Things got busy in the art classroom 11/14-11/22.
The week of November 14th Honea Path and Wright hosted a local artist named Yoshiko Moon. She is from Japan and practices her art form here in the states. She was the resident artist for Ms. Ervin for the full week. She provided all supplies and instruction. She offered a culture lesson along with origami and Japanese calligraphy. The students were very receptive to her and seemed to really enjoy their time with her. She even taught them a few words which they were required to use in the classroom. I feel very privileged to have encountered 2 resident artists since my observations with Ms. Ervin begun. I have made relationships with people I hope to use in my own classroom someday.
On 11/22 I taught 4th grade for Dr. Dash to observe me. I taught on Fall Landscapes. The students were required to use fall colors and symbolism to make a landscape. We also discussed how to create a visual illusion by putting items close up in the picture frame or far away in the picture frame. It was a unique lesson to teach. It may have been too advanced for 4th grade. Some students seemed to struggle. I honestly had a very difficult time finding a lesson to teach them.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Laura- Week 12
Wednesday, November 16: 4 hours
semester total: 75 hours
This week, the drawing class finished their practice drawings using the pastels. They were able to add black and white to their drawings and push the dimensions of the shapes in their drawings. Most of the students were very happy with their drawings and were having a lot of fun with the blending of the pastels and the fun, bold colors. A few of the students became frustrated at times with the color blending and with creating the forms with the shapes, but they all worked really hard and loved their pieces when they were finished.
I taught my final lesson in the claymation class on Wednesday. Progress report grades were due Thursday morning, and the students had a lot to work on during class, and we had to fit in time for my lesson. Mrs. Bishop and I worked together to make sure all of the students finished their work (finishing their digital portfolios and taking pictures of their finished sets and characters). It was a really hectic class period, but we were able to get the students to finish with 20 minutes left in class, which was the perfect amount of time for me to do my lesson. I created a presentation about the "problems and solutions" of production. I took a lot of the problems that the students had with the production of their first movies, and I had the students discuss how they could solve these problems. Then I would go through the solutions that I came up with ahead of time. If applicable, I used pictures of characters and sets from the other classes. When I was finished going through the problems and solutions, we watched 2 movies that students had made from the other classes when they made their first movies. We talked about the positives and the negatives of each movie and how the negatives could be fixed.
It was bitter sweet to teach the last time, but I am even more excited about next semester now!
semester total: 75 hours
This week, the drawing class finished their practice drawings using the pastels. They were able to add black and white to their drawings and push the dimensions of the shapes in their drawings. Most of the students were very happy with their drawings and were having a lot of fun with the blending of the pastels and the fun, bold colors. A few of the students became frustrated at times with the color blending and with creating the forms with the shapes, but they all worked really hard and loved their pieces when they were finished.
I taught my final lesson in the claymation class on Wednesday. Progress report grades were due Thursday morning, and the students had a lot to work on during class, and we had to fit in time for my lesson. Mrs. Bishop and I worked together to make sure all of the students finished their work (finishing their digital portfolios and taking pictures of their finished sets and characters). It was a really hectic class period, but we were able to get the students to finish with 20 minutes left in class, which was the perfect amount of time for me to do my lesson. I created a presentation about the "problems and solutions" of production. I took a lot of the problems that the students had with the production of their first movies, and I had the students discuss how they could solve these problems. Then I would go through the solutions that I came up with ahead of time. If applicable, I used pictures of characters and sets from the other classes. When I was finished going through the problems and solutions, we watched 2 movies that students had made from the other classes when they made their first movies. We talked about the positives and the negatives of each movie and how the negatives could be fixed.
It was bitter sweet to teach the last time, but I am even more excited about next semester now!
Monday, November 14, 2011
week something
Total Hours: 50!
I forgot to do this yesterday. it's probably because i was trying to finish my painting project and stayed up half the night...
