Honoring Grandma Moses: An Informative Close Reading Guide
This instructive close reading package honors Grandma Moses by highlighting her contributions to American art history and creative heritage. Throughout the year, it is a useful and exciting resource for students that focus on creativity, art history, and cultural studies. The packet’s primary contents include sections on Grandma Moses’s life and accomplishments (Grandma Moses Tribute), her influence on society and art (Artistic Legacy), a selection of her most well-known works of art (Grandma Moses Masterpieces), and creative exercises designed to encourage appreciation for her distinct artistic style. This packet is especially useful for conversations on folk art, American culture, and the expressive power of art, as well as for Inspire Your Heart with Art Day on January 31st. It inspires pupils to investigate Grandma Moses’s artistic creations and her lasting impact on the art world.
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students’ close reading skills!
Short on time to teach? This print and go packet truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.
This Close reading set features:
Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses Tribute
Inspire Your Heart Day
Artistic Legacy
Grandma Moses Masterpieces
As they complete the close reading process, students will build comprehension by answering text-dependent questions.
Skills align with both the RI (Reading Informational Texts) and RL (Reading Literature) Common Core Standards
These passages can be used in the morning, at centers, as part of homework, with small groups, for extra learning with smart students, to help struggling students, or to get ready for tests.
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