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Year One Day 36: Best Day to be an Art Teacher!
The day before Halloween. Need I say more?
Year One Day 35: I can see you in the mirror!
Started self-portraits with a first grade class today. I had to cut the demo short because they were all making faces in the mirror behind my back. It was cute, but at the same time ridiculous. I could see them doing it! Then they were shocked when I called them out on it! Maybe it didn’t connect that even though they could only see the back of my head, they were still looking into the same mirror I was, therefore I could see them too.
Year One Day 34: Project Completion!
The one project I have been able to finish with 303 has had little to no pedagogical value. Sigh. At least it is a step in the right direction.
Year One Day 33: I love Elmer!
I have discovered Elmer. I am doing a project in K inspired by Elmer, and so far so good.
Year One Day 32: No more A-R-T means no more art!
A new classroom management strategy. When the kids are too loud and don’t quiet down when I ask, I erase a letter. Once all the letters are gone, we clean up early. They HATE it when this happens! But it is working!
Also, a Pre K girl discovered what happens when you mix glue and liquid starch. The look on her face was amazing.
Year One Day 30: What happened to that mural?
So we were supposed to have a big mural painted in our small playground, but because of one thing or the other it never happened. So I tried to work it out that I would paint the mural with some kids from the school. But that never happened, for one reason or another and now it is too cold.
I had wanted to do Mural Making for my enrichment cluster, but decided to teach a CTT class. So now I am working with a Special Ed teacher doing a cluster called The Great Green Art Experience.
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