A.R.T.S.
Appleton Resources for Teachers and Students

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Purpose

Appleton Resources for Teachers and Students is a reading project-collaboration between The Appleton Museum of Art and the Marion County Public Schools intended to support reading programs in the 2nd grade. A.R.T.S. curriculum uses the Appleton's permanent art collection as a focus for the selection of books.

Goals

Students will visit the Museum to see reflected in artworks the culture targeted in the readings.  The Museum's Saturday workshops underscore the reading program and offer the entire family a way to support and be involved in the reading education of the student. The Appleton Resource for Teachers and Students program, for second grade students, has the opportunity to reinforce classroom lessons in reading.  The A.R.T.S. program will provide students with cultural awareness, serve as a community catalyst along with the schools to teach and nurture a love of reading and assist in a focus on preparing students to read on or above grade level by grade three.

• Since this grade precedes the third, this Program is designed to enhance the preparation of our third graders-to-be, so as to assist in preventing their mandatory retention in third grade.
• Reinforce reading skills while coordinating the Arts to classroom curriculum.
• Nurture a love of reading and assist in a focus on preparing students to read on or above grade level by 3rd Grade.
  Vocabulary will be reinforced
• Family and Community involvement opportunities.
• Appleton Saturday Family Programs will reinforce the weekÕs featured book and culture.
• Appleton Summer Youth Programs will continue the cultural reading focus by linking creative activities to the permanent collection at the Museum.
• Positive character building is emphasized in the selected books for the A.R.T.S. Program.
• High School Students will have an opportunity to earn community service hours by assisting with the Reading Program at the Appleton on Family Saturdays.
• Guest Readers will be invited to personalize the presentation of different featured books.

Introductory Video to A.R.T.S. Program (12 MB, Quicktime)