Here is the link to Karen L. Erickson’s website.Here you can purchase her resources.Creative Directions

Karen Erickson Getting Started With Drama, is a great resources for lessons and activities.I  Like the 4 word focus.

concentration

imagination

imitation

transformation

These words are used with the actor’s tools in my class.

I need to gather my resources and begin writing integrated creative dramatics lessons for remediation classes.I will make a list and post sometime soon.

Sean Layne Focus 5

I got the Actor’s Tool Box and One Minute Challenge activities from Sean Layne at the Summer Institute in Greenville.I have participated in many of his workshops.

Materials:

Opaque materials such as: poster board, light cardboard, light plastic

Translucent/transparent materials such as: tissue paper, colored plastic sheets or plastic wrap, clear tape.

Brads or paper fasteners, hole punch, bendable drinking straws, tape, scissors

1. Cut out a character from poster board (you can work from a tracing).

2. Cut out eyes and features where you want the light to shine through. Use translucent or transparent materials to add color and feature designs.

3. Tape a drinking straw handle to the back.

4. For one with movable parts, you’ll need to cut out the parts individually.

5. Use the paper hole punch to make one hole in the movable part and another in the body where the part will be attached.

6. Use a paper fastener to join together the pieces.

7. Tape an extra straw handle to the back of the movable part.

Use your shadow puppet to act out and tell a story.

These are a few of the books I have used to connect drama and math.We acted out number sentences with and without props.We also did some one-minute challenges.

Research Resources:

Read Any Good Math Lately, by David Whitin and Sandra Wilde

It’s the Story That Counts , by David Whitin and Sandra Wilde

Read –alouds for One Minute Challenges

Over in the Jungle by Marianne Berkes

Over in the Ocean by Marianne Berkes

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Creating and Acting Out Number Sentences/Word Problems

Monster Math by Anne Miranda

The Lion’s Share by Matthew McElligott

Math Fables by Greg Tang

This activity goes with the book Pumpkin Moon by Tim Preston.All you need is orange paper plates and triangles.

Students can act out the scenes from the book easily with these props/masks.

The hardest thing about mask making is cutting out the eyes so many children need help, especially kindergarteners. It’s good that students learn to do this by themselves, less work for me!!!!

Actors use their bodies

and…their voices  

…and their imaginations

…they concentrate

and… they cooperate

and FYI  focus is something you can practice and improve!

I was perusing the “Everyday Math Curriculum” used at our school and they had a literature list for each grade level. I emailed teachers to ask them if they knew of this list and if so did they use any of the books on it. I can use some of those books for the activities I am planning.I also might have opportunities to collaborate with other teachers.