April 17th 2013
Today I taught the second half of my lesson for the fist
time. It went really well and the students behaved perfectly! The first day we did this project it was so
chaotic that it was hard to keep the classes attention because all they wanted
to do was work with the Model Magic.
They acted more independently this class period and did not come to me
for as many questions. I was only there for a couple of morning classes and did
not get to work with my other third graders that day. I hope the next one goes
as well as this one did. My CT likes my lesson and is going to use it in her
class next year. It is a fun and easy lesson that introduces them to texture
and design. Although I still need more practice I want to continue to use this
lesson in the future. They other classes worked in their sketchbook and drew
aliens. It was so fun to walk around and see what different things each student
came up with. Their imaginations at this level just amaze me. This is why we cannot
allow art to be taken out of school. Without encouraging this type of
creativity it can often be lost, instead we need to be constantly encouraging
this type of creativity so that their minds are able to think outside of the
box and create something no one has ever seen before!
Why my CT became a
teacher
She loves kids and she loves art so it sounded like the
perfect plan/mixer and became a teacher. She didn’t even think about when she
was in high school, but by her early 20’s she wanted to do something more
meaningful than working at the mall. She didn’t know weather she wanted to be
an elementary teacher or an art teacher but she had a natural ability in art so
she felt that was the better direction to go in.
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