This was my last official week of preclinical hours. I taught on Tuesday and Mrs. Roberts and Emily came to observe me. I taught the same lesson back to back so that Mrs. Roberts could see the beginning of the lesson she missed. The lesson went fairly well. I introduced optical illusions. We did a pretty simple exercise after the presentation but many of the students struggled with the "rules." However, several of them got it right away and many more were able to make adjustments quickly. Mrs. Roberts gave me some feedback especially on dealing with a student who was frustrated and obviously not interested. I think I was able to adjust well the second time around. I tried to explain things slower and repeat the basic rules more.I also used student work as examples for the next class. That really helped them to see what was expected of them and what their classmates could do.
I am going to have to go back at some point to do my self evaluation since I still haven't been able to acquire a camera.
I forgot to do this yesterday. it's probably because i was trying to finish my painting project and stayed up half the night...
This was my last official week of preclinical hours. I taught on Tuesday and Mrs. Roberts and Emily came to observe me. I taught the same lesson back to back so that Mrs. Roberts could see the beginning of the lesson she missed. The lesson went fairly well. I introduced optical illusions. We did a pretty simple exercise after the presentation but many of the students struggled with the "rules." However, several of them got it right away and many more were able to make adjustments quickly. Mrs. Roberts gave me some feedback especially on dealing with a student who was frustrated and obviously not interested. I think I was able to adjust well the second time around. I tried to explain things slower and repeat the basic rules more.I also used student work as examples for the next class. That really helped them to see what was expected of them and what their classmates could do.
I am going to have to go back at some point to do my self evaluation since I still haven't been able to acquire a camera.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Playing Catch Up
Hi Everyone I am playing catch up from last week.
* Week 10/31-11/4 was slim on hours due to the schools being out. I did visit Wright on Friday. Ms. Ervin had scheduled a resident artist for the school that day and it was so fun to see how that all operates. The kids made glass tiles and learned about glass art. I learned that it is easy on an art teacher to host another artist but also stressful depending on how prepared they come. Ms. Ervin said she has had resident artists come who are not organized. For ones who are not local she offers her home for them to lodge. The artists she hosted Friday cost $500 for the day. She said it was $1200 for the week last year at Honea Path.
*Week 11/7-11/11 I was at the school daily. It was nice to see some classes I had not met yet. I also re-taught my Wild Things lesson for Mrs. Roberts to observe. Shockingly the principal observed my lesson too. He was doing his normal rounds and it just happened to land on me teaching. He was very complimentary and stayed most of the lesson. I will be doing my Mock Interview with him Monday morning so I am curious to see what advise he has at that point. I am finding more and more how my theater background aids my teaching skills. I knew it would help me engage children but I am realizing the same stamina needed to run a show multiple times is very similar to the stamina needed to teach the same lesson all week long. I am loving my experience with Ms. Ervin. She has been such an inspiring person to work with and I am extremely excited for next semester.
Last Monday I also observed Emily teach at Calhoun. She taught a very neat lesson on radial symmetry. I even did a spin off of it with my 5th grade group at Wright. She did a great job and was very observant to the students needs.
* Week 10/31-11/4 was slim on hours due to the schools being out. I did visit Wright on Friday. Ms. Ervin had scheduled a resident artist for the school that day and it was so fun to see how that all operates. The kids made glass tiles and learned about glass art. I learned that it is easy on an art teacher to host another artist but also stressful depending on how prepared they come. Ms. Ervin said she has had resident artists come who are not organized. For ones who are not local she offers her home for them to lodge. The artists she hosted Friday cost $500 for the day. She said it was $1200 for the week last year at Honea Path.
*Week 11/7-11/11 I was at the school daily. It was nice to see some classes I had not met yet. I also re-taught my Wild Things lesson for Mrs. Roberts to observe. Shockingly the principal observed my lesson too. He was doing his normal rounds and it just happened to land on me teaching. He was very complimentary and stayed most of the lesson. I will be doing my Mock Interview with him Monday morning so I am curious to see what advise he has at that point. I am finding more and more how my theater background aids my teaching skills. I knew it would help me engage children but I am realizing the same stamina needed to run a show multiple times is very similar to the stamina needed to teach the same lesson all week long. I am loving my experience with Ms. Ervin. She has been such an inspiring person to work with and I am extremely excited for next semester.
Last Monday I also observed Emily teach at Calhoun. She taught a very neat lesson on radial symmetry. I even did a spin off of it with my 5th grade group at Wright. She did a great job and was very observant to the students needs.
