Art Room Bulletin Boards - Discipline

I am trying a new "system" this year. With having all 530 students this year, I need to keep organized & simplistic. I have a chart with 36 boxes across(the number of times I'm suppose to see the students in a years time). At the end of the class time, I fill in the box with the color that matches their behavior for the day. Blue is a GREAT DAY! Red is OK DAY..but could be better. Yellow is NOT A GOOD DAY! I slide the color across to let the the kids know where they are at during the class time...every class starts on blue. Individual student issues will be handled individually...this chart is for class as a whole. The kids seem to like knowing if they're doing better than the other classes!

Hallway Display

At the end of the school year I have my students make me turtles with fun designs and patterns for the hallway outside my classroom. I change my color theme every year for five years(so that the students don't see the same thing twice..we're a K-4th school)...so I always know what colors I'm going with for the next year(primary, warms, cools, greens, and secondary). I started this 6 yrs ago...so I'm back to primary!! I thought the word CREATE! was fitting...and may use that idea again next year!!

Art Room Bulletin Boards - Is Your Mind On Art?

I just love this crazy head spilling over with art!! I'm not sure when or how I came up with this, but it is recreated each year to match my color theme(if you haven't noticed...this year is primary!)

Art Room Bulletin Boards - No-No Board

Argue it if you like, but students do need to be told NO! It will not stiffle their creativity!! We as teachers are there to instruct our students, and I've personally found a "No-No" board extremely helpful. Some students don't realize that blue clouds are just lazy clouds....that the sun is not a person & does not have a face....or that their mother did not pick up a stick and call it her child! So, this is my board...and I go over each point with my students EVERY YEAR!! My forth graders love my theatrical presentation!! ha ha

Art Room Bulletin Boards -Write Your Name

I'm constantly reminding my students to write their name on their paper. I decided a bulletin board would be a great reminder for them. Also, it allows me to have examples of where to place their name. If you've ever had to hunt for a students name on their art...you'll understand having a set rule of where to place their name is important! Does this solve all my problems....NO!....but it has helped this issue a great deal.

Mona & the Mug

Seems that the Mona Lisa was attacked again!

Some woman pulled a mug/cup out of her

bag and threw it at the painting. Thank goodness for the bulletproof glass!!!

Here's the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8196538.stm

Beauty & The Beast Camp

I recently finished with a two week Theater/Music/Art Camp. The musical they were doing this summer is Beauty & the Beast. This was my first summer working with this camp, and it was a real challenge. I taught two 45 min. sessions a day, each session having 30 students ages 6 to 13 yrs old! I was asked to create lessons based on the movie/musical. I had no desire to copy ideas from the movie, but instead pulled elements out of the movie that I thought would make fun projects(and that could be done by such a wide age range!!!).

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This first project is based off of the stain glass windows in the movie that explain the back story of the Beast. It is watercolor and Sharpie. I had the student use salt in some of the areas to create a textured effect.

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I had the campers create paper mache bowls from construction paper and liquid starch! They turned out great, but unforunately did not do a song and dance number.

Art World Magazine Web Site

I'm always on the hunt for new resources on contemporary art. Lets face it, what we find in most of our schools is nothing but "The Masters". There is nothing wrong with that, but art did not stop a century ago! It is alive & well, and I want to my students to know this...and see this!!!

I came across Art World Magazine's web page tonight, and LOVE IT!!! Lot of videos with some interesting stuff that can be shared with our students!! Take a look for yourself and see!!

http://www.artworldmagazine.com.au/

Art Camp Session 2 - Abstract Expressionism

Art Camp Session 2 - Print Making

Art Camp Session 2 - Tribal Masks

Art Camp Session 2 - Aboriginal Art

Art Camp Session 2 - Fish Sculptures

Art Camp Session 2 - Silk Painting