Reading Fluency: Fine Art Kit
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description: The Reading Fluency: Fine Art Kit pairs 36 famous artists with their matching works of art, giving children a complete self-correcting reading practice set built around real portraits and real paintings. The kit includes both the 3-Part Artist Cards and the corresponding 3-Part Fine Art Cards for the same 36 artists from America and Europe. Why this kit matters for reading Skilled reading depends on two things working together: accurate word decoding and strong language comprehension (Gough & Tunmer, 1986). This kit builds both at once. Matching a stable portrait or artwork to its printed label gives repeated, self-correcting practice at orthographic mapping — the process by which the brain stores a word's spelling, pronunciation, and meaning for instant recognition (Ehri, 2014). At the same time, working with real artists and real artwork builds background knowledge, one of the core language comprehension strands in Scarborough's Reading Rope (Scarborough, 2001) — the base of cultural and factual knowledge a reader draws on to understand new text. Because the artist and the artwork are taught side by side, children build a richer, more connected understanding than either set offers alone: a name becomes a person, and a person becomes the maker of something they've already come to recognize. How to use this kit Begin by using the fine art images in open-ended conversations. Encourage students to discuss what they see, what it would be like to be there, what they would call the art, etc. Then, use the fine art images in 3-period lessons to teach the vocabulary. Next, use all three parts of the fine art cards for independent reading. Students lay out the art card, read and match the word label to it, then use the control card to check their own work. Repeat this proces for the Artists cards. We recommend introducing the Fine Art cards first, then the matching Artist cards, so children meet the artwork before the person behind it and discover similarities between the a…
brand: Maitri Learning Montessori
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  value: Reading Fluency: Fine Art Kit (cards only), Add-on cloth pouches
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