What’s Going On in This Picture? | Sept. 9, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and posting in the box that opens on the right. (Students 13 and older are invited to comment, although teachers of younger students are welcome…
Making Musical Stories With Picture Prompts
Every day of the school year, The Learning Network publishes a Picture Prompt, an accessible, image-driven prompt that invites a variety of kinds of writing. In this Reader Idea, Meghan Mardus, an elementary music teacher at St. George’s School in Cologne, Germany, uses these prompts to inspire a different kind of activity — musical storytelling.…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 6, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | April 8, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | April 1, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 25, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 18, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 4, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Feb. 11, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Feb. 4, 2019
Students 1. After looking closely at the image above, think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and posting in the box that…












