Fourth graders in Ms. St. Germain’s class at Lyseth Elementary School recently completed a Side x Side bookmaking program led by teaching artist Jill Osgood and integrated with a science and literacy unit on owls. The program kicked off with students enjoying a virtual visit with the owl ambassadors of the Center for Wildlife. Using project

Fifth graders at Ocean Avenue Elementary School recently wrapped up a Side x Side bookmaking program integrated with a social studies and literacy unit on migration. Led by teaching artist Anne Ackerman, students created tunnel books to convey an aspect of migration: push and pull factors, the journey, hazards, arrival, or culture shock. Students began

This fall, fourth graders in Ms. Keleher’s class at Lyseth Elementary School participated in a Side x Side bookmaking program led by teaching artist Anne Ackerman and integrated with a science and literacy unit on owls. The program was introduced with help from Linda Woodard, Scarborough Marsh Director and Educator at Maine Audubon, and owl mounts

This past summer, Side x Side once again partnered with LearningWorks to bring LearningWorks students in Portland and South Portland an arts-integrated program on Building Community. With the goal of designing a dream park, students worked with Side x Side teaching artist, Sarah Boyden, to brainstorm the various elements that can make up a park,

Second and fourth graders in Ms. Muldoon’s classes at Reiche Community School recently wrapped up a virtual Side x Side bookmaking program led by teaching artist Leah Cross. Integrated with a nonfiction writing unit, students researched animals including their habitat, diet, adaptations, and fun facts. Through live Zoom sessions and recorded art lessons with Leah

First graders at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston recently participated in a Side x Side program led virtually by teaching artists Sarah Boyden and Indigo Grey.

Fifth grade students in Ms. Harrigan’s and Ms. Tevanian’s Remote Academy classes recently participated in a Side x Side poetry and visual art program led virtually via Google Meet by teaching artists Gretchen Berg and Anne Ackerman. The program kicked off with a delivery of art kits for each student. Working with Berg, students wrote poems of things

Third graders in Ms. Salisbury’s class at Portland’s Remote Academy recently participated in a Side x Side poetry and illustration program integrated with a science unit on animals and led by teaching artists Laurie Downey and Gretchen Berg. During the program, students learned to use Project Journals to capture their research on animals through writing