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TEKS CONNECTIONS
Many parents and elementary teachers do
not realize that the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) directly mandates the incorporation of visual art into
such non-art disciplines as Social Studies, Mathematics, and
Language Arts and Reading. The following charts explain how
art is mandated by TEKS:
| Discipline |
K |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Mathematics |
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| Introduction: Problem solving, language
and communication, connections within and outside mathematics,
and formal and informal reasoning underlie all content
areas in mathematics...Students use these processes together
with technology and other mathematical tools...to develop
conceptual understanding and solve problems as they do
mathematics. |
(a)(3) |
(a)(3) |
(a)(3) |
(a)(3) |
| Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools:
The student is expected to...(C) select or develop an
appropriate problem-solving strategy including drawing
a picture [and] looking for a pattern... |
(13) |
(11) |
(12) |
(15) |
| Underlying Processes and Mathematical
Tools: The student communicates about...mathematics using
informal language. The student is expected to (A) explain
and record observations using...pictures...
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(14) |
(12) |
(13) |
(16) |
| Language Arts and Reading |
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| Introduction: Students summarize what they
read and represent ideas gained from reading with...drawings. |
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(a)(1) |
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| Listening/Speaking/Communication: The student
is able to (C) clarify and support spoken messages using
appropriate props such...pictures |
(4) |
(4) |
(4) |
(4) |
| Reading/Literary Response: The student
is expected to (C) respond through...art...To
a variety of stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding
and interpretation; and (D) describe how illustrations
contribute to the text. |
(10) |
(13) |
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| Reading/Literary Response: The student
is expected to (A) respond to stories and poems in ways
that reflect understanding and interpretation...through
art; and (B) demonstrate understanding
of informational text...such as through illustrating |
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(10) |
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| Reading/Inquiry/Research: The student is
expected to (B) use pictures...to gather
information and answer questions. |
(12) |
(15) |
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(12) |
| Reading/Comprehension: The student is expected
to (E) draw and discuss visual
images based on text descriptions. |
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(12) |
(9) |
(9) |
| Writing/Inquiry/Research: The student is
expected to (B) record or dictate his/her own knowledge
of a topic in various ways such as by drawing
pictures |
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(23) |
(20) |
(20) |
| Viewing/Representating/Interpretation:
The student understands and interprets visual
images, message, and meanings. |
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| Viewing/Representing/Interpretation: The student analyzes
and critiques the significance of visual images |
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