1. What form of arts integration or interdisciplinary learning units have you observed? In what ways were the visual forms investigated, learned, discussed, or produced in the classroom?
- I am working in a first grade classroom, and I have seen students drawing pictures quite a bit in the classroom. Since the students are so young and are still learning writing many of times when they don’t know how to express something through writing they will use art instead. When taking notes or doing work, in any subject, the students will draw pictures to help them express their knowledge or to help them remember the information being taught since they can’t write everything down.
2. Was there a Big Idea or theme used? If so describe. Were students working with narrative, observation, imagination, and / or visual thinking?
- The time that the students use art the most (not including actual art class) is when they are writing their small moment books. In this they are writing small narratives of a small moment in their life and are telling the story with words and pictures. It gives my host teacher and I a chance to see which student strive more in the arts and creativity.
3. What suggestions would you have for integration and interdisciplinary learning for this unit or lesson you observed? Try to think how you could make the learning more meaningful, connected, and deeper. Be specific.
- I think one thing I would make sure my students understood is how pictures help us tell a story. Sometimes when they run into a word they don’t know they can use the pictures in the story to help them figure out the missing word. Also pictures and drawings can give more meaning to the content being taught. It is a great learning tool and teachers can use it in many ways in their classrooms
- I am working in a first grade classroom, and I have seen students drawing pictures quite a bit in the classroom. Since the students are so young and are still learning writing many of times when they don’t know how to express something through writing they will use art instead. When taking notes or doing work, in any subject, the students will draw pictures to help them express their knowledge or to help them remember the information being taught since they can’t write everything down.
2. Was there a Big Idea or theme used? If so describe. Were students working with narrative, observation, imagination, and / or visual thinking?
- The time that the students use art the most (not including actual art class) is when they are writing their small moment books. In this they are writing small narratives of a small moment in their life and are telling the story with words and pictures. It gives my host teacher and I a chance to see which student strive more in the arts and creativity.
3. What suggestions would you have for integration and interdisciplinary learning for this unit or lesson you observed? Try to think how you could make the learning more meaningful, connected, and deeper. Be specific.
- I think one thing I would make sure my students understood is how pictures help us tell a story. Sometimes when they run into a word they don’t know they can use the pictures in the story to help them figure out the missing word. Also pictures and drawings can give more meaning to the content being taught. It is a great learning tool and teachers can use it in many ways in their classrooms
Elementary Ar Class Observation
I am in a first grade classroom and the day I went to observe their time in art they were continuing a project they had stared the last time they were in art class. The last time the 1st graders were in class they created a picture using water paint. They were free to use any color and paint different shapes on the picture. In continuing the project the day I observed the teacher explained to the students that they were going to be using print making to finish their projects. The art teacher gathered different sized leaves before class and used them for printing on the pictures. She explained to the students that they would be using rollers to paint the leaves, they would use gold paint for the big leaves and silver paint for the smaller leafs. Each student would get to print one gold leaf and one silvers leaf of their picture. The students would be doing this one at a time. The art teacher instructed them to practice drawing owls in their sketch books (they are doing a unit on owls) while they waited there turn to print the leaves. When a student was quietly sketching and doing their work that’s when they were called up to the print making station. When they came up I helped them place the painted leaf on their picture then assisted them in rolled the leaf down with a roller.
The art teacher did a great job of keeping the student engaged and having a controlled classroom atmosphere between the print making and owl sketching. The way classroom strategies and management was structured in the art class was different than the regular classroom in many ways but many of the policies from the regular classroom were implemented in the art class as well. Students were praised for good behavior and were remanded when they started the lose focus or classroom control. It was neat to able to see lessons that are similar to our studios that we do in class be used in a real elementary classroom.
I am in a first grade classroom and the day I went to observe their time in art they were continuing a project they had stared the last time they were in art class. The last time the 1st graders were in class they created a picture using water paint. They were free to use any color and paint different shapes on the picture. In continuing the project the day I observed the teacher explained to the students that they were going to be using print making to finish their projects. The art teacher gathered different sized leaves before class and used them for printing on the pictures. She explained to the students that they would be using rollers to paint the leaves, they would use gold paint for the big leaves and silver paint for the smaller leafs. Each student would get to print one gold leaf and one silvers leaf of their picture. The students would be doing this one at a time. The art teacher instructed them to practice drawing owls in their sketch books (they are doing a unit on owls) while they waited there turn to print the leaves. When a student was quietly sketching and doing their work that’s when they were called up to the print making station. When they came up I helped them place the painted leaf on their picture then assisted them in rolled the leaf down with a roller.
The art teacher did a great job of keeping the student engaged and having a controlled classroom atmosphere between the print making and owl sketching. The way classroom strategies and management was structured in the art class was different than the regular classroom in many ways but many of the policies from the regular classroom were implemented in the art class as well. Students were praised for good behavior and were remanded when they started the lose focus or classroom control. It was neat to able to see lessons that are similar to our studios that we do in class be used in a real elementary classroom.