Art Talk and Stage Picture – Media Literacy (Advertising Techniques)

Topic:  Media Literacy (Advertising Techniques) 
CLI Strategy: Stage Picture, Art Talk  
Subject: ELA 
Grade: Middle School 

Students will be able to: Analyze and create images to identify advertising techniques in the media. 

Alphabet Relay – Math Group Problem Solving

Topic: Math Problem Solving 
CLI Strategy: Alphabet Relay 
Subject: Math 
Grade: Middle/High

Students will be able to: collectively break a problem into steps and show work to produce a solution.

Secondary Math Strategies

Creative Learning Strategies for Secondary Math

ENGAGE

Use these strategies at the beginning of a lesson or unit to help students access prior knowledge around the content and make connections to their lived experiences.

• Art Talk: Teacher asks open ended questions to promote dialogue around a piece of art or image that relates to the curriculum.
• Artifact: Use an object or collection of objects to generate inquiry and help students make curriculum and real world connections.

This is not a… – Numerical Fluency

Topic: Numerical Fluency
CLI Strategy: This is Not A…
Subject: Math
Grade: Upper Elementary
TEKS: 3.1,3,4; 4.1,2,3,4; 5.1,2,3

Students will be able to: practice fluently describing the value of whole numbers and decimals using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractional parts.

Pass the Portrait – Interpreting Cultural Customs, Traditions, and Celebrations

Topic: Interpreting Cultural Customs, Traditions, and Celebrations 
CLI Strategy: Pass the Portrait 
Subject:  Social Studies 
Grade: Elementary/Middle/High 

Students will be able to: use inferencing and interpretation skills to interpret an image connected to cultural customs, traditions, and celebrations.

Stage Picture – Civil War Review

Topic: Civil War 
CLI Strategy: Stage Picture 
Subject: Social Studies 
Grade: Middle/High 

Students will be able to: Create a frozen image to represent people and ideas from the civil war.

Teacher in Role- Math Mania: Math Review

Topic: Math Mania: Math Review
CLI Strategy: Teacher in Role
Subject: Math 
Grade: Middle/High (Upper Elementary)

Students will: Learn, practice and retain math facts and problems.

Exploding Atom – Tarriff of Abominations

Topic: Tariff of Abominations 
CLI Strategy: Exploding Atom 
Subject: Social Studies 
Grade: Middle/High

Students will be able to: Make connections between their lives, worldview, and the Tarriff of Abominations.

Art Talk – Cell Parts and Function

Topic: Cell Parts and Function 
CLI Strategy: Art Talk 
Subject: Science – Biology 
TEKS: 7.12D, 7.12E, 7.12F
Grade: Middle/High

Students will be able to: interpret an image to identify cell parts and functions.

Great Game of Power – Social Justice and Power

Topic: Social Justice and Power 
CLI Strategy: Great Game of Power 
Subject: Language Arts – Reading
TEKS: 6.3A, 6.6A, 6.6B, 6.8A, 6.9A, 6.10A, 6.10B, 6.10C, 6.10D, 6.11A, 6.11B, 6.12B; 6.17C, 6.22A; 6.20B (ii), 6.20B (iii)
Grade: Middle/High

Students will be able to: analyze socio-political power structures through the creation of simple chair sculptures.