For the 2014-2015 school year I have a few things that I need to tackle.
1. How to deal with early finishers.
2. Formal Assessment in the Arts. We will be required to pre and post test students to show growth.
3. Better storage for 3D projects.
For the early finishers I have developed three new stations.
1. The Interpretation Station
- this will get them looking at and thinking about art beyond what is shown for the projects and discussion. This station will have a box of worksheets that have probing questions about artworks in general. I will switch out the artwork weekly because this is how often I see my students.
2. The Observation Station
-for observational drawings from mini still-lifes and other famous artworks. I will encourage their basic skills of contour drawings, starting with the basic lines, adding shapes, and then creating values simply with a pencil.
3. Artist Statement
-my kids love telling me about their art and decisions. So what better way than to write about your artwork. This encourages the writing process using something they are motivated by.
On the other hand if the early finishers 'dont want' to do these other activities they can continue on in their work adding more details and making their work neater.
Formal Assessment makes me want to cry. This isn't what art is supposed to be about. But it is apparently a necessity this year. More on that later.
As for storage- I have not a clue yet.
I want to post more as well. It would be so nice if my district didn't block all blogs. But I will do what I can to show off my kids wonderful work.
