Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

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  • Author: Gail D. Nordstrom
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN: 1442239247
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 280

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration.


Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

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  • Author: Heidi K. Hammond
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781442239227
  • Category : Caldecott Medal
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes many useful components: -Short entries about fifty-six books -Information on styles and media -Artistic analysis of the illustrations -Appendixes on selected sources for further reading, Randolph Caldecott Medal terms and criteria, bibliography of entries, and a list of Caldecott winners -Glossary of art terms - Indexes of author-illustrator-title, media, and style This book, used as a handbook in conjunction with Caldecott Award books, provides readers with ready-to-use information they can share with children and others, while helping to build confidence in one's ability to talk about art in all picture books.


Teaching Art with Books Kids Love

Teaching Art with Books Kids Love

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  • Author: Darcie Clark Frohardt
  • Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781555914066
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

Easy-to-use art lessons with award-winning books.


The Art of Children's Picture Books

The Art of Children's Picture Books

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  • Author: Sylvia S. Marantz
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135531587
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 314

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Teaching the Language Arts

Teaching the Language Arts

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  • Author: Denise Johnson
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1000536696
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 631

This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements: interactive features and links to the up-to-date Companion Website, with more strategies and examples of practice and student work. This book’s unique and engaging voice, supported by its many resources, will help future and in-service teachers bring the language arts to life in their own classrooms. This book helps readers envision their future classrooms, including the role technology will play, as they prepare to be successful teachers. Comprehensively updated, the second edition addresses new demands on teaching in traditional and virtual ELA classrooms, and the new ways technology facilitates effective instructional practices. Organized around the receptive language arts—the way learners receive information—and the expressive language arts—the way leaners express ideas—chapters cover all aspects of language arts instruction, including new information on planning and assessment; teaching reading and writing fundamentals; supporting ELLs, dyslexic, and dysgraphic learners; using digital tools; and more. In every chapter, readers can explore a rich array of teaching tools and experiences, which allow readers to learn from real-world classrooms.


Caldecott Connections to Social Studies

Caldecott Connections to Social Studies

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  • Author: Shan Glandon
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 0313078599
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 181

Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these two volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science and social studies learning in the library and classroom-and to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques. For each Caldecott title there is background information on the illustrations, curriculum connections, lesson plans, and support materials for teaching. Glandon also integrates Gardner's multiple intelligences with curriculum content. With a flexible, discovery approach, these activity units focus on student-centered, experiential, holistic, and authentic learning and they are ready for instant implementation. Targeted to primary grade objectives and abilities, the books include an array of individual projects and collaborative ones. They also foster collaborations between library media specialists and classroom teachers.


Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts

Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts

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  • Author: David Yellin
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1351813420
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 455

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Children's Literature in the Reading Program

Children's Literature in the Reading Program

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  • Author: Deborah A. Wooten
  • Publisher: Guilford Publications
  • ISBN: 1462535860
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 258

This indispensable teacher resource and course text, now revised and updated, addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of incorporating outstanding children's literature into the K–8 reading program. A strong emphasis on diverse literature is woven throughout the fifth edition, with chapters emphasizing the need for books that reflect their readers and presenting dozens of carefully reviewed books that teachers will be eager to use in the classroom. Leading authorities provide advice on selecting texts, building core literacy and literary skills, supporting struggling readers, and maximizing engagement. The volume offers proven strategies for teaching specific genres and formats, such as fiction, nonfiction, picturebooks, graphic novels, biographies, and poetry. This title is a copublication with the International Literacy Association. New to This Edition *Many new teaching ideas and book recommendations, with an increased focus on culturally diverse literature. *Scope expanded from K–5 to K–8. *Chapter on using read-alouds and silent reading. *Chapters on diverse literature about the arts and on transitional chapter books. *Chapter on engaging struggling readers with authentic reading experiences.


Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

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  • Author: Shelby Wolf
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136913572
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 568

This multidisciplinary handbook pulls together in one volume the research on children's and young adult literature which is currently scattered across three intersecting disciplines: education, English, and library and information science.


Storybook Art

Storybook Art

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  • Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl
  • Publisher: Bright Ring Publishing
  • ISBN: 0935607226
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 145

"Storybook Art" is the long awaited literacy connection to art with 100 easy art activities inspired by 100 great picture book illustrators and their award-winning books -- both favorite classics and classics to be. Each activity has a personal quote by the illustrator, a child-sketched portrait, clear line art, and easy to follow materials and open-ended steps that value individual expression. The book is loaded with children's original art, a special resource chapter with awards and website links, birthday list of illustrators, and a unique chart of contents. No expertise is needed. Everyday materials like crayons, glue, scissors, and paint will allow young illustrators to blossom while learning to love readin with a new awareness or art, illustration and technique.