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Presenting Your Lessons

By Marcia Beckett | November 4, 2012 - 1:56 am |July 5, 2024 art teacher tips, art teaching

A grid pattern with black Adinkra shapes and colorful dots on a white background.

Katie said… Can I ask how you present your art projects? Do you have a finished picture to show the kids so they have an idea of what you want from them, or do you just explain it and let them create? That is a great question. It depends on the project. I almost always will demonstrate steps to a project. Many times I don’t have a finished picture to show them. Right now, my 5th/6th graders (we have combined … Read more… →

What would it be like to be a teacher?

By Marcia Beckett | August 12, 2012 - 1:36 am |July 5, 2024 art teaching

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A typewritten essay titled "Why It Would Be Nice to Have a Career as a Teacher" with handwritten edits in the top left corner.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a teacher? My mom gave me this old gem written by Yours Truly when I was in 3rd grade. (My 3rd grade teacher had the initials ABC which everyone thought was really cool.) Lessons learned: It is very important to let your students write in pen. Make sure you have “neat” ways of doing things. Your students should use Trapper Keepers. Let your students go to the bathroom in … Read more… →