A 3-5 minute video at the beginning of class or to aid in my instruction is proving wonders. Many of the art students are after all, visual and auditory learners. I may then add in a short book, and/or demonstrate and then guided practice, then independent practice and monitoring/assisting as necessary. I sometimes wait to show "My" example so the students won't copy me. They need to learn to use their creativity/own ideas. The 2-5th grades students are all learning various twists on line and shape. They are doing amazingly well. K-and 1st grades students are learning about creating various things from shapes. We are having lots of fun! And, we are painting in almost every grade at all 4 of my schools. I love teaching art!
I want to share some videos I have used in my art classes that have worked. They are seen over and over by me, but for the students it's their first time. They love it! I have also learned that using sounds from my Ipad are effective as well. Now, here are some of videos. Enjoy.
Elements of Art: Line
Shapes Song
Wassily Kandinsky paintings
Four Seasons Rap Song
Kanndinsky Oil Pastel Lesson Plan
Monday, September 30, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Building a Relationship with Students
My teaching at four elementary schools means I go from one school to the next; sometimes going to two schools in one day. I do not know all my art students names, but know a handful in each class. I do know that I have tried to build a relationship with a few students or a group in each of my classes. There is always one or two particular students that I have built a relationship with because we like the same things. Sports: KU Football and Basketball; cats, music, etc.
Why is it important to have a relationship with my students? It shows that I care about what they are doing in their lives, and that we can talk about almost anything. I usually ask if they had a good weekend, or if it's a Friday, what are their plans. I try to keep things real. I want my students to feel comfortable and trust me. Sure we do cool art projects, and I want them to learn and have fun. But, without a trusting and personal relationship where they know about me, and I know something about them, I think my teaching would not be as effective.
After my 4th grades finished their Creative Names project, they all filled out a form, "All About Me". I even shared one I filled out about me. Then, they shared their information from their form with another student, and I read some of them, too. I learned about them. 5th graders did a short quiz and I learned that many really wanted me to know what they had learned.
A professor in my masters' program said, "It's all about relationships." She is right. How much time do teachers really spend getting to know their students? For me, over a 1,000 students is too many to get to know personally, but I can focus on a few in each class, and build relationships with them, and then gradually build more relationships with others. It will make all the difference in their lives, and mine.
Why is it important to have a relationship with my students? It shows that I care about what they are doing in their lives, and that we can talk about almost anything. I usually ask if they had a good weekend, or if it's a Friday, what are their plans. I try to keep things real. I want my students to feel comfortable and trust me. Sure we do cool art projects, and I want them to learn and have fun. But, without a trusting and personal relationship where they know about me, and I know something about them, I think my teaching would not be as effective.
After my 4th grades finished their Creative Names project, they all filled out a form, "All About Me". I even shared one I filled out about me. Then, they shared their information from their form with another student, and I read some of them, too. I learned about them. 5th graders did a short quiz and I learned that many really wanted me to know what they had learned.
A professor in my masters' program said, "It's all about relationships." She is right. How much time do teachers really spend getting to know their students? For me, over a 1,000 students is too many to get to know personally, but I can focus on a few in each class, and build relationships with them, and then gradually build more relationships with others. It will make all the difference in their lives, and mine.
Monday, September 2, 2013
What does Random mean?
Random!
As a quiz for two of my 5th grades classes last Friday at one of my four elementary schools, I asked three questions.
1) What does random mean? Define
2) What does the acronym ROYGVB mean? Define
3) List the colors from the acronym your class chose for your project: ROBVP or RYGBP.
I thought I would share their answers. Not only did a good portion of the students know what random meant, but they were able to list the colors for ROYGVB and ROBVP or RYGBP. We had learned these colors and terms over the course of the last couple weeks. However, some students spelling of the words and colors provided me with interesting reading!! The following answers are verbatim. The only addition is adding { } for a word.
Random:
You are different; you do something out of the unordanary; I like to dance: crazy out of the black choose in a un recunized order; something out of the oridenrnery. You just pick one; Non specific; just do something without thinking; random is a word out of the blue; to do something out of nowere; something unexped; uneckspeted; anything that comes to your mind; weird, different; something srasy happins something popes out of know where; random means its chosen from a set of letters or numbers; something just that comes rough; random on expectid. Random means multiple things.
ROYGBV= Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet. The primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. However, the students spelling of the color is a little different.
Oregenge, oragnge orang and orgh; Yello, yeloy; Villot, vilot, vilet, vilit; blow {blue}
The students had chosen their colors for their class projects the week before.
The color acronyms for Class 1 were: ROBVP. Red, Orange, Blue, Violet and P=Pink. I told them the color wheel had all the colors but one. Because this color was a tint, and not on the color wheel. There was a color wheel in the room for them to see. The other acronym for Class 2 was RYGBP. Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and P=Pink. Most of the student got these acronyms as well.
It was a fun quiz, and while the students self-assessed, it was good for me to know what they had learned so that I could, if needed, do some formative assessment in my teaching. The quiz set the tone for their project, Color sticks. The students loved the randomness of it, and did a great job!
As a quiz for two of my 5th grades classes last Friday at one of my four elementary schools, I asked three questions.
1) What does random mean? Define
2) What does the acronym ROYGVB mean? Define
3) List the colors from the acronym your class chose for your project: ROBVP or RYGBP.
I thought I would share their answers. Not only did a good portion of the students know what random meant, but they were able to list the colors for ROYGVB and ROBVP or RYGBP. We had learned these colors and terms over the course of the last couple weeks. However, some students spelling of the words and colors provided me with interesting reading!! The following answers are verbatim. The only addition is adding { } for a word.
Random:
You are different; you do something out of the unordanary; I like to dance: crazy out of the black choose in a un recunized order; something out of the oridenrnery. You just pick one; Non specific; just do something without thinking; random is a word out of the blue; to do something out of nowere; something unexped; uneckspeted; anything that comes to your mind; weird, different; something srasy happins something popes out of know where; random means its chosen from a set of letters or numbers; something just that comes rough; random on expectid. Random means multiple things.
ROYGBV= Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet. The primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. However, the students spelling of the color is a little different.
Oregenge, oragnge orang and orgh; Yello, yeloy; Villot, vilot, vilet, vilit; blow {blue}
The students had chosen their colors for their class projects the week before.
The color acronyms for Class 1 were: ROBVP. Red, Orange, Blue, Violet and P=Pink. I told them the color wheel had all the colors but one. Because this color was a tint, and not on the color wheel. There was a color wheel in the room for them to see. The other acronym for Class 2 was RYGBP. Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and P=Pink. Most of the student got these acronyms as well.
It was a fun quiz, and while the students self-assessed, it was good for me to know what they had learned so that I could, if needed, do some formative assessment in my teaching. The quiz set the tone for their project, Color sticks. The students loved the randomness of it, and did a great job!
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