Here are just a few of the amazing things that are happening in the art room just as the year is starting off. On the top left are a stack of art journals. My cooperating teacher and I are really working toward instilling the idea that a sketchbook is not just for sketching. We want to the students to really think about what they are including in their art journals. We created are journal challenges for the student to complete every two weeks, and with those challenges the students are practicing using their art journals in a different way. We are challenging them to explore their creative minds and really illustrate what they are thinking about a certain topic. On the top right and the bottom left, are two bulletin board displays that are already up in the hallways ready for viewing from the school community. The 2D and 3D Foundations class were off and running with artist inspired paper collages and paper sculptures. They got to learn about 8 different artists, and then used those artists' artworks, to inspired their own pieces while working in groups. The bottom right hand corner, is reflecting the new birthday art palette wall that went up in the art room. This wall consists of every student who comes into the art rooms' birthday. We are working towards recognizing those birthdays each month in attempts to build another level of relationships with the students. And lastly, on the bottom in the middle, there is a whiteboard that is in the classroom. On this white board is a mini calendar that let's the students know and understand what they are going to be doing for the week, what the daily objective is, and of course the journal challenge due dates. These are just a few of the things that are happening around the school right now and we are just getting started!
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Emma SantiagoI'm student teaching and learning the fantastic trade of being an art educator and loving every minute of it. |