Week of Sept 16

Students are continuing their projects from last week.
Art 1's project is Due Wednesday.

Grades have been posted in my class. I have informed my students the steps to follow when things come up missing on the Grade Sheet.

Art Club starts tomorrow in room 219 and will last until 4:45. 

6 Different Ways to Shade

Today my students are either Refreshing their memory on the Different ways to shade or they are learning it for the first time. Today I will Demo to the Art 1 kiddos and remind my Art 2 kiddos. If they have any questions I will be glad to answer them and help as much as I can.

Art 1 will be completing this hand out. First with Pencil then they are to pick 3 of their choice and do those in Pen.

My example. Done in Sharpie on Transparency, so please forgive my
Smudge (Sharpies don't smudge well)

Art 2 are to take Circles and turn them into Spheres using the same 6 Different ways of shading. 

Tomorrow Students will finish these handouts and then they can possibly move onto a Project. 

Week of Sept. 9

VOCABULARY.... WE ALL LOVE VOCABULARY!!!!

Monday- We are going over the Elements of Art. I'm showing a brief Powerpoint and having my students copy the definitions and jot down examples.

my handout in my Journal folder

Tomorrow, I will be starting the Value Unit. We will be learning about the different ways to shade, then taking this knoweledge to create Artwork. 

My example. Done in Sharpie on Transparency, so please forgive my
Smudge (Sharpies don't smudge well)

JOURNALS - UPDATED!!!!

Today is Reflection Friday!!! I look back at now 2 weeks of school under our belts and think "Wow, I've got a great group of kids this year!!!!!!"

I am placing a link to the Journal Page HERE so you can keep up with the Journal No excuses to not having this completed when Grade Checks come up!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

Journals

This week started the Journal Entries. Daily ritual for my classroom. Each day is something different and students are required to complete their Journals in order to earn a Formative Completion grade at the midway point of the grading period and then earn a Summative Completion grade at the end of the grading period. I provide them with the folders and the handouts. They simply come in each day and read the Journal Board and jot down what it says or asks to do. Here are the categories.

Mondays- Vocabulary day. A word(s) and definition(s)
Tuesdays- Guided drawing on what they are currently doing as a project. (mini-sketch)
Wednesdays- Artist's Quotes or quotes about Art/Creativity. Or anything I find interesting :)
Thursdays- Free Draw (mini-sketch)
Fridays- Reflection days (reflect about what is going on in class or it doesn't have to)

Completion Grade is the Key!!! This is not meant to take up the entire class and students have been told that if it does take them the entire class period, then they are talking too much and can lose Daily Participation.

Week of September 2

Sorry for the delay. Yesterday was chaotic with having no AC in my room and the majority of the school. Today so far our room is staying steady at 81 degrees, but I brought in another fan and it's not feeling as bad.

This week started with Tuesday.

Both Art 1 and 2 are Continuing their Portfolio projects. They are coming out quite nicely. I am telling my students that Friday is a Goal date to try to have it ready to be taped (to create a pocket folder). If they finish sooner, I'll be ready to tape them starting tomorrow.
They also have been told today that if they aren't on a Posterboard yet for this project, then they could possibly lose some points on their grade.

T-Shirt Contest "Wake Up Wednesday". This is the theme of this year's Mandatory School-wide Tutorial Day. All teachers will be found available on campus on Wednesday afternoons until 4:45. The Art Department was approached to come up with a design for the t-shirts to be worn by Faculty/Staff. I have made this an extra Credit assignment. Students are to get me their designs by Friday of this week. Monday we will vote for the top 5 and then I will submit them to the T-shirt committee on Tuesday.
So GET YOUR IDEAS IN!!!!

Seating Charts- I am in the process of creating these. For the most part I hadn't had to remind many to get on task. So they are staying put. :)

1st Week of School

 Sorry this is late! Been kind of busy. :) So this Entry is a CATCH-UP for the week.

Art 1 & 2 are both doing the same thing this week for the most part. Getting to know you stuff etc.
We went over the Rules and Procedures. They will be receiving a copy of this to place into their Journals, which we will start building tomorrow (Friday). More information will be given as it's need to be given throughout the next few days/weeks.

On Wednesday my students created Personal Vows. It's my take on Capturing Kids Hearts (asking kids to create rules for the classroom, on how we will treat each other in the class).

Instead of creating a list of words, I found inspiration from Pinterest and they created Hands. Trace their hands and include symbols or words/phrases on what they will do in order to keep Room 219 a Great place to be in. 

My Examples

Pinterest Inspiration

I will then plaster these hands all over my room and students can look at them and be reminded of their personal Vow. 

Thursday - TODAY (my favorite day of the week)

Both Art 1 & 2 will be introduced to their first Major Project today. They will both be creating an image that will be put onto their Portfolios. They are to practice on Manilla paper first since they will only receive 1 sheet of Posterboard. 

Art 1 will be doing a Free Form drawing. Thinking outside the box. Looking for things within a scribble drawing. 

Student Example

Art 2 will be Creating Font to Illustrate their names. They are to Modify already created Font or come up with their own. 

Student Example

Examples