Peer Review Preface

I was worried about the peer review assignment. My kinders work is pretty much teacher centered. My first idea was to have the students peer review a class mural made after viewing the final image. But the murals the classes made were not readable from a distance - the crayon on the butcher paper didn't really pop out. I am in the process of packing up my room, so I put out a whole bunch of stickers, scraps of construction paper, and crayons. I asked Thursday's kinder classes to make sticker pictures - a combination of stickers and drawing - while I packed up my paints.  At the end of classes I noticed that quite a few students had created narratives. The stronger narratives are included here. I interviewed four students after classes, asking the students to tell me about their drawings, prompting them VTS style if they seemed to get stuck. The following are loose transcripts. I am having my focus group VTS a few of these images Wednesday. I am interested  to see if they interpret the images close to the artists' intents.

*****I really liked the use of stickers. The stickers complimented their natural idiosyncrasies and creativity. They were also a representational tool for the young artists who can't draw well yet.

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Image 1
(Points to hat). That makes all that stuff come out and turned me into a monster. (Points to figure). (Points to green and blue sticker). That is a roller coaster. (Points to cube with holes). A vacuum comes out of the holes and sucks up all the stuff and I become myself again.

Image 2
I am eating. Then I go swimming. There is a carnival (points to autumn stickers). After I finish eating I go swimming then come eat. (Points to musical notes) I heard somebody singing.

Image 3
(Points to the biggest picture.) I am in a band. I have a mohawk. The band is the Rockin' Devils. (Points to the figure in the background.) That's _______. He shaved his hair except for a little bit. It is a kind of mohawk. (Points to stickers on the right hand side.) That is all the stuff they need. (Points to the candy corn.) That is the devil's food. (Points to the "BOO!" sticker.) The devil is trying to scare people away. (Points to jack o lantern with the hat). That is the devil's hat and face because they chopped it off. Then they put the words in my mouth. Then I started saying it (points to the "BOO!" sticker.) (Points to figure in background). Those are drumsticks to hit these (points to cymbals and makes a tinny sound). Then he hits this (points to drum and says "boom, boom.") We are the Rockin' Devils. (Points to figure in foreground and mimics the facial expression). He looks that way because he is a rock star. (Points to pumpkin sticker again, and changes the meaning of the sticker, because his friend is listening and asks "Where am I?") ______ is watching us play. He is cheering us on.

Image 4
(Points to the column of stickers on the right). Those are all the champions(sic) I have won playing basketball so cool. (Points to the six). I am six. (Points to vine.) This is a limb, one you can slide down. There is also one here (points to the black/white patterned sticker on the left). (Points to name.) That is my name. (Points to the stars.) There are stars flying. Those are for the people cheering for me and throwing stuff around. Boo is the sound the fireworks make. (Makes an emphatic "boo" sound). (Points to numbers). That is my dad's number on his phone. (Points to the big vine and pieces of vine in the middle of the paper). You can climb on this vine and jump on these and swing around. When you fall you land on my name.