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Students gain understanding by applying reading strategies of monitoring, searching, confirming, cross-checking, rereading, and self-correcting.

The Fundamentals of Reading (Nonfiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards

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The Fundamentals of Reading (Nonfiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards

Bill T. Jones | Artopia
Bill T. Jones | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Illustration by Maria Manhattan ​Bill T. Jones was born on February 15 1952 in Bunnell, Florida and was raised mostly in rural Stuben County in Upstate New York, as the tenth of twelve children to a...
Assemblage - Cubi XII | Artopia
Assemblage - Cubi XII | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

David Smith A Closer Look Cubi XII has straight lines and angles, making it an excellent example of geometric three-dimensional form. It balances without falling over even though the form is not the...
Assemblage - Untitled #857 | Artopia
Assemblage - Untitled #857 | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Petah Coyne A Closer Look Untitled #857 is heavily textured. The ribbons covered with wax and little white birds make the work look like a lighted chandelier hanging from the ceiling. How does this...
Assemblage - Untitled (3-85) | Artopia
Assemblage - Untitled (3-85) | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Deborah Butterfield A Closer Look If you look at Untitled (3-85) from a distance you might think it's a real horse. When an artist is able to use the principle of design balance, as Deborah...
Assemblage - Coke Bottle | Artopia
Assemblage - Coke Bottle | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Howard Finster A Closer Look Howard Finster liked to decorate objects with paintings of things that were familiar to him. This piece is a prefabricated bottle that he has painted. It has a cylindrical...
Assemblage - Bird | Artopia
Assemblage - Bird | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Alexander Calder A Closer Look Artists often use humor. Bird by Alexander Calder is one example. Calder made a lot of humorous artworks including a film of his miniature circus, the Cirque Calder, in...
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Artopia
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Illustration by Maria Manhattan Mikhail Baryshnikov was born on January 27, 1948 in Riga, Latvia where he began studying ballet. As a teenager, the great teacher Alexander Pushkin recognized “Misha’s”...
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers | Artopia
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8

Illustration by Maria Manhattan Fred Astaire was born Fredrick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899 in Omaha, Nebraska and Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath on July 16, 1911 in Independence...
Photography - Women's Rugby Game | Artopia
Photography - Women's Rugby Game | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

BILL FRAKES A Closer Look Apparently the fact that the players in this rugby game were wearing dresses didn't diminish the intensity of the rivalry between the teams. Photographer Bill Frakes has...