Week Five.

First: We needed to hand back work. The pile was getting too big. Many students had not put names on their papers, so this was difficult. Also, the vast majority of students wanted to bring their work home. I’m having a hard time with getting them to understand that I need to see the work. Students had a few minutes of drawing, and I encouraged them to work on something that they had already begun. Many did, but several had a hard time with this idea, and wanted to begin something new.

Fifth: We talked about the need to work as a team, move bodies around to keep everyone happy- i.e. no action painting at a table where someone is trying to draw. My action painting group tried out a new set up with kraft paper on the floor and their paintings over that. This worked out much better. There was still a lot of clean up- but I’m learning that I can count on this group to clean up their stuff. The tables where students were drawing and painting were content because there was no splattering on their work.