Welcome to your class portfolio!! The purpose of this site is to show CAPE the development of your arts integration partnership, as guided by your big idea and inquiry question. 

Make sure you have the following:

1. Planning Form: You must fill out the planning form by October 15th

2. Reflection Questions: Make sure you have your reflection questions filled out for each semester

3. Class Documentation: Include your best documentation with captions. Note about videos: upload videos to your designated folder (click on link here), and then embed the video on this page by clicking "Drive" (under "Insert") on the right-hand side menu, then selecting your video from that folder under "Shared with me." 

IMPORTANT: 

• Please do not edit any other pages other than this, your class' page!

• Please make sure that all media that you upload only displays students whose parents have given consent to their documentation through the signed Media Release Form. Should you upload images of a student who has not given their consent to be documented, please make sure to blur their face.

Reflection Questions

How do you understand the concept of sensemaking in relation to your teaching practice?

Our main project this fall was shadow puppetry. The goal was to play with how objects are understood through negative space. Having to cut out shapes to represent characters for our collaborative performances was a good opportunity to delve into sense-making. My way of working with multiple grades and limited attention spans was to offer materials and a short workshop and let them explore. I asked students to trade flipbooks with someone else so they could get other ideas and someone else's approach to the activity.

What is something that you’ve learned about your students (and their funds of knowledge) that has influenced your class projects or class structures?

I learned that students are story based and giving them time to play with materials is crucial. Students also rely on adapting stories that they know and are inspired by. In the future exercises and projects, remaking can certainly be part of the process. It gives them an access point into their own process. 

How have you investigated your teacher inquiry questions thus far? 

What helps us understand and feel understood? 

How can we understand what someone is experiencing through stories?

We have explored more collaborative projects because of the size of our class. The second question- How can we understand what someone is experiencing through stories is one we have begun to explore. Through shadow puppetry and flip books, we can talked about how characters can show emotion. In shadow puppetry, we talked about how the background can set a mood or a tone. 

Class documentation: 

**IMPORTANT: Make sure to describe all photos in detail-- What are students doing?  What are they learning? How are they engaging in sensemaking? How are they exploring their inquiries?**

Reflection Questions

Class documentation