Language Arts & Visual Art Integration I was so excited preparing for this lesson. This was the first integration lesson that I taught. My objective was combining ELA Standard 4 and Standard 2.V.R.2: Students will “determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area” (ELA Reading Literature Standard 4) and “identify the mood suggested by a work of art and describe relevant subject matter and characteristics of form” (Standard 2.V.R.2). I felt these two standards go very well together and could be met by reading from a beautifully written and illustrated book, Fishing in the Air by Sharon Creech. I read this book with the students and pointed out the elements of art in the detailed illustrations. After we finished reading, I sent the students back to their desks. I told them I was going to slowly read back to them one very descriptive part of the story two or three times. They needed to close their eyes and pay attention to what that looked like to them. Next, I had them pull out their crayons (this could be done with any colorful medium) and a piece of paper. I walked around the classroom and read to them the same descriptive passage again, over and over. The students drew whatever came to mind, connecting the meaning of the text to paper. This requires creative thinking to put onto paper what is in their head; a very valuable skill! I caught a bubble of breeze and a sliver of sky and a slice of yellow sun and a small gray house with a crooked porch and tiny windows and a red roof and rolling green fields with red flowers waving and tall green trees and a river rippling cool and clear I absolutely loved what the students came up with! None of their drawings were the exact same; each had their own unique rendition of what this passage looked like to them. At the end, we did another silent gallery walk-through where the students went around and looked at everyone's drawings. Several students shared what they liked about their classmates' drawings and had the opportunity to share a little bit about their own art.
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