Build Connections Between Visual Art & Literacy Draw Upon Art and Common Core Standards

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Use Art to Build Literacy Skills

Art Integration Draws Upon Common Core Standards

Look Again… Story Insights from Illustrations

Hands On—Visual Literacy & Written Literacy Both

Conveys Meaning

85%

93%

Believe art experiences help close theachievement gap

Use visual art to teach literacy skills athigher frequency than other subjects

National Arts Infused Education Study, Crayola LLC, July 2012.

Visual Arts is a gateway for Arts Integration

In survey, classroom teachers reported:

Reading Informational Text Strand Craft and Structure

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.Kindergarten.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text

and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RI. Kindergarten. 7 With prompting and support, describe

the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what

person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

Reading Literature Strand Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL. Grade 1. Use illustrations and details in a story to

describe its characters, setting, or events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL. Grade 1. Compare and contrast the adventures and

experiences of characters in stories.

Reading Foundation Skills Strand

Fluency

CCSS.ELA Literacy. RF. Grade 2. Read with sufficient accuracy

and fluency to support comprehension.

CCSS.ELA Literacy. RF. Grade 2. Use context to confirm or self-correct

word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Writing Strand Text Types and Purposes

CCSS.ELA Literacy. W. Grade 3. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a

topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

CCSS.ELA Literacy. W. Grade 3. Introduce a topic and group related information together;

include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension

CCSS.ELA Literacy. W. Grade 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined

experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event

sequences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. W. Grade 3 Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and

feelings to develop experiences and events or show character response to situations.

Speaking & Listening Strand Comprehension and Collaboration

CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL. Grade 4 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative

discussions (one-on-one & groups) with diverse partners building on others’ ideas and

expressing their own.

CCSS.ELA Literacy. SL.Grade 4 Paraphrase portions of a text or information presented

in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCSS.ELA Literacy. SL. Grade 4. Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker

provides to support particular points.

Speaking & Listening Strand

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL. Grade 2. Tell a story or recount an experience with

appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent

sentences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL. Grade 2. Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add

drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when

appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Language Strand

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. L. Grade 5 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and

multiple-meaning words and phrases choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5. Use context as a clue to word meaning.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. L. Grade 5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language,

word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Knowledge of Language

CCSS.ELA Literacy. L. Grade 6 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when

writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

CCSS.ELA Literacy. L. Grade 6 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener

interest, and style.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy. L. Grade 6. Maintain consistency in style and tone.

Creating:

Generating and conceptualizing artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Presenting:

Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Responding

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connecting

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historic context to

deepen understanding

New (draft) Core Arts Standards Strands

Authors & Illustrators have Similar Communication Tools

Unity-Harmony

Focal Point

Patterns: Rhyme-Repetition-Alliteration

Proportion-Size-Bold Emphasis

Figurative Language & Images

Authors’ Tools Parallel to Illustrators’ Elements & PoD

Art

Elements Line

Color

Texture

Shape

Form

Principles of Design Balance

Emphasis

Movement

Rhythm—Repetition—Pattern

Proportion

Unity—Harmony

Variety—Contrast

Writers’ Tools Fonts— Lines

Colorful commentary--words that

paint pictures, similes, metaphors

Texture of Figurative

Language: adjectives & adverbs

Stories take shape & form: Plot

& Setting, Motion-Emphasis. Balance.

Characters: Proportion. Variety.

Contrast.

Patterns: Rhythm-Repetition. Unity-

Harmony-Dissonance

Visual Literacy & Written Literacy Parallels

Authors & Illustrators Communicate Using Symbol Systems

Read illustrations/interpret art for clues-contextual meaning

Increase writing skills with robust descriptions & content

Create visuals that communicate intended meaning

Examples of Books using Illustrator’s Tools How does this illustrator convey meaning using Art Elements & PoD?

Art

Elements Line

Color

Texture

Shape

Form

Principles of Design

Balance

Emphasis

Movement

Rhythm—Repetition—Pattern

Proportion

Unity—Harmony

Variety—Contrast

Madeline’s Lines

Ludwig Bemelman’s classic story Madeline… What observe?

Rhythm, Repetition, Rhyming—Patterns in words and simple line

sketches

Balance—Parallel sentence structure and visuals

Unity-Harmony in both text and visuals

Jungle Textures

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

How do these illustrations convey meaning?

What art elements/principles of design are used prominently? Texture

Lines

Colors

Patterns

Emphasis

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Emotional Fairy Tale Ed Young’s Lon PoPo

How are emotions expressed through these illustrations?

What art elements/principles of design that are used

prominently? Balance-Emphasis-Proportion

Texture

Variety-Contrast

Color

Llama Rhyming Quilt

Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama Red Pajama

How do the illustrations and story reinforce each other?

Which elements/design principles does Dewdney focus on?

rhythm-repetition-pattern

color

texture

line

Magical Witch

Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona

How can you decode the story just from the illustrations?

Who is the dominate character and how can you tell from the

illustrations?

Discuss dePaola’s use of:

Emphasis

Color

Form (3D) & Shape(2D)

Suggestion for Art & Literacy hands-on

to share with your school Madeline’s-lines (Use patterns-repetition and simple lines to convey similar style. to show

unity and harmony. Explore balanced images & a limited color palette to show unity-harmony.)

Jungle Textures (Use textures to shows intensity/character personality. Use patterns to

show depth and movement. Use emphasis to create focal point. Explore how outlining with

white lines and monochromatic colors form a consistent style.)

Emotional Fairy Tale (Use balance-proportion-emphasis to convey dominance/power. Use

colors that convey threat and innocence. Use texture to convey harness/softness. Use

variety-contrast to show difference in character personalities.

Llama Rhyming Quilt (Use line-rhythm-repetition-pattern to create a textured rhyming quilt,

in this color palette)

Magical Witch (Use color palette, form/shape and emphasis to communicate story and

develop characters, consistent to dePaolo’s style—how do your visuals convey personality

and plot?)

Let’s Create and Share Take a current book being read by a teacher or a grade level in your school

Depict the book and lean into how you might connect in a new way with the

common core standards we discussed today.

Examples CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL. Grade 1.

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.Kindergarten.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

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