Art Room Poster! - Hero themed fun poster perfect for reminding students to draw light :) This 1 page PDF Poster goes great with my other art room/classroom designs. The bright colors also lets you match it to your current decor. Because I design and create all my work, I can customize anything to meet your needs. Please message me if you would like any of these things or other products customized. https://artismyjam.blogspot.com/ ©The Creative Classroom by Felicia Clause is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Check out the variety of free posters I've created below including elements of art posters and color theory posters. I would love to see how you display your posters in your own art room so feel free to share photos of your art room. If you use download these resources, please follow me on Facebook

Master your classroom management in the art room with this Mona Lisa Quiet poster. Remind students to keep their voices off, their eyes on the teacher, their hands still and their bodies seated. Available in two digital sizes to be printed at your school: 12x18 inches and 24x36 inches (pdf files). Also, did you know that the Mona Lisa used to have eyebrows?! An overly-enthusiastic restorer from a long, long time ago accidentally removed them. Yikes!

This school year I will be out on an extended maternity leave. While I am so excited to get to stay home with my babies, I'm definitely going to miss my classroom! Setting up my art room in the beginning of the year is something I always look forward to. Freshly painted tables and stools, sparkling'ish clean floors, new bulletin board borders, bright new posters to hang - I LOVE it all so much! Normally I start off each school year with a post showing how I set up my art room and my plans for classroom management, but this year is going to be a little different. Instead I'm going to show you some pictures of things that worked great in previous years, and what exciting new creations I've been working on for the art room! Visual Art Word Wall These Visual Art Word Wall cards are the perfect way to get your kids to learn art vocabulary AND a great way to show your administration how you can incorporate literacy into your art room! Every year I hang these up along the back wall in my classroom, that way when my students are lined up waiting for their teacher, they have an opportunity to peruse my wall. This summer I've made some exciting new updates to my word wall cards! The vocab words are now much bolder and the card set with definitions included is significantly easier to read from afar. Elements and Principles Posters and Strips Another item I like to hang on the back wall of my classroom is my Elements of Art and Principles of Design Poster set. Putting these posters next to where my kids line up at the end of class gives them yet another opportunity to become more familiar with the elements and principles. The package that I sell in my TPT store has these posters sized to 8.5"x11" or 18"x24", but the ones I have in my classroom I just scaled down in my print settings to print at 13"x18". This summer I've been working on a new set of simplified Elements and Principles poster strips. These poster strips print 2 to a page and are about 3.5"x9.5" each. The great thing about these new poster strips is that they are really bold and easy to read from a distance. That makes them great for hanging above bulletin boards or white boards or wherever else you may have space to put them! Each card features the name of the element or principle and a colorful background that reflects the meaning of the word (similar to my visual art word wall cards). Art Supply Labels You know who likes an unorganized art room? Not me! I am like the queen of organization.. so the fact that my art room went six years without having my supplies labeled absolutely blows my mind! I created these Art Supply Labels with the intention of not only labeling the outside of my plastic storage bins, but the outside of my cabinet doors as well (that way I'd know exactly where everything was AND so would my students)! Having my cabinets labeled would be a great way to have my students retrieve supplies for their tables AND help me save valuable instructional time! Because as art teachers we have TONS of different materials and supplies in our rooms, I came up with a list of 200 common art and classroom supplies and made labels for each of them. In my package I also included a blank template with both written and video directions to help teachers make custom labels (just in case they were missing something). Color Mixing Posters Years ago I painted a posterboard-sized set of color mixing posters to hang in my classroom to help my students learn about primary, secondary, and intermediate/tertiary colors. As time went on however, I realized