During the first week of school I like to read books to my younger classes to introduce art. I think it is good to tie literature to all subjects and allow them to see connections through storytelling. These are ones that I am going to read this first week: Kindergarten: 1st Grade: 2nd Grade: 3rd Grade:
We start our teacher meetings this Thursday and Friday. School starts this coming Monday! I was looking back at my blog to see what I did last year on the first days of school. I did this creativity exercise. I’m still up in the air about what we’re going to do for the first week. I have some good ideas, but I haven’t finalized anything yet. What are you going to do? What have you done in the past? Keep … Read more…
Today was our first day of school. Would you like to see a glimpse of my room? Any of these pictures you can see larger by clicking on them. Paints Paintbrushes Free Draw Cart View of the classroom. We have small rooms because we have small classes. This is the view from our window. It is the back of our school. The playground is to the right and there is a bike trail in the distance. Miscellaneous supplies Kiln room … Read more…
I’m going to have some of my students do a creativity exercise on the first day of school to get their juices flowing. Creativity TestDirections: Use your imagination to invent something that we could add to the school. It could be something real, made-up, unbelievable or something that we could actually add to our school. It could be added to the inside or outside of the school grounds. It could be decorative or functional. Draw a very detailed picture of … Read more…
