Description
Norman Rockwell, an all-American painter, captures the hearts of so many of us: young and old. He has a realistic sense of humor, a poignant grasp of the human spirit, and an ability to express so much in the expressions of his characters’ faces.
By bringing his works into our classrooms and sharing his paintings with our students, we provided our students the unique opportunity to practice both our visual and textual literacy skills.
The book is divided into 3 sections:
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Philosophy
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Activities
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Worksheets (one for each activity/skill)
Literacy Skills Practiced:
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Parts of Speech
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Fact and Opinion
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Storytelling
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Character Studies
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Drawing Conclusions
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Making Predictions
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Cause and Effect
All activities also show connections to SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning®
Norman Rockwell’s art provides us with an engaging way to practice literacy skills: both visual and textual, as well as ways to develop our social and emotional skills through SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning!
This book will guide you in how to integrate the works of Norman Rockwell into reading through theory and with lesson plans. Cause and effect, fact and opinion, story structure and other reading topics are included. Reproducibles are also included!
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