Planning Ahead

Today was day two (and my last for the week) on a cart--when it arrives at least--and it was only marginally less awkward than yesterday.  My second graders were wonderful, but I didn't get to judge my first graders very well as we had to go to an assembly fifteen minutes in.  We had time to cover the rules at least.  I'm excited to have the art room for the rest of the week, as I will have a full load of classes each day.

Now, since academic interventions have not started yet, I have a lot of free time on my hands.  Something that I've been wanting to do--but have never actually accomplished--is sitting down and figuring out a year long set of units or at least a comprehensive game plan for fitting in all those frameworks.

Welcome to Art Class!

Oh the first day of school. I've been looking forward to seeing all those bright little faces in the halls and in the classroom.  The last couple of weeks have been spent in preparation, trying to figure out the best way to start the school year and keep my enthusiasm fresh for as long as possible.  I've read the Teaching for Artistic Behavior book and treated it like any college text book (with likely even more notes written in the margins).  And I found a lovely site with several helpful essays that have given me many ideas and invoked quite a bit of thought about my teaching methods.