Artful Thinking

ARTFUL THINKING STUDY GROUP SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 Perceive/Know/Care About Headlines Routines of Focus

STUDENT WORK OBSERVATION

See

Strong sense of narative

Seemed easy for the students

Word “girl”

Seeing and hearing piece

Words not understood

Different prints/paper

Seemed to be looking@ different prints

White glow, spirit flying up

Spiritual references-temple

Lines separating segments of thought

Both mentioned wings

Not a lot of detail on certain student work

Imagination was used to infer

Think There was use of imagination Thinking of pictures and what it might look like Thinking there are girls sitting together William Blakes’ artwork Talking to the student would help Both refer to Heaven See and hear are related Wonder Were there different songs? What are they seeing? Hearing? Chrie=try (wondered about the word….figured it out during discussion) I wonder how often teachers can share and reflect Wondering about engagement vs. difficulty writing Wondering about the ages of the students Wondering about the details What were they looking at? Wondering-did the artwork and music complement each other? Was the difficulty with writing a vocabulary issue? Is the song “teaching Peace”?

WHAT CAN YOUR OBJECT PERCEIVE, KNOW, OR CARE ABOUT?

HEADLINES