Drama
Olga Nuñez-Johnson, Teacher
Timothy David Rey, Teaching Artist
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Class Overview: DRAMA, DREAMS, and FANTASY! : Students explored dreams and fantasies through nature discovery, reading, movement, set, sound, drama, stories, and playmaking. Focus on tents of theater: Body, Imagination, Setting, Sound, and Movement. Focus on Social Emotional Learning via Classroom Mood Check-Ins, Breathing, and Dance Exercises.
Class Overview: DRAMA, DREAMS, and FANTASY! : Students explored dreams and fantasies through nature discovery, reading, movement, set, sound, drama, stories, and playmaking. Focus on tents of theater: Body, Imagination, Setting, Sound, and Movement. Focus on Social Emotional Learning via Classroom Mood Check-Ins, Breathing, and Dance Exercises.
Big Idea: DREAMS
Big Idea: DREAMS
Inquiry Question: How can we take our dreams and make them tangible via the tenets of theater? How do we relay our dreams via the Arts?
Through creative play and story exploration of texts including Drum Dream Girl by Margarite Engle and Dreamers by Yuyi Morales, students considered and talked about their own dreams, built dream houses, and created fantastical dream creatures out of molding clay. Other hands-on activities included keeping and writing in a dream journal and creating a group dreamhouse with the provided supplies in the classroom.
In the first days of class, we considered dreams and what they could do!
In the first days of class, we considered dreams and what they could do!
Teacher, Olga Nunez-Johnson leads a Read-A-Loud book. Topic: Dreams!
Teacher, Olga Nunez-Johnson leads a Read-A-Loud book. Topic: Dreams!
Class Reflections
Class Reflections
<<add in additional reflections: how did the big idea/inquiry question change from what you originally wrote in your planning form? What did you learn from students? How did the class digress in positive ways? How did SEL show up in the class?>>
Teacher, Mrs. Nunez-Johnson beats out a pattern that students will repeat having to do with drum beats and the idea of dreams!
Teacher, Mrs. Nunez-Johnson beats out a pattern that students will repeat having to do with drum beats and the idea of dreams!
Students explore the outdoor space adjacent to Waters School. Here in the outdoors, they look for artifacts they might be interested in adding to their next project....their very own theater set/ model of their vision of a dreamhouse!
Students are given material and challenged with creating a group dreamhouse in the classroom. Collaboration with their peers is paramount to make it all work!
Success! A group dreamhouse is built!
Success! A group dreamhouse is built!
Students consider set designs before sketching their own design for a dreamhouse!
Students engage in pre-work--sketching their dreamhouse floorplan!
Students engage in pre-work--sketching their dreamhouse floorplan!
Student completes idea for her dreamhouse.
Student completes idea for her dreamhouse.
Students are inspired by supplies and their very own outdoor play area in creating their dreamhouses!
Next, students sketch and create models of their dream/ fantasy animals and give them names!
Next, students sketch and create models of their dream/ fantasy animals and give them names!
Model Making
Model Making
The student continues to work on his dreamhouse!
The student continues to work on his dreamhouse!
Below: Dreamhouses approaching completion .
Students helped create how to show the work at the culminating event by showcasing their artifacts and making a poster to show attendees what they did!
Students helped create how to show the work at the culminating event by showcasing their artifacts and making a poster to show attendees what they did!
Parting Images: Students engaged in an emotional check-in on the board each day!
Parting Images: Students engaged in an emotional check-in on the board each day!
Parting Images: Illustrations from the book, Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales. Students experienced this book in a read-a-loud earlier in the seesion and found images that inspired their dream animal creation!
Parting Images: Illustrations from the book, Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales. Students experienced this book in a read-a-loud earlier in the seesion and found images that inspired their dream animal creation!
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