The Nathan Hale School middle-school focus group students will be asked some essential questions throughout the unit of study:
Where do we visually see Spirals in Nature naturally?
What role does persistence play in research, revising, refining, designing, developing, and creating work?
How does collaboratively reflecting on an Artwork help us experience it more completely and deeply?
How do collaboration and brainstorming expand the creative design process?
What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking?
How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives?
How does making art attune people to their surroundings in nature?
How does learning about art (lines) impact how we perceive the world moving forward?
The answers to these essential questions will be discussed at wrap up for a closure to the unit in the focus group. The focus group will be table groups for “pair shares” as well. Students will discuss afterwards with the entire class and then break into smaller groups for deeper peer share table discussions of the spiral just as they did when considering their independent google slideshow spiral directions.
I want grades 5-8 to think for themselves, work as independently as possible. I will kick off spirals with peer collaborations that will hopefully generate and internally motivate the students for their own selected spiral direction.
After this brief sharing I will then direct students to the created teachers google slideshow which will be located inside the google classroom. Inside the google classroom students will be able to click a link to my created Google Spiral Slide Show. This safe organized internet exploration will allow students in grades 5-8 to determine where they “spy” spirals in the world and which direction the students are considering. I am super curious to see what direction the students will take. All students at Nathan Hale School will learn eventually that in the natural world, we find spirals EVERYWHERE! Some grade 5-8 students will present their created google slide shows and art compositions to grades 2-4 classes.