Laura- week 11
Wednesday, November 9th: 4 hours
Friday, November 11th: 2 hours
total: 6 hours
semester total: 71 hours
On Monday, I observed Emily teach a lesson about Jasper Johns. The students got to create their own monograms using their initials and objects/subjects that they liked. The students were very excited to create something that incorporated so many things that they enjoyed! They had a lot of fun with this project, and they were also able to have a great art history lesson. Great job, Emily!
On Wednesday, the drawing class started their first day of using the soft chalk pastels. They practiced finding a successful composition in their contour line drawings and blowing it up to a larger size. Then the students chose 2 warm and 2 cool color compositions that they can use to apply to their drawings. Later on Friday, the students continued their drawings, finalized their color compositions, selected where each color compositions was going to go within their drawings, and then practiced applying the pastels to the paper and blending colors together. The students were working at many different paces, and there was a field trip on Wednesday where a good many of the students missed class, so the students' goal on Friday was to be most of the way finished with the color blending so that in the next class they can apply black and white pastels to their drawings. The students were very excited to work with such a fun, colorful medium!
I will be teaching my final lesson this coming Wednesday to the claymation class. They will be starting to film their final movies this week, so I will be reviewing the "dos and don'ts" of production and filming. I can't wait to teach my final lesson!
Friday, November 11th: 2 hours
total: 6 hours
semester total: 71 hours
On Monday, I observed Emily teach a lesson about Jasper Johns. The students got to create their own monograms using their initials and objects/subjects that they liked. The students were very excited to create something that incorporated so many things that they enjoyed! They had a lot of fun with this project, and they were also able to have a great art history lesson. Great job, Emily!
On Wednesday, the drawing class started their first day of using the soft chalk pastels. They practiced finding a successful composition in their contour line drawings and blowing it up to a larger size. Then the students chose 2 warm and 2 cool color compositions that they can use to apply to their drawings. Later on Friday, the students continued their drawings, finalized their color compositions, selected where each color compositions was going to go within their drawings, and then practiced applying the pastels to the paper and blending colors together. The students were working at many different paces, and there was a field trip on Wednesday where a good many of the students missed class, so the students' goal on Friday was to be most of the way finished with the color blending so that in the next class they can apply black and white pastels to their drawings. The students were very excited to work with such a fun, colorful medium!
I will be teaching my final lesson this coming Wednesday to the claymation class. They will be starting to film their final movies this week, so I will be reviewing the "dos and don'ts" of production and filming. I can't wait to teach my final lesson!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Emily Week 8
Monday, November 7th: 7 hours
Thursday, November 10th: 2 hours
Semester Total: 52 hours
A lot happened this week. Monday I observed Caryn once again for K 1 and 2, and then during the 3rd grade block, I helped make leaves out of large paper for the dance teachers classroom. She was having the students think of verbs that leaves make, and then writing them down around the edge and in the middle.
During 5th grade I taught a lesson on radial symmetry and color wheels. I recorded this lesson, and lets say it was interesting to watch myself teach. I noticed that I cross my legs, talk a lot with my hands, and lean on a lot of things. Lesson wise, I was surprised at how well it worked for the fifth grade classroom. I retaught primary colors and then went over secondary colors and why each one is called such. As I expected, the students had the most difficulty thinking of something to draw. Mrs. Roberts observed me and mentioned that when I was giving them directions I said "I don't care what you draw, just make sure it touches all three sides of the triangle" when I should have said "It doesn't matter what you draw as long as it touches all three sides." This made me realize how much I need to be aware of everything I say. When I watched the recording, I noticed that I missed a couple of raised hands, but I eventually got around to everyone in the classroom.
During 4th grade, I taught a lesson on Jasper Johns and related it to the overlapping of images seen in his American Flag picture and Number Series. I took this opportunity to talk to the students about monograms and what each letter stood for. Then I had the students overlap the letters to their monogram and overlap images of things they were interested in underneath their monogram. I think the most frustrating thing about this class was that every student copied at least one image that was on one of my two examples. Some students just drew all the same objects that I had on my example. I was constantly telling them to be original and think of their own ideas, but the students were really stubborn and hard to motivate. Perhaps if I hadn't left the examples up on the board through the whole class, or if I had drawn an example with them, I would have gotten more of a variety. Had it been a two class lesson, I think I would have been more willing to spend more time on an example, but because I knew I was pressed for time, I just wanted the students to start drawing.
