Happy Thanksgiving!
We had to go to school Monday and Tuesday. I had a full schedule on Monday but no Kindergarten or 1st grade on Tuesday. So I needed a simple and fun holiday lesson for K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 5th is still...
View ArticleHoliday Party/Construction Zone
There is much construction going on at my house. Why, you might ask? Because my husband wanted to host my school's holiday party. Great idea, yes let's have all my coworkers and their spouses over for...
View ArticleHoliday Break
Enjoying holiday break and using time to catch up. Looking to what I will be teaching in the new year and wrapping up lessons, grading and uploading to Artsonia. Boy, it is nice to have a little...
View ArticleNew Year's Clean Up
Or a better title: The new fire marshall will be visiting mid January. I am one of the lucky ones that my room was actually designed as an ART ROOM. I know a lot of teachers who make do with a regular...
View ArticleWelcome back ~ Happy 2011
One of my resolutions is to blog more often! So for day 1 at least I am sticking to it. Today was my first day back and I am proud to say I did everything on my list which included starting new...
View ArticleSelf Portrait with Friend
I just finished up a lesson with 2nd grade that I have been teaching for a couple years now. I think it started out as a Fairfax County lesson and I have been editing and adding to it. First we start...
View Article3rd Grade Instrument Drawing/Collage
This lesson is adapted from a VAEA session I went to taught by Sarah Matthews at J.B. Watkins Elem, Midlothian, VA and Heather Levet at Elizabeth Scott Elem, Chester, VA. I read the book I Live in...
View ArticleIn my room...
A little update of what is going on in my room: 5th grade gargoyles are almost ready to be fired - one more class needs to finish. 4th grade - elongated portraits a la Modigliani. Adapted from Kathy's...
View ArticleWhat... What did you say??
I have been fighting off the usual change of season crud which has resulted in a long bout of laryngitis. It makes it pretty interesting for someone whose job it is to talk all day. We had last Monday...
View ArticleDoodle 4 Google
My students have been working on the Doodle 4 Google contest. I had all 5th graders working on it as a grade in class. They could fill out all the paperwork to have me send it in to the contest if they...
View ArticleSpring Art Festival
I have been so far behind on posting and not sure where to start! So thanks to Phyl at There's a Dragon in My Artroom for starting the topic of District-wide art shows. Here are posts about last year's...
View ArticleTeacher Appreciation Week
You gotta love Teacher Appreciation Week! Our PTO is awesome and arranges breakfast everyday, a luncheon on Thursday (including volunteers to cover our classes) and goodie bags! Each day of the week...
View ArticleSummer Art Camp ~ SPLAT!
Once again I taught our county's summer art program. We offer this program as a way to serve our gifted population. Teachers have to submit their recommendations to our county office and these students...
View ArticleGearing Up for Next Year! IDEA: Art Club
I have so many ideas floating around!! A lot of great info from taking The Art of Education's Assessment in Art Education with Jessica Balsley which I highly recommend!I would like to fish for some...
View ArticleClassroom Management Tip: Assigning Seats
How do you assign seats for the new year? Here is how I do it...My tables are all different colors and each seat has a number. As the students enter my room on the first week of school I hand them a...
View ArticleNew School Year!
Fauquier County started school this past Monday. I wanted to share some pics of my new room set up. I am starting year four so I plan on mixing things up a bit this year. You can see how it was last...
View ArticleHighlights from Summer Art Camps
A little behind on this but still wanted to share. It made me chuckle when I read Jessica's back in June post on Art of Education called "Why I Don't Teach Kids in the Summer" and I had just agreed to...
View ArticleFirst Project Complete and Displayed!
We have finished our first two weeks of school here in Fauquier County, Virginia. Our first week was interrupted by a little 5.8 earthquake and our first weekend was filled with wind and rain from...
View ArticleStudent Designed Yearbook Covers
For the first time Greenville will have a student designed yearbook cover. All four of my 5th grade classes talked about being a graphic designer and designing a cover for our client, Greenville...
View ArticleVAEA Presentation: The Artful Power of Children's Books
As promised here is my VAEA PresentationThe Artful Power of Children's BooksThanks so much for the wonderful feedback I got on this presentation. Going to conferences is always such a great motivator!...
View ArticleBack to School
Trying to get mentally ready to head back to school tomorrow. I had a great 5 day break and did a lot of crocheting and crafting inspired by my Pinterest boards (more on that later). I was just...
View ArticlePinterest Ideas in Action
I have been a bad blogger... not updating as often as I would like. So I am going to try to get some updates going. I have been implementing a lot of ideas I have pinned on Pinterest so I will start by...
View ArticlePinterest Ideas Post 2
I found this little gem from MaryMaking. It fit perfectly for a National Heritage Week we were having at school. So for each grade level I chose a different culture or country to base my lesson. 3rd...
View ArticleNational Heritage Week
Our guidance councelor put together a great program to celebrate our diverse heritage. Each of the specialists teachers taught special lessons that week to tie everything together. Here is a little...
View ArticleVAEA 2013 ~ Electives! In Elementary
I just attended the VAEA 2013 Professional Development Conference in Falls Church. It was only about 45 minutes away but I was able to get my school to pay for the registration and a hotel for two...
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