6Fz- Building on our grid lesson from last week, my mini lesson was on distorting an image using a distorted grid. Several students have begun working on the grid idea without the distortion. I think that the grid idea can help with the need for "realism" that many kids seem to strive for, especially at this level.
1N- Last week, these kids had a choice for drawing. This week, I opened collage for them, but many began working on drawings. Also, because of the weather, it's been inside recess. During recess, one of the students began working on a building for his lego figures. He brought it to class, and asked if he could continue working on it. No problem for me, but I need to be ready for the rest of the class to look at what he's doing and want to do it as well. Cardboard Construction Center needs to be built. They got pretty into the building thing.
Jan 16
6B- Introduced the idea for the grid drawing. Several students in this class brought images from home to work on. A good handful of them got into it after the mini lesson. We also talked about tracking our choices on the chart that I handed out. I'm doing this so that when I have portfolio meetings with them before the end of the trimester in March, I will be able to discuss with them what they are choosing and why. Possibly encourage them to branch out if necessary.
3Su- This class has some very ambitious artists. All of the students who began work on a large drawing last week continued the work this week. There were a handful of students who wanted to weave, so I sat in a small group with them to help with loom set up, etc. As the class went on, there were more students interested in weaving, so I made an executive decision that official weaving lessons will begin next week.
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