that I needed more than one set in my classroom (I wanted it easy for all my students to be able to see). So eventually I created a digital version of my color mixing posters. The best part of having these posters up in my classroom was that all my students were able to easily refer to them if they forgot how to mix a specific color (this especially came in handy with my kinders). Art Genre Cards Learning to classify artwork into genres is a great skill to teach your students - especially if that just so happens to be something that you're expected to cover for your SLO testing! To help my students remember the possible categories, I created these Art Genre Cards! In previous years I've hung them directly above my whiteboard/projector screen, so when I'm presenting a new artist or piece of artwork to my students, I can have them quickly categorize the piece of art. So for example, if I had van Gogh's "Starry Night" projected on my board, my students would be able to deduce that the painting is either a landscape or cityscape (would make for an interesting debate) and is also a piece of abstract art. Art Movement Cards Trying to incorporate some more art history into your lessons? Or even better - are you a high school art teacher? These Modern Art Movement cards are a perfect way to introduce your students to 33 modern art movements! I've created two different versions of this set; a simplified set that contains the visuals, the art movement name, and the active years of the movement, and then a more complex set that also includes a brief description of the movement and some of the most active artists in the movement. Modern Art Artist Cards My Modern Art Movement Artist card set matches perfectly with my Art Movement cards! There are so many different things you could do with these. You could post them on a bulletin board to make an artist "word wall," hang them up to display information about a featured artist for a lesson, use them as headers for an artist of the week bulletin board, or even make an artist timeline to help your students visually see how artists may have influenced each other's work! Each card features a photograph or painting of the artist him/herself, an enlarged example of their work in the background, their name, years lived, and the art movement(s) they were most associated with. Best part of this package? There are over 200 artists included! Crayon Color Poster Cards I'm pretty excited about these new Crayon Color Poster Cards that I made because they are so stinking cute AND they come in ALL the colors! Anytime I buy color posters for my classroom they only include the basic 9 colors, so finally I created my own! This set includes yellow, yellow-orange, orange, red-orange, red, red-violet, violet (& purple), blue-violet, blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green, white, gray, black, brown, pink! It also comes with a variety of color scheme headers and other add-ons to help arrange them however you'd like! They are seriously so adorable! BONUS: They also come with a blank template so you can create your own labels with them! Color Mixing Poster Cards This package is similar to my crayon cards in that they display ALL the colors (tertiaries included) - but this Color Mixing Poster Card set ALSO includes a visual in the corner showing what colors you would need to mix together to create the featured color! This set is a great way to help students learn color names, how to categorize them, and how to create them in a variety of mediums! *Package includes the colors: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green. blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet (and optional purple substitute), red-violet, pink, brown, gray, white, and black. (White and black not shown in preview below.) Descriptive Shades of Color Posters Want your students to start speaking more descriptively about color (or at least more so then like light blue or dark blue)? Yep - so do I. That's why I created these Descriptive Shades of Color Posters. I have two different versions of this item to suit differing decor tastes and both versions come with 9 color posters (either full page or half page) and two possible title posters. One of the title posters reads "The Many Shades of Color," while the other reads "Variety of Color." Why you ask? While varying colors of a single hue are often referred to as "shades" of a color, they technically aren't all. This becomes especially confusing for our youngest learners who learn about shades in the context of tints and shades - so a color + black. You can bypass that confusion by just using the "Variety of Color" title card. :) Interested in any of my art room decor creations? Be sure to check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store or even better - my Shopify store.

