6th
First day back from vacation with this group. It went pretty well. My mini lesson was on proportion and enlarging a photo using a grid. There were a handful of students today who usually work well, but were very distractible and chatty today. But one thing that amazes me is the kids who are kind of spastic and have a horrible time concentrating with a given assignment are very creative and concentration just goes through the roof when I give them a choice.

1st
First official day of offering this group a choice, and it was awesome. I've loved this group from the beginning, anyway, but they are just adorable. There are 2 students who have consistently been off task and disruptive so far this year. They were a little off during meeting time, but when they got going, there were no problems. Mini lesson was on observation- I demo'd observational drawing of blocks and animal models. One of the boys who is constantly in his own world, in Art and in his regular classroom, was totally focused the entire time on drawing the blocks. He used the clear plastic blocks through which you can see the edges on the far sides, and drew amazing 3D pictures of them. Like better than some HS students I've had. I wish I had my camera today- the firsts were so cute!

snow day yesterday, so I missed my Choice Veterans... : (