Grade 5 Arts Education

Join Hailey as she shows us how to use our memories and translate them into colors and shapes and beautiful mixed-media paintings.

Join Shawn as he takes your class through the joys of of storytelling and stand up comedy. Shawn will teach your classes the basics of writing a story, centering around the tension of a ‘want’, as well as how to ‘punch up’ the story with jokes and extra details.

Join Angela as she walks your class through the basics of how to create a character using only your body and your voice. She will use the basics of professional theatre methods to bring your students some of the joy and play in theatre.

Join Melanie as she takes your classes through a workshop on Metis Felting. She will walk your classes through a brief introduction to Metis cultural symbols and then take your students through an exploration of their own identity and cultural symbols through felting.

Join Axis as she takes your class through an introduction to spoken word poetry. This Teacher Guide and workshop will walk your students through the basics of body language, breath and poetry itself.

Join Madeleine Greenway as she teaches your classes about still life drawing through an exploration of some of their treasured objects. Your students will learn some of the technical basics of drawing the world around them such as composition and drawing in 3 dimensions.

Grahame and Danielle perform their radio play, The Lagoon Monster, which takes place in Nowhere, Saskatchewan. In their performance, they show how they get into the roles of the various characters and demonstrate the process involved in working sound effects into the presentation. This video ends...

Grahame and Danielle introduce students to a variety of games and exercises as they go deep into exploring and discovering the characters in the stories they developed in Part 2. Students will also get creative with sound effects as they experiment with objects to capture the sounds they want to ...

Anyone can tell a story, and anyone can write a story. Students will be introduced to terminology and various exercises and games as they prepare to write their own play. Students will break down a story into a “story spine”, experiment with writing using prompts, play games to get their creative...

Getting to know Grahame and Danielle and their art practice. Danielle Roy is an actor, playwright, and founder of Gum Shoe productions (a theatre company in Martensville, Saskatchewan). Grahame Kent is the Artistic Producer of Buttered Ghost Theatre; he is a producer, director, writer, actor, sta...

Join spoken word poet Janelle “ecoaborijanelle” Pewapsconias. Using flow poetry, you and your students will explore our Saskatchewan watersheds and water systems as a topic of focus for poetic expression and scientific inquiry. The broadcast will include performances by the artist as well as opp...

Join theatre artist Jayden Pfeifer as we explore the skills of improvisation! Jayden will work with the students to exercise their improv muscles. Practice availability, listening, accepting, supporting, and creative expression in a supportive group environment. This active and spontaneous storyt...

Lindsay “Eekwol” Knight has been creating and performing hip hop music for many years. As an Indigenous artist, she draws on life experiences and collective histories within her work. As a mother she embraces the teachings of living in a good way for future generations. Eekwol engages schools in ...