1 million years ago (ok, actually 14) when I walked into my first art room there was absolutely nothing in it. Other than tables and chairs, there were no supplies, no white board, no decor. Nada. I had taken a job at a brand new beautiful school which certainly had it’s perks (clean, brand new, not having to inherit a

I'm finally back from maternity leave and ready to teach (kinda)! Can I bring my baby with me? Can he be my assistant? No? Awe. :( Towards the end of the last school year, I came back from my maternity leave early so that I could work the two days of post-planning. I decided it would be best if I were the one to clean up and put away my classroom, so I’d know where everything was when I officially returned. Last school year, we had to take EVERYTHING off of the walls so that our custodial staff could clean them during the summer. And while it was a pain to take everything down, it did give me a blank slate for the new school year! Fun Fact: My classroom looks HUGGGGEEEE when it’s empty! This post contains some relevant affiliate links. SET OF DRAWERS Before I went back for pre-planning this year, I started work on a colorful new set of drawers for my classroom. The idea was that I would use each drawer to store all of my prepped paper for each of my grade-level projects (that way it wouldn’t end up all over my desk and every other flat surface in my room like usual). So I got online and found the perfect set of drawers from Target. As you can imagine I was overjoyed when I saw that the drawers could hold 12″x18″ paper – an art teacher’s dream! Unfortunately in all my excitement, I neglected to thoroughly read the product description and ended up buying a unit whose overall dimensions were 12″ deep by 18″ long; the drawers themselves were much smaller. And of course I didn’t realize all of this until after I had already primed and repainted all the drawer covers and assembled the whole thing. Upset with this realization, I took to Instagram where a fellow art teacher gave me the amazingly awesome idea to use the drawers to organize my scrap paper by color instead. TABLES AND STOOLS Once pre-planning started it was all about getting my classroom put together. My first project was to paint the edges of my tables and stools to color-code them! For the past several years I used colored masking tape to color-code my tables, but as I’m sure many of you already know – kids LOVE picking at tape! I was constantly having to replace it as it got worn and torn in order to save my sanity. The sanity that was slowly being picked away with every scratch of the fingernail. Yeah… I’m a bit of a perfectionist. 🙂 So I was more than relieved when my administration gave me the green light to use paint in my room instead! The tables in my classroom have a laminate surface on them, so the first step was to lightly sand the sides of my tables. My husband (who is not a carpenter, mind you) suggested that I use 220 grit sandpaper. In retrospect however, I wish I would’ve gone with something a little lower so that it would’ve scratched up the sides a bit more. Butttttttttt you live and you learn. After sanding, I cleaned off the laminate shrapnel, then taped off the table edges and started painting using a small roller and Behr Marquee paint (this paint already has the primer mixed into it). Each table took about 3 coats to fully cover the sides (I wasn’t using the 1-coat guarantee colors). After the paint was dry, I removed the painters tape and then used an oil-based sharpie paint marker to write my table numbers (I use these for classroom jobs). Once that had a chance to dry, I painted overtop of everything with coat of glossy mod-podge. When painting my stools, I just went straight in with the paint and then covered with mod-podge as well (in retrospect I could have done without the mod-podge on the chairs). **UPDATE: This particular type of paint didn't stay very well (still very pickable). So I took it off and repainted with Martha Stewart multi-surface acrylic and sealed it with Delta Creative polyurethane varnish. It is working INSANELY better. TABLE BUCKETS This year I used the same type of bins I've used in past years.. but got some nice new ones that weren't colored all over (who doesn't love shiny and new?). To color-code the bins I once again used ribbon. Click here to see how to attach it! I also created some new labels and then added those on as well to help my students know where to put things away. CENTERS Once again, I will be using art centers as part of my classroom management plan! In my classroom I do a table point system using Class Dojo. When students are doing what they are supposed to be doing (coming in quietly, being on task, helping each other, cleaning up on time, etc), they receive table points. When they aren’t following directions (being too loud, being super off task, not cleaning up, etc), they lose them. The way I record all of this in Class Dojo is by having 6 “classes” set up (one for each grade-level). Then in each class I have 8 “students” (one for each of my table colors). Since I see my students multiple days in a row before they rotate to their next special, I use only one class for each grade-level, then reset their points once their rotation is over so it’s back to zero for the next group. So what is the motivation to earn points? Great question! The number of points each table has determines which art centers they can participate in during free time (once a project is finished). Each center has a point value assigned to it. Once a table has that many points or more, they can use that center. If the table does not have that many points, they cannot. The way I determine how many points each center is depends on the interests of my students. If I know they’ll really enjoy something (like jewelry center), I give it a higher point value. In the past few years that I’ve been using this system, I’ve found a lot of success with it. It keeps my students motivated to make the right choices and rewards them with experiences instead of tangible items (like candy). The centers I currently have in my classroom are: Weaving/Lacing Cards - 1 pt White Boards - 1 pt *This is the one bone that I throw my students. They LOVE white boards! How to Draw Books and Free Draw - 2 pts Pattern Blocks - 3 pts Texture Rubbing - 4 pts Puzzles- 5 pts Origami - 6 pts Spirograph - 7 pts KEVA Contraptions -7 pts. K'NEX - 8 pts Play Doh - 10 pts Jewelry Center - 14 pts ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES POSTERS Now this isn't something new.. but the way that I'm displaying it is. I used to have just the elements posters hanging up on my bulletin board, but now I've hung them along with my principles posters to just above my centers (near my classroom door). I also printed them out larger this year. Instead of being 8.5"x11", I printed them out at 13"x18". If you