Students deepen their understanding of fractions by matching musical note values with their corresponding fractions. For example, a student who picks up a card with 3 quarter notes will be tasked with finding the matching card representing ¾.

Students view murals from various locations throughout Baltimore City and discuss how partitioning was used to divide them into equal parts (halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, etc.). Teachers will also discuss the background, location, and motivation for creating the murals.

Students become architects designing a block of Baltimore row homes. They will sketch rows of connected row homes and use floors and windows to model the Associative Property of Multiplication.

Students use folding to create a paper quilt to explore the Associative Property of Multiplication. Students fold their paper in different sequences to create the same number of equal sections, discovering that changing how the folds are grouped changes the process but not the total number of panels.

Students become “DJs” and use rhythm and movement to represent a given multiplication equation. Each student creates a short body percussion beat sequence based on the first factor, then loops that sequence according to the second factor.

Students create a “secret handshake” that represents a multiplication equation, choreographing a sequence of unique movements based on the first factor, then repeats the sequence according to the second factor.

Teaching Artist Cori Dioquino and BAIP Manager Rachael Barillari use theater strategies create a culture of belonging through the grade 3 Wit & Wisdom unit "The Sea." Students will learn how to physicalize sea creatures, their traits, and environment, bringing this vibrant unit to dramatic and joyful life.

Musicians Dan and Claudia Zanes join Baltimore City science teacher, Tessa Berens, for a music-based exploration of Genetics, Variation, Adaptation, and Evolution. Using musical traits as the foundation, students will gain a concrete understanding of the SABES grade 3 unit "What Makes Me, Me?".

Students sing, sort, and drum through lessons on insects while exploring teamwork and music-making with musicians Dan and Claudia Zanes. Aligned with SABES Grade 1 "Insect Encounter" Unit.