Strategies
Learning Stations
Call it centers or learning stations, this strategy allows students to visit different areas of the room to work in small groups (or alone, as some prefer). These stations can be set up to build from one station to the next or to learn something individual from each. For this unit, stations will be set up for students to visit after discussing Skip Hill and Faith Ringgold and their collage work. Stations will include an area with more examples of collage work for students to get ideas from, a station with paint, a station with markers and other drawing implements, and a station with magazines and fabric, and a station for added tidbits such as buttons, rhinestones, or other decorative objects. Separating these stations will help to keep students from creating a complete disaster on their own tables and, hopefully, keep paint from getting on everything else at the stations.
Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers are standard in many classrooms, such as Venn diagrams, T-charts, 4 squares. Graphic organizers allow students to create visuals to help them understand, organize, and remember information. These charts are great for visual learners and hands-on learners. My students will use a starburst chart for their graphic organizer. Whether they are using the chart for themselves, an artist, or author, the person’s name will go in the middle with lines drawn out around the name to answer specific questions or prompts to identify the individual.
Rubrics
Rubrics offer students the chance to better understand what is expected of them in their final piece and allow the teacher to evaluate everyone’s work based on the same criteria. The rubric lets students know standards for the grading method and what must be included in the final piece, it also gives expectations and guidelines for success. The rubric used will have space to allow students to grade themselves and give an artist’s statement before turning the art piece and rubric in to get feedback from the teacher in return.
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