Wednesday, I observed Elizabeth teach her 8th grade lesson to her 7th grade class because it was more convenient for Mrs. Roberts. I was surprised at first when she told me that this lesson wasn't meant for the 7th grade, because they seemed to understand really well. After having seen myself teach on camera, and then watching Elizabeth teach, I noticed how different her command of the classroom was. Whether it was because she was teaching an older class or just because of her personality, I definitely learned a lot about things I should improve on. She seemed very comfortable with the students, and the subject that she was teaching. The more I visit middle school classrooms, the more I really enjoy them.
Thursday was Calhoun's art show, so I went and helped Caryn reorganize all of the students work, and then I just aided the parents while they browsed through the show. These were the students work that they had been working on a couple of weeks ago. Every students picture was inspired by Van Gogh. 5th was Van Gogh's Chair, 4th was White Iris, 3rd grade was Starry Night, 2nd grade was Van Gogh's trees, 1st was Van Gogh's Self Portrait, Kindergarden was Van Gogh's Sunflowers. After having been framed the parents had the opportunity to purchase the students picture in the frame. It was the same night as the open house so there was a lot going on for both the parents and the students the whole night.
Thursday, November 10th: 2 hours
Semester Total: 52 hours
A lot happened this week. Monday I observed Caryn once again for K 1 and 2, and then during the 3rd grade block, I helped make leaves out of large paper for the dance teachers classroom. She was having the students think of verbs that leaves make, and then writing them down around the edge and in the middle.
During 5th grade I taught a lesson on radial symmetry and color wheels. I recorded this lesson, and lets say it was interesting to watch myself teach. I noticed that I cross my legs, talk a lot with my hands, and lean on a lot of things. Lesson wise, I was surprised at how well it worked for the fifth grade classroom. I retaught primary colors and then went over secondary colors and why each one is called such. As I expected, the students had the most difficulty thinking of something to draw. Mrs. Roberts observed me and mentioned that when I was giving them directions I said "I don't care what you draw, just make sure it touches all three sides of the triangle" when I should have said "It doesn't matter what you draw as long as it touches all three sides." This made me realize how much I need to be aware of everything I say. When I watched the recording, I noticed that I missed a couple of raised hands, but I eventually got around to everyone in the classroom.
During 4th grade, I taught a lesson on Jasper Johns and related it to the overlapping of images seen in his American Flag picture and Number Series. I took this opportunity to talk to the students about monograms and what each letter stood for. Then I had the students overlap the letters to their monogram and overlap images of things they were interested in underneath their monogram. I think the most frustrating thing about this class was that every student copied at least one image that was on one of my two examples. Some students just drew all the same objects that I had on my example. I was constantly telling them to be original and think of their own ideas, but the students were really stubborn and hard to motivate. Perhaps if I hadn't left the examples up on the board through the whole class, or if I had drawn an example with them, I would have gotten more of a variety. Had it been a two class lesson, I think I would have been more willing to spend more time on an example, but because I knew I was pressed for time, I just wanted the students to start drawing.
Wednesday, I observed Elizabeth teach her 8th grade lesson to her 7th grade class because it was more convenient for Mrs. Roberts. I was surprised at first when she told me that this lesson wasn't meant for the 7th grade, because they seemed to understand really well. After having seen myself teach on camera, and then watching Elizabeth teach, I noticed how different her command of the classroom was. Whether it was because she was teaching an older class or just because of her personality, I definitely learned a lot about things I should improve on. She seemed very comfortable with the students, and the subject that she was teaching. The more I visit middle school classrooms, the more I really enjoy them.
