education

1. Visual Thinking
Strategies
STELLAR
February 27, 2018

2. Image
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Silent moment to look
begin with…
What’s going on in this image?
when you hear an interpretive comment ask...
What do you see that makes you say...?
after each paraphrase ask...
What more can we find?
Paraphrase every comment
remember to be neutral, use rich vocabulary when you can, capture
the idea without changing it, link ideas when possible
Point carefully when listening and paraphrasing
Thank the group to close the discussion
VTS Elements

3. VTS Elements
Silent
Looking
Only these 3
Questions
What’s going on in
this picture?
What do you SEE
that makes you say
...?
What more can
you/we find?
Year 1
Teachers:
Listencarefully to
each comment
Point to features
described in the artwork
throughout the
discussion
Paraphrase and
accept neutrally all
comments. New
vocabulary and proper
sentence structure may
be modeled.
Link related
comments together to
form connections and
model building on the
ideas of others.
Thank you
Conclude by
appreciating a skill the
students demonstrated
in the discussion
Our
focus
today
Our
focus
today

4. Why do you think they are father and
son?
Where do you think they are going?
Is there something other than that bag
that tells you they might be in NY?
What do you see that makes you say
they are father and son?
What do you see that makes you say
they are going somewhere?
NO Q2
Q2: What do you see that makes you say…?

5. What makes you think they are
performing?
Tell me more about why you think she
dropped the fruit?
What do you see that makes you say
they are performing?
What do you see that makes you say she
dropped the fruit?
Q2: What do you see that makes you say…?

6. Student: It’s a mom and her
baby and they are running
away from something bad like
a fire and it’s the middle of
the night and they don’t know
where they are going?
Teacher: What makes you say
that?
Revise this response

7. Student: It’s a mom and her
baby and they are running
away from something bad like
a fire and it’s the middle of
the night and they don’t know
where they are going.
Teacher:
Paraphrase with Q2

8. Record an image discussion
Reflect
Collect information

10. You can download and print the
checklist and reflection from the
VTS dashboard when you log in.

11. Next meeting: Tuesday, March 13 @ 7p
Please come ready to share your noticings
about your image discussion and refelction.
If you have any questions:
kaziz@vtshome.org
Thank you