<p><span class="dotdotdot">This collection was created in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery's 2016 Learning to Look Summer Teacher Institute.</span><br /></p><p>The Jumping In lesson helps students to use their creativity in different ways using their five senses (see, hear, touch, taste, and smell). Students will use following sentence starter to help direct students' thinking..</p><p>I see, I hear, I touch, I smell, and I taste</p><p>The activity can help to exercises their....</p><p>Imagination</p><p>Creative Writing</p><p>Focusing on key details</p><p>Asking and answering What, Where, When, When, and How questions</p><p>Intro to poetry</p><p>Expressive Language</p><p>The Jumping In lesson is a great way to start poetry and integrating Social Studies and Science. The activity can be done as a whole group discussion, partner work, or independently.</p>

<p><span class="dotdotdot is-truncated">In this collection, we look at portraiture through the lens of the 30 second look strategy. This looking strategy allows participants 30 seconds to look at a portrait, and then turn away from the portrait and have a conversation about what they saw. This activity challenges participants to first look on their own and then have a collaborative conversation with their peers. <br /><br /> Visually rich portraits, with both objects and setting, are most effective when using this strategy. </span></p><p>The 30 Seconds lesson helps students to use their visual and memorizing skills. The lessons will sentence starters like "I think and I know" to introduce fact and opinion, which will encourage creativity.</p><p>The activity can also help to exercises their....</p><p>Imagination</p><p>Creative Writing</p><p>Focusing on key details</p><p>Expressive Language</p><p>The activity can be done as a whole group discussion, partner work, or independently. I will use the Kagan strategy Rally Coach on the second portrait with the purpose of building their language skills and taking ownership of their learning. Students will work with a peer what they saw during the 30 seconds of looking at the portrait. Then, they will share in their opinion what they think is happening in the setting and what is the person in the portrait doing and thinking. </p><p><br /></p><p><span class="dotdotdot">This collection was created in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery, as well as resource and information. </span></p>