Thursday was Calhoun's art show, so I went and helped Caryn reorganize all of the students work, and then I just aided the parents while they browsed through the show. These were the students work that they had been working on a couple of weeks ago. Every students picture was inspired by Van Gogh. 5th was Van Gogh's Chair, 4th was White Iris, 3rd grade was Starry Night, 2nd grade was Van Gogh's trees, 1st was Van Gogh's Self Portrait, Kindergarden was Van Gogh's Sunflowers. After having been framed the parents had the opportunity to purchase the students picture in the frame. It was the same night as the open house so there was a lot going on for both the parents and the students the whole night.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Laura- week 9 & 10
Wednesday, October 26: 3.5 hours
Wednesday, November 2: 4.5 hours
Friday, November 4: 3.5 hours
total: 65 hours
So... apparently my blog from week 9 did not save. Not sure how that happened! Sorry guys!
During week 9, I was only able to go to Wren on Wednesday. The students worked on the preliminary work to their next project. They worked on blind contour and modified blind contour line drawings during class. At first, the students were not very happy about having to do these contour line drawings for the entire class period, but as time went on, the more focused they were on the drawings and the less they realized how much time has gone by.
On Wednesday, November 2nd, I taught during the drawing class. During my lesson, I gave an art history lesson about Georgia O'Keeffe's life and the characteristics of her works. I worked into my lesson opportunities for the students to talk and have class discussions. After the presentation, I showed four different O'Keeffe paintings, and the students dissected each painting down to the principles and elements within each composition. The students were able to come up to the SMARTBoard and describe their observations by drawing on the paintings. I think that my lesson went really well; the students really enjoyed the information and subject matter shared during the lesson, and they were able to accurately and knowledgeably apply the information to the SMARTBoard activity. Also, on Friday Mrs. Bishop reviewed my O'Keeffe lesson, and the students remembered a lot of the information from the lesson and apply this information to their assignment. The claymation class worked on their characters during class by first approving their sketches of the character and the underlying armature of the structure of their characters. Then, they build their characters with wire, paper, foil, plastic wrap, and clay. The process of creating the characters took the students a while, but they had 3 class periods to complete them. I helped the students with any troubleshooting problems and questions and distributed supplies.
On Friday, November 4th, the drawing class reviewed the information about O'Keeffe, found one composition to practice with the pastels, transferred their practice compositions to 8x12-inch paper, and started to choose the colors that they want to use in their compositions. I helped the students choose successful compositions and analyze which colors would work best in their drawings. In the claymation class, the students worked on the finishing touches on the characters. Some groups still had a lot of work to do on their characters, but other groups only had to put the clay onto their characters. The groups that were further along were able to take their time when applying the clay to the characters and make really successful and interesting characters.
Mock Interview:
On Friday, I met with Wren's principal Mr. Binnicker to do my mock interview. I was (of course!) nervous, but Mr. Binnicker is very welcoming and made me feel comfortable. He started out by asking about me and my family, hobbies, schooling, favorite art medium, etc. Then he started to get into more specific questions: Why do you think you would be a great teacher in Wren HS?, What are your strengths?, What are your weaknesses?, What is your teaching and classroom management philosophy and plan of action?, What has been the best lesson you have ever taught?, etc. After he questioned me, he stopped the "act" of the mock interview, and told me that he said that I did a great job answering his questions. He went through a lot of his questions and told me what he looks for in the answers of each question. It was interesting because he said that the answer to the question is important, but what is even more important is my delivery of the question (need to show enthusiasm, energy, a good sense of humor, flexibility in the classroom and when dealing with problems, etc.). These aspects give him more insight into the type of person and teacher I am.
Then he gave me some tips about the interview process in general: contact the personnel of the school to make the school know that you really want to job, be knowledgeable about the school and the school's awards and work this into the cover letter and the interview, choose the best references possible because these are more valuable than the resume itself, dress well and give a good handshake and smile during the interview because first impressions are very important, do not spend long on your flaws and put a positive spin on them if you are asked about them, and make sure you mention your love for students and the importance of their education. I asked him about bringing in my own artwork and student artwork to the interview, and he said that this would be a great idea because he would be able to see that we are very competent and knowledgeable in the field and are able to inspire and educate students. This interview was a great experience because I was able to get a lot of my questions answered, and I feel more confident about meeting with other principals.
Wednesday, November 2: 4.5 hours
Friday, November 4: 3.5 hours
total: 65 hours
So... apparently my blog from week 9 did not save. Not sure how that happened! Sorry guys!
