This practical resource emphasizes the special contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and understanding of content-area reading assignments. Focusing on those areas where students tend to struggle, this book helps K-5 teachers provide an age-appropriate curriculum that is accessible to an increasingly diverse student population but does not ignore other important aspects of healthy human development. Without detracting from the rigor of a demanding curriculum, the author demonstrates how arts integration allows students to engage with concepts on their own developmental level. Each chapter focuses on a skill set that is fundamental to literacy development, suggests age-appropriate arts integration activities that will build that skill, and offers guidance for fostering a sense of community. Book features: (1) research results that support integration of specific, standards-based arts activities when learning certain literacy skills; (2) strategies that introduce students to a high-quality arts curriculum while enhancing their language arts, social studies, and science skills; and (3) sample lesson plans and classroom videos (available online) that correspond to book chapters.