like the look of these posters, be sure to check them out in my store! VISUAL ART WORD WALL CARDS My word wall is probably the single most popular thing in my classroom with my administrators. My thought when I created them and first hung them up was "Cool! Now my kids can see art words and pictures that help those words make sense." My administrators think "Wow! She's incorporating literacy into her art program!" At the end of last year I took down all my word wall cards and tossed them, so this year I had to print them all out again (which was fine with me because I'm made a million updates to them over the past few years). Once I had them all printed out I knew I needed to laminate them. Trying to get stuff laminated through the school in the beginning of the school year can be a bit challenging however, so I decided it was time to invest in my very own home laminator! Guys... I WANT TO LAMINATE EVERYTHING NOW! I mean.. the process of laminating itself is fun AND cutting out things that are laminated is fun. There's just something very rewarding about cutting through laminated paper. Either you know exactly what I'm talking about, or you think I'm crazy. That's okay. I probably am. ;) I personally bought my laminator at Wal-Mart for about $20... but you can also order the same Scotch Thermal Laminator from Amazon (theirs comes with 20 laminating pouches). Once I had all my cards laminated it was time to cut them out. Lucky for me I recently purchased an X-ACTO Commercial Grade 12" x 12" Paper Cutter (off of Amazon) which made cutting them out at home WAY easier. Seriously Amazon gets all of my money. Their 2-day Prime shipping is dangerously convenient. I decided that this year I was going to hang up my word wall cards on my bulletin board instead of the wall so I wouldn't have to cut like 30,000,000 pieces of tape to stick them up. Yay for staples! The only thing I didn't consider before starting was how to keep the cards straight on my bulletin board. 😔 By the time I got to the letter "D" I noticed that my cards were gradually moving upwards. Soooo I took them all down and started again. I'm going to be real with you guys.. I did this a few times. Then FINALLY I figured out an easy way to keep things on track; I measured how far down from my border I wanted the word wall cards to start, and then put a staple at that height along the length of the bulletin board. Helpful tip: Hang your word wall cards BEFORE you hang your bulletin board letters. The letters "C" and "S" have like a gazillion cards, while the letter "U" only has one. If you like my word wall cards, check out my store! If you like the bulletin board letters, you can find them here! *I warn you to not use them on a black background however. Hah! I wish I would've thought that one through! PROJECT ORGANIZATION/STORAGE Like I mentioned before, I see my students a few days in a row before getting my new rotation, so the way I organize and store artwork may not be applicable to your situation. When students are working on dry artwork at their tables, I have them put their work into their table folder at the end of class. The table folder consists of a sheet of 12"x18" construction paper folded in half with the grade-level written on the front. These folders are then stored in my labeled grade-level drawers. So the next time students come to class, I can just put their folder on their table so they can pull out their work and get started (no time wasted calling out names). If their work is wet and needs to be put into the drying rack, I have them place their work on a 1/4 size sheet of posterboard and then slide it into the drying rack within the their table color band (added with colored masking tape). That way work is easily accessible for students to get from the rack or if I want to put stuff up into their table folders once it's dry, I'll know which folder they go into. To help me tell my grade-levels apart (in case they're doing similar projects) I have clothespins with grade-level tags on them that I just clip onto the top of each drying rack. MATERIALS STORAGE Aside from my table buckets (which contain pencils, erasers, colored pencils, color, sticks, and crayons) I have a couple of other ways of storing ready-to-go materials. First are the color-coded baskets I have. If I'm doing a project with a class that has a LOT of materials, I will often use these buckets to pass out supplies for each table. Otherwise I would just call table numbers (how I distribute jobs) and have them come pick up various things. Last year I also started taking advantage of the cabinet storage I have under my countertops and started prepping paints for different classes and storing them under there in copy box lids. At one point I had all this stuff spread out all over my countertop and knew there HAD to be a better way. Using the copy box lids allows me to quickly take out and put away supplies without the giant mess. Last year I also started storing my paintbrushes in labeled drink pitchers. Why? Because it is WAY easier to walk around to distribute them when the container has a handle! And finally - paper storage. I used to have a cardboard holder like this when I was at my old school, but then neglected to bring it with me when I changed schools. This one isn't a revolutionary storage tip - unless you've never used one before. In which case - BOOM! Just blew your mind with its awesomeness! I'm so glad I got one again. :) HALL PASSES Over the past few years, the teachers at my school had been using laminated paper hall passes for our students. The main problem with those though were that they would come back from the bathroom with wet spots on them (is that water or something else?). Eww. So this year our principal had us make our own instead. As she was telling us about this during our staff meeting, she happened to have an example picture of a hall pass on a paintbrush on the PowerPoint slide. Obviously I immediately fell in love! To see my how-to on these paint brushes click here. Now they hang on the back of my door! GENERAL CLASSROOM DECOR These are a few of the other things I have hanging up on my walls. I made these color posters to complement the bulletin board letters I made for my word wall. :) You can get a copy of them here! I moved my shape and form posters from last year onto my large metal storage cabinets so they wouldn't just be wasted space. I also repainted these color mixing posters that I had originally created a few years ago. My old ones were looking pretty worn down. If you don't want to paint your own, consider checking out my TPT store for some smaller printables. CLASSROOM PICTURES If you have questions about anything else you see, please feel free to leave me a comment and I'd be happy to talk to you about it! :) Hope you all have a great school year! Simple Elements/Principles Posters | Art Genre Posters

