'Offers exciting information organized and presented in a format that is easy to read, understand, and to use in the classroom . . . accessible to teachers in all the subject areas' - Pamela Fannin Wilkinson, Educational consultant, Houston, TX Energize your lesson-planning ideas through the creativity and inspiration of the visual arts! Are your lesson plans memorable, exciting, and effective too? This invaluable resource demonstrates how you can use the visual arts to provide imaginative lesson plans for all subject areas-from language arts to physical education. Each chapter highlights lesson-planning ideas, artists, and works of art, which are given focus by visual thinking questions. Suggested readings and links to websites that offer color images of works of art are also included, while an Idea Guide provides suggestions for fine-tuning both lessons and student assignments. Learn how you can use the visual arts to: - Provide imaginative lesson plans for all subject areas - Discover thought-provoking ideas and new ways of teaching in the content areas - Appeal to the learning styles of a broad range of students, including gifted and talented learners - Meet the needs of an integrated curriculum Visual Knowing is an innovative resource to energize your approach to everyday lesson planning by bringing art and creativity to required curriculum topics.

Writing for Understandingafocuses onausing writing as an instructional tool for increasing studentsAE understanding of content. Written for non-language arts teachers, the book provides approaches that are applicable from the upper elementary grades through high school.This resource gives teachers information and practical strategies to include student writing lessons in their instructional repertoire with specific attention to lessons that: Are content-specific across the curriculum or adaptable to various subject matter Increase student learning without the expectation that teachers will be, or become, experts in writing instruction Do not unreasonably increase teachersAE workloads

Writing for Understandingafocuses onausing writing as an instructional tool for increasing studentsAE understanding of content. Written for non-language arts teachers, the book provides approaches that are applicable from the upper elementary grades through high school.This resource gives teachers information and practical strategies to include student writing lessons in their instructional repertoire with specific attention to lessons that: Are content-specific across the curriculum or adaptable to various subject matter Increase student learning without the expectation that teachers will be, or become, experts in writing instruction Do not unreasonably increase teachersAE workloads

`Helps teachers see how to approach writing in ways that make it fresh, relevant, and accessible.' -Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor of Educational Leadership University of Virginia `True to one of the basic tenets of writing, the book shows rather than tells . . . . This makes for a fun and engaging read.' -Erin Sullivan, Research Associate University of Connecticut `As a writing teacher for twenty-some years, I wish I'd had access to this material.' -Marilee Sprenger, Educational Consultant Seattle Pacific University Are your picture-smart, music-smart, and body-smart learners lagging behind their word-smart and number-smart peers? Donovan Walling offers innovative new ways to help these learners become effective writers! With an emphasis on matching teaching method to learning style and developing both basic writing competencies and higher-level thinking skills, this resource offers instructional strategies, sample lessons, and pathways to fluency that focus on Organizing ideas "artistically" Using walkabout strategies to clarify concepts Using pattern and rhythm for writing sense, and much more Twelve sample lessons and a learning styles self-assessment make this an essential resource for teachers, literacy coaches, and curriculum designers who want to expand writing curriculum and incorporate more non-linear methods into their instructional repertoires.

'Offers exciting information organized and presented in a format that is easy to read, understand, and to use in the classroom . . . accessible to teachers in all the subject areas' - Pamela Fannin Wilkinson, Educational consultant, Houston, TX Energize your lesson-planning ideas through the creativity and inspiration of the visual arts! Are your lesson plans memorable, exciting, and effective too? This invaluable resource demonstrates how you can use the visual arts to provide imaginative lesson plans for all subject areas-from language arts to physical education. Each chapter highlights lesson-planning ideas, artists, and works of art, which are given focus by visual thinking questions. Suggested readings and links to websites that offer color images of works of art are also included, while an Idea Guide provides suggestions for fine-tuning both lessons and student assignments. Learn how you can use the visual arts to: - Provide imaginative lesson plans for all subject areas - Discover thought-provoking ideas and new ways of teaching in the content areas - Appeal to the learning styles of a broad range of students, including gifted and talented learners - Meet the needs of an integrated curriculum Visual Knowing is an innovative resource to energize your approach to everyday lesson planning by bringing art and creativity to required curriculum topics.