Following other teacher-bloggers can lead to new ideas for classroom activities. Recently I read Kim Douillard’s posts about using photography with her students. She graciously sent me a slide show to teach students about three photography techniques, bug’s eye view, bird’s eye view, and rule of thirds. My students caught on to these ideas with ease and were anxious to get outside to try them out. Our beautiful spring weather was a wonderful collaborator.
Following our playground photo sessions, my students used the editing tools on the Chromebooks. Kim had led her students to write equation poems with their photographs. I shared Laura Purdie Salas’s equation poems. I directed my students to use Canva to display their photos and equation poems. Here are a few student photos.
The creative teacher in me wants to find more opportunities to practice photography and language. In fact, I think I’ll use one of their images for a poem prompt tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Reflections on the Teche 
I love the artistry of these photographs with equations! So creative – I will be interested to see what comes next as you and the students play with photography and language.
These photos are lovely and adding this dimension is a great way to motivate students.
These are fabulous!
I’ve been collecting ideas for my students for NPM, Margaret. Photo poems (yours) and equation poems (Laura’s) are on my list!
Margaret–these are beautiful! I might need to share these with my students for another layer of inspiration! (And there is never enough photography in the classroom–we can use another round!)
My students loved it and I was amazed at what they found to photograph.
I’m always surprised by what students find and the angles/perspectives they manage to capture. Fresh—that is how I would describe their views.
I love these and how your took ideas from two poets and made it your own.
What a great idea, thanks for the inspiration and love the idea of combining photos with an equation, will look forward to more!
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SO cool! I love how different these two examples are, and yet how effective each one is. One is dreamy and beautiful and refined. One is in-your-face with great perspective and motion. Both are fabulous!