- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (April 5 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1593852800
- ISBN-13: 978-1593852801
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.9 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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"Teachers know that children learn by doing and creating. This book gives teachers a deeper understanding of how to teach with and through the arts to increase literacy learning, and provides needed guidance and support. Demonstrated are ways in which a variety of art activities can be used to meet clear instructional goals."--Dana Reisboard Korin, doctoral candidate, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
"This practical and meaningful book is among the first of its kind. Written by content experts who collaborated with dedicated teachers, the book articulates innovative activities and integrated instructional units that reflect the National Standards for Arts Education. Throughout, an abundance of comments and anecdotes from teachers demonstrates the impact of teaching through the arts to enhance literacy instruction."--Robin A. Ward, PhD, University of Arizona
"This comprehensive guidebook offers classroom teachers a wealth of practical ideas for language-rich experiences in the arts. In addition, arts specialists will find valuable suggestions for infusing literacy into their lessons. An innovative text, this roadmap for creative differentiation invites all students into literacy learning. For 'hands-on, minds-on' reading and writing, don’t miss Teaching Literacy through the Arts."--Barbara A. Marinak, PhD, Millersville University
"McDonald and Fisher have given teachers a practical and effective means of motivating students to improve their literacy skills through artistic expression. This unique text provides resources to help teachers capture students’ attention, build self-esteem, and utilize a multisensory approach to teaching literacy."--Francine Guastello, EdD, St. John's University
"Rich communication, interpretation, and comprehension will come alive as students experience the integrated curriculum found in these pages. Included are practical, hands-on activities that not only will engage students in the universal language of the arts, but also will help them construct and increase their literacy skills at multiple levels."--Ann Ketch, MSE, Literacy Trainer, Des Moines Public Schools
"This practical and meaningful book is among the first of its kind. Written by content experts who collaborated with dedicated teachers, the book articulates innovative activities and integrated instructional units that reflect the National Standards for Arts Education. Throughout, an abundance of comments and anecdotes from teachers demonstrates the impact of teaching through the arts to enhance literacy instruction."--Robin A. Ward, PhD, University of Arizona
"This comprehensive guidebook offers classroom teachers a wealth of practical ideas for language-rich experiences in the arts. In addition, arts specialists will find valuable suggestions for infusing literacy into their lessons. An innovative text, this roadmap for creative differentiation invites all students into literacy learning. For 'hands-on, minds-on' reading and writing, don’t miss Teaching Literacy through the Arts."--Barbara A. Marinak, PhD, Millersville University
"McDonald and Fisher have given teachers a practical and effective means of motivating students to improve their literacy skills through artistic expression. This unique text provides resources to help teachers capture students’ attention, build self-esteem, and utilize a multisensory approach to teaching literacy."--Francine Guastello, EdD, St. John's University
"Rich communication, interpretation, and comprehension will come alive as students experience the integrated curriculum found in these pages. Included are practical, hands-on activities that not only will engage students in the universal language of the arts, but also will help them construct and increase their literacy skills at multiple levels."--Ann Ketch, MSE, Literacy Trainer, Des Moines Public Schools
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Accessible and hands-on yet grounded in research, this book addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-8. Even teachers without any arts background will gain the skills they need to bring music, drama, visual arts, and dance into their classrooms. Provided are a wealth of specific resources and activities that other teachers have successfully used to build students' oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing, while also promoting creativity and self-expression. Special features include reproducible worksheets and checklists for developing, evaluating, and implementing arts-related lesson plans.
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Good if you know nothing about teaching with the arts, Mar 24 2008
By Kerrian Neu "Tahoe Kerri" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Teaching Literacy through the Arts (Paperback)
This book is set up as a text book, with anticipatory guides, questions and activities for the reader to do. I was expecting a book with too many ideas, but instead this book is for those that aren't familiar with the arts or how to incorporate them into the classroom. There are better books out there, and this is more of a stroking of the authors' worth than anything else. I was very disappointed with this book.If you have no clues about what art is or how to use it in your lessons, than this book is for you, but if you have any background using art at all, ignore this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Text for undergrad course, Oct 23 2010
By Jen Crider - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Teaching Literacy through the Arts (Paperback)
I have used this text in my undergrad course for the last couple of years. It is written in real language with lots of practical suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers. I wish I had had textbooks like this when I was in college!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enough to stimulate many good lesson plans, Nov 28 2008
By Kristin Lems "Kristin/*" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teaching Literacy through the Arts (Paperback)
I like this book and will use it with a class on arts methods in education. It divides the arts in four main domains: visual arts, theatre/drama, music, and dance, and each chapter is chock full of ways to use these domains in the K-12 classroom. At the end, they feature three lengthy integrated units that center around a single work or theme, kind of like Leonard Bernstein's arts-based curriculum. One of them is a unit on jazz study, which I thought was a great idea. A few of the explanations are tedious, some statements needed a few citations to hold up, and the anticipation guides could be answered correctly by anyone with a brain, but these are small quibbles. Mainly, it's a good book to get teachers thinking about the wide range of arts-based activities they can promote even without special training.
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