurement (dance and visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: 2D shapes (dance and visual art)
• MEL 2.1: investigate situations: searching for patterns and exploring a variety of sources (dance and visual art)

Fourth Grade

LITERACY

Reading

Reading Essential Leaning Concepts

• REL 1.3: reads fluently: read fluently when incorporating new skills or reading materials (theater)
• REL 1.4: elements of literature—fiction: literary devices: exaggeration (theater)
• REL 1.4: elements of literature—fiction: story elements: problem-solution (conflict-resolution) (theater)

Writing

Writing Essential Learning Concepts

• WEL 1.1: writes clearly and effectively: develop concept and design: organize text with clear beginning, middle and end (theater and visual art)
• WEL 1.2: use style appropriate for audience: patterns and vocabulary from literature (script-writing) (theater)
• WEL 1.3: writing conventions: complete sentences (theater)
• WEL 1.3: apply writing conventions (playwriting) (theater)
• WEL 2.2: write for a purpose: (dialogue between two characters) (theater)

MATH

Math Essential Learning Concepts

• MEL 1.1: number sense: computation: divide whole numbers (visual art)
• MEL 1.2: measurement: attributes and dimension: perimeter, area, length (visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: relationships and transformations: congruency (visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: relationships and transformations: angles, location of objects relative to each other (visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: shapes (appropriate tools, in the environment) (visual art)
• MEL 1.3: geometric sense: relationships and transformations: sides, flips, turns (visual art)
• MEL 1.5: algebraic sense: open number sentences (dance)
• MEL 1.5: algebraic sense: number patterns (dance)