Description

If you are introducing a Tomie dePaola Author Study, The Art Lesson is the best book choice to use! This resource for The Art Lesson will keep your planning EASY and COMPREHENSION FOCUSED. It is set up in a before-during-after format for easy implementation. Great for subs too!

The Art Lesson Skills and Activities included in this Resource:

• building schema about art
• preteaching story vocabulary activity and word cards
• story elements (characters, setting, and plot as well as an anchor chart)
• four square thinking
• summarizing information
• writing about reading
• question task cards and response form (4 pages)
• class book for researching famous artists

HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE:

This unit now includes color in Google Slides TM, Easel, AND PDF. (same activities). Copy link for Google Slides located on page 3 of PDF. There are 38 pages included with this unit (1/2 pdf AND 1/2 digital). It can be used in hard copy form, in pairs, or on a smartboard for modeling skills at a read aloud time. Be sure to check out The Art Lesson resource preview for a closer look at the individual pages.

RELATED TOMIE DEPAOLA RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

Tomie DePaola is a favorite author of many elementary teachers. I have created resources for many of his books including:

• Strega Nona
• Strega Nona’s Magic Lesson
• Strega Nona’s Harvest
• Strega Nona Meets Her Match
• Strega Nona Her Story
• Bill and Pete
• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
• Bill and Pete to the Rescue
• Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka
• Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
• Little Grunt and the Big Egg, and
• The Art Lesson

You can also save money and get the full Tomie DePaola Author Study Bundle.

HERE’S WHAT OTHER TEACHERS THOUGHT ABOUT THE UNIT:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Great graphic organizers!!!! My students really enjoyed this story and having special activities that went along with it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Excellent to use in class and very engaging for students!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I used this during a summer Literacy camp. Easy to use and the kids really enjoyed the book and activities!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Really liked this. Very useful – Got me started here!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I don’t know the story, but I love the author’s work, so I have purchased the story and because I love your work, I have purchased this packet 🙂 Thank you!

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