During week 9, I was only able to go to Wren on Wednesday. The students worked on the preliminary work to their next project. They worked on blind contour and modified blind contour line drawings during class. At first, the students were not very happy about having to do these contour line drawings for the entire class period, but as time went on, the more focused they were on the drawings and the less they realized how much time has gone by.
On Wednesday, November 2nd, I taught during the drawing class. During my lesson, I gave an art history lesson about Georgia O'Keeffe's life and the characteristics of her works. I worked into my lesson opportunities for the students to talk and have class discussions. After the presentation, I showed four different O'Keeffe paintings, and the students dissected each painting down to the principles and elements within each composition. The students were able to come up to the SMARTBoard and describe their observations by drawing on the paintings. I think that my lesson went really well; the students really enjoyed the information and subject matter shared during the lesson, and they were able to accurately and knowledgeably apply the information to the SMARTBoard activity. Also, on Friday Mrs. Bishop reviewed my O'Keeffe lesson, and the students remembered a lot of the information from the lesson and apply this information to their assignment. The claymation class worked on their characters during class by first approving their sketches of the character and the underlying armature of the structure of their characters. Then, they build their characters with wire, paper, foil, plastic wrap, and clay. The process of creating the characters took the students a while, but they had 3 class periods to complete them. I helped the students with any troubleshooting problems and questions and distributed supplies.
On Friday, November 4th, the drawing class reviewed the information about O'Keeffe, found one composition to practice with the pastels, transferred their practice compositions to 8x12-inch paper, and started to choose the colors that they want to use in their compositions. I helped the students choose successful compositions and analyze which colors would work best in their drawings. In the claymation class, the students worked on the finishing touches on the characters. Some groups still had a lot of work to do on their characters, but other groups only had to put the clay onto their characters. The groups that were further along were able to take their time when applying the clay to the characters and make really successful and interesting characters.
Mock Interview:
On Friday, I met with Wren's principal Mr. Binnicker to do my mock interview. I was (of course!) nervous, but Mr. Binnicker is very welcoming and made me feel comfortable. He started out by asking about me and my family, hobbies, schooling, favorite art medium, etc. Then he started to get into more specific questions: Why do you think you would be a great teacher in Wren HS?, What are your strengths?, What are your weaknesses?, What is your teaching and classroom management philosophy and plan of action?, What has been the best lesson you have ever taught?, etc. After he questioned me, he stopped the "act" of the mock interview, and told me that he said that I did a great job answering his questions. He went through a lot of his questions and told me what he looks for in the answers of each question. It was interesting because he said that the answer to the question is important, but what is even more important is my delivery of the question (need to show enthusiasm, energy, a good sense of humor, flexibility in the classroom and when dealing with problems, etc.). These aspects give him more insight into the type of person and teacher I am.
Then he gave me some tips about the interview process in general: contact the personnel of the school to make the school know that you really want to job, be knowledgeable about the school and the school's awards and work this into the cover letter and the interview, choose the best references possible because these are more valuable than the resume itself, dress well and give a good handshake and smile during the interview because first impressions are very important, do not spend long on your flaws and put a positive spin on them if you are asked about them, and make sure you mention your love for students and the importance of their education. I asked him about bringing in my own artwork and student artwork to the interview, and he said that this would be a great idea because he would be able to see that we are very competent and knowledgeable in the field and are able to inspire and educate students. This interview was a great experience because I was able to get a lot of my questions answered, and I feel more confident about meeting with other principals.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Emily Week 7
This week Calhoun was closed on Monday, so the only thing productive that happened this week was that I went to observe Laura on Wednesday at Wren High. She did a lesson that related the students next project to Georgia O'Keefe and her use of the elements and principles. I haven't seen a lesson that didn't involve some kind of project at the end in quite a while, so it was refreshing to just go back to the basics and just focus on finding elements and principles of design in other artworks. Laura, you did a great job! I think your SMARTBoard activity lent itself well to each student being able to identify the elements and principles. Although the students seemed confused about rhythm at first, I think your explanation of it being a fluid concept helped them understand it more clearly.
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