What goes on in the art room...
On a weekly basis, students are learning valuable and grade-level appropriate concepts that comply with the Art Curriculum and the Massachusetts Visual Arts Frameworks. Along with traditional lessons and assignments, students are responsible for designing, creating, implementing and occasionally assessing their own artwork. Proper maintenance and clean up of supplies is also part of this program.
The art room is set up with a smart board in the front and there are 6 tables that seat up to 4 students maximum. The tables are labeled by color; there is a red table, orange table, yellow table, green table, blue table, and purple/violet table. Everything that the students need will either be put out on their tables before they come in, or they can find what they need throughout the class period on the counter under the windows or on the back shelves.
Students know to wait in their class line outside the art room door until I invite them in (sometimes I am still setting up the classroom and the materials, depending on the art lesson). I will either direct them to find a seat on the rug or to go sit at their assigned color table. To start and end every art class I ring a bell 3 times, taking note from the Responsive Classroom methods.
Classroom Management...
Grades K-5 all use the same classroom management tool. Each letter is flipped over whenever I have to stop in the middle of teaching if it's getting to noisy, people are being disruptive and/or being unsafe.
It looks like this:
The green "A"...Reminder to quiet down
The yellow "R"...Warning! Whisper talking
The red "T"...Silent Art for the rest of class
The art room is set up with a smart board in the front and there are 6 tables that seat up to 4 students maximum. The tables are labeled by color; there is a red table, orange table, yellow table, green table, blue table, and purple/violet table. Everything that the students need will either be put out on their tables before they come in, or they can find what they need throughout the class period on the counter under the windows or on the back shelves.
Students know to wait in their class line outside the art room door until I invite them in (sometimes I am still setting up the classroom and the materials, depending on the art lesson). I will either direct them to find a seat on the rug or to go sit at their assigned color table. To start and end every art class I ring a bell 3 times, taking note from the Responsive Classroom methods.
Classroom Management...
Grades K-5 all use the same classroom management tool. Each letter is flipped over whenever I have to stop in the middle of teaching if it's getting to noisy, people are being disruptive and/or being unsafe.
It looks like this:
The green "A"...Reminder to quiet down
The yellow "R"...Warning! Whisper talking
The red "T"...Silent Art for the rest of class
**Please Read**
The art room can get messy! Please do not send your child to school with their best clothes on art day.
Some materials we will be using may stain clothing. We talk about using materials safely and responsibly, but sometimes accident happen
If you wish for your child to wear a smock, please send them in with one that they can leave in their locker or backpack. You don't need to go out and purchase a smock, it can be an old, over-sized t-shirt. We do not supply smocks to students.
Some materials we will be using may stain clothing. We talk about using materials safely and responsibly, but sometimes accident happen
If you wish for your child to wear a smock, please send them in with one that they can leave in their locker or backpack. You don't need to go out and purchase a smock, it can be an old, over-sized t-shirt. We do not supply smocks to students.