one of my "New Year" things is to keep the documentation up. here's today's even though it's Friday and I'm wiped.

6th
Did pretty well. This was the first "official" choice day, and they were a little hectic, like my fifth veterans were at first. For the most part, everyone was rockin.

3rd
Awesome. There are some very creative and talented kids in this group. We talked about paper, and I had probably half a dozen kids decide to tackle a 18"x24" piece of paper, even though I made sure to tell them it was a big commitment, and they needed to follow through. They also had to do a sketch beforehand, and once the drawings started, they looked amazing. I can't wait till they really get going, and I get some good photos. I also had 2 girls who wanted to do weaving. So I individually started them on cardboard looms while everybody else was drawing. I will continue to let them weave, and teach them more about the looms, warp, weft, etc, so they can help me teach the rest of the class when they start weaving.

1st
First had a drawing choice, like yesterday's 1sts did. They did alright. I like to try to give the kids the benefit of the doubt, and there was a group of boys who will be separated next week... I think one of them didn't understand that he had a choice of what to draw, and didn't need to draw the models like we had had our mini lesson about.