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The End of the Semester

1/20/2017

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Stump the Student

Students finished up their time in the Art Room with me this semester. To finish off the class, students worked on their Final Challenge and Exam this week. In order to get ready for the Exam, students were given a review guide and some went beyond just filling it out to create a guide to help them study. 
The day before exams stared, students were asked to come up with two questions based on their review. Then, after breaking into two teams, students played "Stump the Student." The first team action is for students to pick their team names. I required students to use "artful" names and some of my favorites from the day are "McWarhols," "Chick-fil-Art," The Chuck Closers," and "Chuck Far Away."

The rules for the review game are simple: students are placed on two teams to go head-to-head, asking their opponent a question based on the review. They may use images or other props to help visualize their question and they must know the answer to what they are asking. If the student being asked gets the question right, their team gets the point. If they are stumped, then the student who is asking the question gets it right if they know the answer. Then roles change before two new students are up.  

It can be an intense game, so ground rules of behavior are also set before we begin to ensure it is fair and all benefit from the question/answer to help them review for their exam. I started doing this a few years ago and enjoy it beyond any other review activity I have tried prior or since. 

Exams

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For the Exam, students were asked a series of questions that covered the bulk of concepts they learned from this year. From identifying basic color groupings in famous works, to ordering the stages of clay, and labeling the parts of an image structure, students were tasked with being accountable for the terms and concepts they were taught over the last 18 weeks. The best part of this is that Schoology grades it for me, so students and I receive immediate feedback on how they did and what could be improved upon.

In addition to that, they also had to create a GIF using a work from one of our elementary or intermediate art students. I have Ian Sands to thank for this idea. This is one of my favorite things to do to end the term because it gives kids one more tool set before they leave and they get to use that to create something using another BCPS student's work. 

Here are some highlights: 
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Lego Wall Update

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Thanks to DonorsChoose and the amazing support of those who gave, we now have the makings of a Lego Wall over by the STEM classroom! I am very excited to get kids involved with making art on this and have Tricia Fuglestad to thank for sharing various Lego Art Lessons on her blog. 

One project I hope to adapt for our wall is this one on Rotational Symmetry. It is a great opportunity to showcase STEAM in action, especially since the work will be in a public space. I also think this work, using students as models for character traits is a great way to use Lego to connect concepts to the classroom. The STEM teacher and I are working on a few ideas in hopes we will have a solid plan by 4th marking period. 

If you are interested in building your own lego wall, here is where I drew inspiration before getting my project organized on DonorsChoose. It took me about a year of thinking about this before I went to action on it. I started by talking to our building leadership and the STEM teacher, who were on board from the beginning. Then I created the project on DonorsChoose, which ended up being funded by the end of first semester. Finally the boards were installed days after getting the shipment. 

It has been really exciting project to have funded and one that has gotten a lot of positive reactions from students. The fist pumps and excited smiles alone have made it a success. 

Saying Goodbye

To finish out the term, I also had students fill out an exit survey. I use this for a few things. I use it as a point of data to reflect on my effectiveness as a teacher and if we met the goals set; I also use it as a way to make improvements and adjustments for the future. It is a nice way to end the class, especially reading the responses I got to what was the best thing we did and anything else they think I needed to know. 

I use Google Forms for this because it will organize the data for you in a very easy-to-read way. Here are some of the responses from those sections: 
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I had a great first half of the school year and know that this next week with a new group will make way for a great way to finish it out! 
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Strong Finish

1/18/2014

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Students finished out the term with their final exams this week. In addition to taking a 20 question test over the materials, artists, and methods learned over the last 18 weeks, students were challenged to create a composition that explored what they had learned over the term. 

It is interesting to see how students compose their final compositions and which things they decide to highlight from what they have learned over the term. It is also fun to see the amount of growth students have demonstrated from the beginning of the semester to now. 

It was a great semester in the art classroom! We have published over 2200 pieces of art on our Artsonia gallery and have had students selected for numerous awards programs - some of the best results from our program, ever! I am sad to see this group go, but I am really excited to teach the next group of students. We have a lot left to do before the end of the school year and it is going to begin with making art from the start - get ready for some clay and paint on day one, kids! 

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exams, day 1

6/6/2012

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Students took their first round of exams today, but before taking their tests many took up the challenge of making a creative study guide for extra credit.

The image on the left was created by one of my 7th grade students using her iPad and the Pic Collage App. Can you tell what we learned this semester in Art from the images?

It was fun to see the various drawn guides (as well as the paper airplane) made by my 8th grade students, too.

Only two more days to go...

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folding paper

5/31/2012

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7th grade students are continuing to create various origami creatures for our mural in the library. Students voted on what they wanted the mural to say, and decided on YOLO (You Only Live Once).

This mural will be a nice way to wrap up the year and something to look forward to seeing again once we come back in September. We will start to hang the butterflies, cranes, and pinwheels tomorrow. Hopefully the installation will be complete by Monday so we can review for the Final Exam (yes, we give an exam in art) on Tuesday!

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finishing up

1/16/2012

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Since this is the second to last day of art before exams, it was spent finishing up projects and studying for the exam.

I have really enjoyed this first group of students and although I am sad to see them go, I am looking forward to getting to do it all over again with a new group!

I will be posting the final art and video projects online within the week - so keep your eyes open!
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