Would it be possible to list how many students are in the classroom? Thank you!

A masterclass in scaffolding, guided questions, and treating students with respect and encouragement. At one point, one of the students proclaimed, "We are smart!" and she was not being sarcastic. To get students, particularly those with special needs, to believe authentically in themselves, to hold all students to standards--to expect them to excel--to not miss a beat, to be genuinely surprised and learn from their contributions, to not hold yourself higher explicitly--all of these things and more the teacher accomplished. Also loved the teacher's use of technology, her balance of group work and directed teaching. Brilliant and loving job. 

The teacher guided students in making inferences using literal evidence and examples by analyzing portraits. She supplied the students with a chart for listing visual clues, in order to draw conclusions from literal evidence. The students were also given sentence stems to assist them in formulating conclusions that showed inference. There were activities that helped visual and kinesthetic learners. The students were taught so much because of the hands-on activities and step-by-step guidance through the lesson. 

Art is a great way to communicate. It is a great way for peer sharing. Student's communicate and share theirb ideas as they communicate how they will illustrate their art and what message they want their viewers to understand their message.  This lesson was an activity that allowed students to express their creativity while learning  what a theme is. The props was their way to convey their ideas

It's so cool to see what a deep understanding / analysis the students were able to develop about the paintaings. I think that this is something that all students could benifit from.