The Third Grade Students Response To The Question "Why I Love Art" I use this assessment exercise as an informal way to observe whether or not the students are able to reflect and articulate in an authentic way, what they are learning in art. Their answers may surprise you. It is also a way for me to document that the students are their developing a personal voice in visual art expression. I find it interesting that some of the students used text as an artistic images. An example below where a student uses the term “ flowing array of colors ” in a visually expressive way is a great example. I couldn’t resist adding this one. Even though she did not write the question that was posed to her. It isn’t very often we hear how we are doing as teachers from the students. Vocabulary This idea of using words or text as art to understand the meaning stems from t...
LIVING ART THROUGH THE EYES OF A VISUAL ARTIST AND EDUCATOR