Orienting MYP 1 students for Visual Arts- Tinni Arora

The first lesson with Grade 6 (all sections) was more of an orientation lesson with an ice-breaker to create connection and focus their attention. Sharing few points below –

After attendance and exchanging names, I started with a general discussion on what all art media and forms the students have covered in PYP, this helped all of them to share, discuss with each other and help me figure out their learning for vertical articulation. From here we moved to who all likes art and are taking any outside art lessons. Finally, from here we discussed about Masterclasses and student led lessons. This created a very interesting atmosphere where students shared what media or form of art they would like to teach their classmates. As I suggested this to be a collaborative exercise, so they themselves started teaming up as well. For differentiation purpose, the quieter students were asked about which medium they would like to improve on or need help with and which all students would offer them help.

To conclude, even though this discussion is at a very initial level but it got all of them involved and excited. This also helped me plan my classes for future by including masterclasses, peer teaching and student assisted lesson plan. Below is a screenshot of an email I received from one of the students who wanted to change the artform she wants to teach. This is a good reflection on how well involved the students were.

P.s. After the discussion and ideation, students were taught about Zentangle Art and it’s meditative quality. They experimented with it, and we will be continuing with zentangle this week as well.

- Tinni Arora

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