It's time for another year! Another art teacher gave me this idea- take photos of how the supplies are supposed to look so that it's easier during cleanup! I found these art star rules on Pinterest [and tweaked them to work for me]. We have a detective theme this year at school, so I decided to embrace it with this mystery artist board. There are 3 suspects with some information about each one and a few clues. I took some of my bulletin boards for my "Art Around the World" board and the Mystery Artist board, so I decided to put clothes pins all around the room to hang up more student work this year. For now I have some pretty rainbow paper hanging! I still have to make a poster about the sponges [and I thought I took a closer photo of the paint brush poster, but oh well!

Embark on an epic journey to the kingdom of Hyrule, with stops at the legendary Kakariko Village and Korok Forest! This bundled wall art is perfect for those who are looking to decorate their home, office, game room, classroom, or nursery, and also makes great gifts for birthdays, house warming, and other holidays! Each poster is also available to purchase separately: Hyrule Korok Forest Kakariko Village ITEM DETAILS Professionally printed on thick, archival-quality paper with a smooth finish. Posters ship in a sturdy cardboard mailing tube.  Frames sold separately here. Artwork created by Danielle Sylvan.  *Print Bundles are already priced to reflect the "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" deal, and do not count towards the deal with other singular listings  All orders are fulfilled by the original artist, Danielle Sylvan. Sylvan Design Co. is the only official website to purchase her artwork.

Selecionado criteriosamente por nossa curadoria, este quadro decorativo destaca-se pela qualidade superior e é peça-chave para elevar a decoração de salas de estar, quartos e escritórios. Cada arte na seleção Obrah reflete nossa missão de trazer o melhor do design e fotografia internacional através de artistas comissionados. Com opções de moldura com vidro ou tela em canvas, paspatur ou caixa, nossas molduras de acabamento premium são confeccionadas sob medida para assegurar a melhor exibição da sua obra. Ou, se preferir, compre somente o poster, impresso em Papel Fuji Silk 230g, e dê vida à sua composição de quadros.

Types of Lines Poster perfect for classroom visuals or students handouts. This download contains four versions of the same poster file: Ready to print PDF poster in an 8.5"x11" format (standard printer size), 11"x17" format, 16"x20" format, and 18"x24" format. ❤️❤️❤️ I would love your feedback! Please consider leaving a review after your download. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Check out my Website, Instagram, and Facebook page for more fun lesson plans and artwork!

Are you new to teaching art and having trouble setting up an art room? I've compiled some of my best tips for art room organization to get you started! From planning your layout to organizing materials to cataloging your lessons, it's a lot of work. But I'm here to help.

Got a messy art room? It might be time to Marie Kondo your space! If you're unaware, Marie is a Japanese organizing consultant who has written several books including, "Sparks Joy" and "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."

