Yesterday’s field trip to the VMFA was a great way to experience and observe what a field trip might look like. My field trips in special education are strikingly different so I really enjoyed the insight. I really liked how in the front room, the VMFA provided different cards for students to use to think about art differently. Each card provided a prompt for students to answer and/or think about when they were observing the art. I thought that this was a good strategy for students to utilize creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration on the field trip. To target observational skills, I really liked the way that with each piece of art we observed, the guide moved us through phases of 1. What do you see? 2. What do you notice? and 3. What do you wonder? I think that provided a good opportunity for students to take notes and then possibly complete a journal entry or short writing prompt about their own reflections from the trip. My favorite room in the VMFA was the interactive music and art space. Engaging students in both art and music is very important to me in my classroom, as I would think it would be in my general education classroom. I loved that there were opportunities for students to create their own music, listen to music and art in other languages, and engage with braille activities. I did think that the distance learning was a great way for students to engage without actually traveling to the location; however, after the presentation, I was disappointed to learn that this option isn’t even available to elementary classrooms per the current grant.