Residency- Barton Open School- 3 Hours
The highlight of today was the students, in groups, showed each other creative projects based on the books they chose to read. It seemed to me like they were given a lot of artistic freedom in what their projects could be since all the projects were different from each other. I could also tell which students put a lot of effort into their projects. One student brought in a cake to share with the class because cake related to the book. That stole the show. However, I was most impressed with a student who made keys out of cardboard (because keys were relevant to the book) and had quotes from the book on the back. I found that to be very creative and innovative.
Once again, I joined the students in art class. They were working on a watercolor project. This was perfect because I'm taking a watercolor class. They were making paintings of galaxies, which is perfect for watercolor because all the colors flow into each other nicely. I went around from table to table and asked the groups how they were doing. Some seemed to be doing fine, but others not as much. With those students, I would ask them leading questions such as what they were unhappy with, and how they were planning on changing it. Usually, I had an idea in mind, but I would keep it to myself to see what they student would say. Most of the time they had the same thought-process I did.