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Final product wise, this might just have been my FAVORITE project this past school year. I am so unbelievably proud of the work these 5th graders did on these! I found this project here via Pinterest. Thanks a faithful attempt! I Can Statements: I Can talk about stylized art I Can use the Library resource A-Z Animals Encyclopedia to research a food chain that includes 3 or more animals I Can show a food chain mouth-in-mouth using stylized images of plants and animals Day 1: Students came in with this image on the screen... I asked them to figure out what they all had in common, eventually they ended up describing stylized without even knowing it (I love when that happens!) and I revealed the vocabulary of stylized. To better explain I showed them this awesome graphic I put together in lucidpress.... After a bit more discussion we had a "quiz" where I put up an image and they had to guess stylized or realistic. They did perfect. Then I showed them our inspiration image... They just wrapped up a science unit about ecosystems and food chains so it was the perfect project to connect to the classroom. After explaining the I Cans and the how to do the research and navigate the site they were using for research, they grabbed laptops and got to work filling out the packet below. There was quite a bit of sketching involved but it really seemed to help them understand how to break down their animals and plants. Day 2: After I approved their sketches they got to work! They had an option to draw and color with colored pencil or to collage with paper. We took about 4 class periods total on this, 1 for intro and research, and the rest were workdays. Next time I will probably have them writing something to go along with them when they are displayed. I just can't contain how happy these make me!

If you're looking for a way to brighten up your homeschool space, these art and homework displays are the perfect blend of modern design and functionality! Whether you're trying to get that preschool art work off your counter space or you want to display your older child's home work successes, these natural wood displays will make a great addition to your walls. Each display comes with three hinge clips of your color choice. They measure 30" long by 1.5" tall and approximately .75" deep (1" with the hinge clip). Art work and homework easily transitions out with the hinge clip. These art displays work perfectly in your homeschool room but also look great in playrooms, your child's bedroom, or your kitchen. Wherever the location, they'll be sure to show off your child's accomplishments. Love these and want them personalized with your child's name? Click the link below! https://etsy.me/3jcyBYR NOTE: Each hinge clip is glued onto the wood with a strong wood to metal adhesive. Check out my other items! Modern Kids Bookshelf https://etsy.me/3liDwJF Natural Jewelry Storage Shelf https://etsy.me/3fVUsmr Magnetic Poster Hanger https://etsy.me/37TcwJe

