August 29, 2012

PD Day Projects: "The Pout Pout Fish" Inspired Craft Wars


Have you seen Craft Wars?!?  I really want to be on it!!  We have decided to do a one hour Craft Wars at the start of each PD Day(we have 5 this year).  We have random supplies laid out...and give the teachers a few objectives that must be accomplished in their creation!  My wife actually gave me this idea!! The teachers that attended our PD Day on Assessment/Grading yesterday created these beautiful works while listening to The Pout Pout Fish.  My friend Janet and I were leading the workshop..and we had to find a way to work that into the day!!! ha ha  Every elementary art teacher should have this book in their classroom library! I did a dramatic reading(really..just how I normally read..ha) while teachers were getting underway with their project.  We only told them that their must be a fish...there must be an environment...and craftsmanship must be excellent!  I know that the images you are looking at do not look like The Pout-Pout Fish.  HOWEVER...I am not really a fan of copying images from other artists.  So this is inspired...not a copy.   This work was later a part of the grading/assessment portion of our day.  









9 comments:

  1. This looks fabulous! So creative! First time here it is VERY nice to meet you!!
    xox
    Ash@ABpetite
    http://abpetite.blogspot.com/

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  2. Our district doesn't let us do creative (fun to them) things like that at our PD. :( It's all business even for us art teachers.

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  3. I wish my PD days were like this. This looks like so much fun. I want to have craft wars too!

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  6. Seriously, Ted. I need a job in MNPS!!!I would LOVE to do craft wars for PD!!I am SO teaching in the wrong school district! I am also SO stealing some of the fish ideas-UH-MAZING!

    :)Pat

    PS. To your new friend, Junie: Assess is spelled with the letter, "s", not "c". Just FYI..(I am a lifetime member of The Spelling Police):)

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  7. Pat..how are we friends!?!?! I am the world's worst speller. How can you read my blog without twitching?

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  8. Sympathies for your spelling ability Mr E. I'm with you. Not a natural born speller as so many others seem to be. Your PD is fabulous. Also the fact that the work was assessed at the end of the day. The work of your teachers is so varied. Have you done this with kids?

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