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“Waiting for the Vet”
Artistic talent ran in Rockwell’s family. His father sketched, and his mother’s father was the English painter Thomas Hill. Hill was known for his attention to detail, and famous for painting portraits of his clients’ pets. Rockwell certainly also possessed the passion for detail, and included dogs in many of his illustrations. He believed that dogs from the pound had more character than others, so he used them as models.
Published March 29, 1952 |
Suggested Activity: Caring for Your Pet
Students will:
- Use visual-thinking strategies to analyze the “Waiting for the Vet” image.
- Collaborate with classmates in making a class pet graph.
- Identify responsibilities involved with pet ownership.
- Make a picture or booklet about pet care and pet health.
- Write a journal entry short story from a pet’s perspective about a typical day.
- Share work with class.
- selected Rockwell image for students to view
- art supplies (paper, colored pencils, etc.)
- writing supplies
- scanner or digital camera
Optional:
- drawing software
- word-processing software
- Use “A Teacher’s Guide to Looking at and Talking About Art” to introduce visual-thinking strategies to your class. Complete this activity with the following “Be an Art Detective” activity.
- Gather data for a pet graph; organize data and create graph. This could be a class or individual/small group project, depending on grade level.
- Make a list of tip s to keep your pets healthy.
- Students create pictures of a way to keep their pet healthy. Students creating a booklet should create a series of pictures relating to pet care/health.
- Student write a sentence describing the pet care tip portrayed in their picture. Students creating a booklet should add a sentence to accompany each picture.
- Convert student work to digital format.
- Make an e-scrapbook.
- From a pet’s perspective, write a story to tell about something that happened to you.
- Write a story about a waiting room experience. This story can take place in a doctor’s office or a veterinarian’s office.
- Write a story about the boy in the picture. What happened to his pet? How is the boy feeling? What will happen next?
- Bring your pet to school for Pet Day. Teach your classmates how you care for your pet.
- Waiting can be a good thing and a “not so good” thing. Can you think of times it is good to wait? Are there times you don’t like to wait? Make a list of each kind of waiting.
K-2
• THE PERFECT PET. Marge Palatini.
• ARTHUR'S PET BUSINESS. Marc Brown.
• THERE'S A ZOO IN ROOM 22. Judy Sierra.
• I AM GOING TO BE A VET. Edith Kunhardt.
3-5
• I WANT TO BE A VETERINARIAN. Catherine O'Neill Grace.
• GREAT PETS! AN EXTRAORDINARY GUIDE TO MORE THAN 60 USUAL AND UNUSUAL FAMILY PETS. Sara Stein.
• SAY WOOF! THE DAY OF A COUNTRY VETERINARIAN. Gail Gibbons.
• WACKIEST WHITE HOUSE PETS. Gibbs Davis. |
Family Learning Home Connection
- Arrange a visit to a veterinarian’s office. Interview the veterinarian to find out about education, necessary job skills, most and least favorite parts of the job and what kind of pets make the best patients.
- Contact a local pet store to inquire about classes in pet care. Enroll in a class with your child.
- How do people choose their pets? Do pets and their owners sometimes look alike? Interview some pet owners to find out how they chose their pets. Take digital pictures of pet owners and their pets. Make a scrapbook of photos and short stories about each owner and pet.
- Discuss with your parents the pets that they had when they were younger. Did they ever take their pet to the vet? Create a “Family Pet Tales” scrapbook. Use the interview worksheet to get started.
K-2 checklist
3-5 story rubric
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