My objective board with grade level objectives always displayed for students to see and remind us what we are doing during class, why we are doing it and if we are doing it successfully. This is review with each class at the beginning and end of a class period.
On this day students in 2nd grade were learning about color value and the 4 parts of a paint brush. On the left you can see my Art Room Rules and What To Do When I'm Finished posters. I made a set of these for each of my classrooms and review them with students at the beginning, middle and end of the year. Expectations are important for students to know and be reminded of throughout the year with the goal being that they will eventually hold each other responsible for meeting classroom expectations.
Students in the 3rd grade compare and contrast Keith Haring sculpture and Oaxacan wooden sculpture (I must admit that I'm pretty proud of this pairing!)
As part of our district wide assessment for art students are expected to be able to compare and contrast two pieces of artwork using grade level art vocabulary, namely the elements and principals. While these assessments can often be add the seemingly daunting task of teaching visual thinking skills on top of skill based lessons I believe that there is truly something good that came of this. Using a Venn Diagram on the white board with two blown up pictures of the artworks we took the first 5 minutes of class to look at the similarities and differences between these two pieces of artwork.
We began class by comparing and contrasting cats and dogs as a basis/reminder for how the diagram would work. While comparing and contrasting images is very different from ideas I believe that the Venn Diagram gave us a safe and comfortable way to approach the pieces of artwork. Providing students with only the name of both pieces I approached this with VTS (visual thinking strategies) in mind.
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