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I am currently working on adding an Arts Infusion Lesson Plan page to my website. Once I work out technical difficulties you can go to [|http://rivercrestes.scsk12.org/~blanchardc/Sites/Welcome.html] to view some lessons that I've done:) One lesson that I developed was using colors to deepen our discussion of the characters in __The Lightning Thief .__ I have included that lesson here; however, you might check my webpage for other lesson ideas. Also, I have other docs for this color lesson so feel free to email me for them if you are interested. Camela Blanchard ~ 5th grade Rivercrest Elementary c2blanchard@scsk12.org

Candi Brewer from Southwind Elementary has constructed a wonderful reading/writing lesson around VTS. Please read her explanation of the lesson and view the pictures!

//This is an activity I did with my class to incorporate VTS into reading and writing. I first had a VTS session with my class. The art print was “Parade on Hammond Street,” by Allan Crite. This got students’ ideas flowing. After the VTS, we read our weekly reading story together. This week’s story is __What Jo Did__ by Charles Smith Jr. //

// To describe the art print a little, I will say that the print is a painting of a marching band coming down a street (“Hammond Street”). There are people on the sidewalk and out of their windows to celebrate. A lot of my students said that maybe the print takes place in New Orleans or near Beale street, because of the marching band and music. They also said things like the people in the print were celebrating black history month or something to that effect, because most of the people in the print were African American. //

// Just to give you a little rundown about the reading story, it was about a girl named Joanna who loved to play basketball, but never really played with any other kids before. On her way to the store one day, a group of boys asked her to play basketball with them. The boys thought she was also a boy, because she had her hair pulled up underneath her cap. She agreed and told them her name was “Jo” because she knew if they knew she was a girl, they probably wouldn’t of asked her to play. As she played with the boys, she dominated! She was making shot after shot, and blocking passes. At the end, she tried something she had never tried before: a dunk. When she made the dunk and landed, the boys’ mouths were wide open, not only because she made it, but that her hat fell off and reviled he was in fact a she. //

// After reading the story and viewing the art piece one more time, the students had to incorporate the characters from the reading story into the art piece and, then write a new story. This had the students making connections to themselves, the story, and the real-world. The students loved the activity, because they felt that they got to become artists and writers just like famous people. I am including sample writings and pictures from the activity. I am also going to have the students draw a “new” print of their own that incorporates ideas from the reading story, their new story, and the art print. I will also send you pictures of their new art pieces when they are completed **(note- I will post the pictures once they available- Brad).** //

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