Chasing Vermeer
Delving deep and uncovering connections is what the book Chasing Vermeer is all about. In this Flashlight Readers session, students develop problem solving skills while exploring fine art and learning about creative expression.
OBJECTIVE
Students will:
- Study the writing process and make connections with a real author's experience
- Write their own mystery story, following the writing process
- Learn essential elements that characterize different painting styles
- Identify specific works of art painted by one of 13 masters
- Analyze and further research one painter and style of artwork
- Create a painting that follows the principles of the art style they've chosen
- Apply problem solving skills to solve pattern puzzles
- Use logic and decision making to create a puzzle challenge
LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Picture the Process!
Lesson 2: Do You See What I See?
Lesson 3: Patterns and Pentominoes
REPRODUCIBLES
Timeline Graphic Organizer (PDF)
Printable Pentominoes (PDF)
SUPPORTING BOOKS
Books and Resources for Teaching Chasing Vermeer
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The Wright 3
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The Wright 3
Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths and Calder's friend Tommy to piece together the clues. Stir in H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man, 3D pentominoes, and the hunt for a coded message left behind by Wright, and the kids become tangled in a dangerous web in which life and art intermingle with deat
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Hardcover Book | Grades 3-6
Grades 3-6 $16.99
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The 100th Day of School
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The 100th Day of School
Integrate math concepts and literacy lessons using mathematics big books.
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Big Book Collection | Grades K-3
Grades K-3 $47.50
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