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Here is the Elementary Art Curriculum Map that all K-4 art teachers in Chelmsford follow. You can click on the picture for an enlarged view National Visual Art Standards BY grade 4 1.1 Use a variety of materials and media, for example, crayons, chalk, paint, clay, various kinds of papers, textiles, and yarns, and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects 1.2 Create artwork in a variety of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) media, for example: 2D – drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, weaving; 3D – plastic (malleable) materials such as clay and paper, wood, or found objects for assemblage and construction 1.3 Learn and use appropriate vocabulary related to methods, materials, and techniques 1.4 Learn to take care of materials and tools and to use them safely 2.1 For color, explore and experiment with the use of color in dry and wet media Identify primary and secondary colors and gradations of black, white and gray in the environment and artwork Explore how color can convey mood and emotion For example, students mix light and dark values of colors or predict the results of overlapping and blending primary colors. 2.2 For line, explore the use of line in 2D and 3D works Identify a wide variety of types of lines in the environment and in artwork For example, students take a walk around the school and note jagged, straight, curved, thick, and thin lines. 2.3 For texture, explore the use of textures in 2D and 3D works Identify a wide variety of types of textures, for example, smooth, rough, and bumpy, in the environment and in artwork Create representations of textures in drawings, paintings, rubbings, or relief 2.4 For shape and form, explore the use of shapes and forms in 2D and 3D works Identify simple shapes of different sizes, for example, circles, squares, triangles, and forms, for example, spheres, cones, cubes, in the environment and in artwork 2.5 For pattern and symmetry, explore the use of patterns and symmetrical shapes in 2D and 3D works Identify patterns and symmetrical forms and shapes in the environment and artwork. Explain and demonstrate ways in which patterns and symmetrical shapes 3.1 Create 2D and 3D artwork from direct observation For example, students draw a still life of flowers or fruit, action studies of their classmates in sports poses, or sketches of the class pet having a snack or a nap. 3.2 Create 2D and 3D expressive artwork that explores abstraction For example, a student simplifies an image by making decisions about essential colors, lines, or textures. 3.3 Create 2D and 3D artwork from memory or imagination to tell a story or embody an idea or fantasy For example, students draw members of a family from memory; illustrate a character in a folktale or play; build a clay model of an ideal place to play; or make images that convey ideas such as friendship. 4.1 Select a work or works created during the year and discuss them with a parent, classmate, or teacher, explaining how the work was made, and why it was chosen for discussion For example, a first grader chooses a painting and tells how she mixed the colors, and talks about the decisions she made. 4.2 Select works for exhibition and work as a group to create a display 4.3 As a class, develop and use criteria for informal classroom discussions about art 5.1 In the course of making and viewing art, learn ways of discussing it, such as by making a list of all of the images seen in an artwork (visual inventory); and identifying kinds of color, line, texture, shapes, and forms in the work 5.2 Classify artworks into general categories, such as painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture, pottery, textiles, architecture, photography, and film 5.3 Describe similarities and differences in works, and present personal responses to the subject matter, materials, techniques, and use of design elements in artworks 5.4 (Grades 3 and 4) Explain strengths and weaknesses in their own work, and share comments constructively and supportively within the group 6.1 When viewing or listening to examples of visual arts, architecture, music, dance, storytelling, and theatre, ask and answer questions such as, “What is the artist trying to say?” “Who made this, and why?” “How does this work make me feel?” 6.2 Investigate uses and meanings of examples of the arts in children’s daily lives, homes, and communities For example, children learn and teach other children songs in languages other than English; interview parents and community members about dances, songs, images, and stories that are part of their family and cultural heritage. 7.1 Investigate how artists create their work; read about, view films about, or interview artists such as choreographers, dancers, composers, singers, instrumentalists, actors, storytellers, playwrights, illustrators, painters, sculptors, craftspeople, or architects For example, teachers invite an illustrator of children’s books to school to show how she creates her illustrations. 8.1 Identify characteristic features of the performing and visual arts of native populations and immigrant groups to America, such as • styles of North American native cultures of the East Coast, Plains, Southwest, and Northwest; • styles of folk and fine arts of immigrant groups from European, African, Latin American, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries For example, students look at examples of Native American clay containers from the Southwest, and wooden containers from the Northwest and compare the similarities and differences in form and decoration. 8.2 Identify characteristic features of the visual arts of world civilizations such as styles of ancient Egypt and Africa, China, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and the Medieval period in Europe 8.3 Perform or create works inspired by historical or cultural styles 9.1 When using art materials or handling and viewing artifacts or musical instruments, ask and answer questions such as • “What is this made of?” • “How does this instrument produce sound?” • “Would I design this differently?” • “Who first thought of making something like this?” For example, students examine a variety of percussion instruments, experiment with the different sounds they make, and learn about the cultures in which they were made. 10.1 Integrate knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts and apply the arts to learning other disciplines Examples of this include: • using visual arts skills to illustrate understanding of a story read in English language arts or foreign languages; • memorizing and singing American folk songs to enhance understanding of history and geography; • using short dance sequences to clarify concepts in mathematics.

Hello, cats and kittens and welcome to the very first day(s) of art! It's been a wild -n- crazy week so far and, y'all, IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. Which means we're having fun, right?! Well, somebody is, anyway. Glue sniffing will do that to a gal. For the last couple of years, I've shared with you what my first day(s) of art class look like (go here and here for that, y'all) . I keep saying "day(s)" because my schedule is a lil different than the rest of the art teacherin' universe (I ain't complainin', I'm just sayin'). I see my first and second graders for 30 minutes, twice a week; my third and fourths for 60 minutes, once a week and kindergartentown (who don't start until next week) for 40 minutes, once a week. So! What I've got for you today is what I teach the youngers over the course of two classes and the olders in one class. Make sense? Before we get started, lemme just tell you a couple of things I decided at the start of this school year: * My room doesn't have to be perfect but it does have to be functional on the first day. Y'all, I used to spend entire summers in my art room. Rearranging. Organizing. Making visuals. It was exhausting, time-consuming and I never gave myself a break! This year, I seriously spent a handful of days in my room preparing. I always redecorate my room with a theme (see my Paris-inspired art room and my Asian-themed art room) but this year, I've only just begun updating my decor. Mostly because I knew I didn't need it at the start of the year and I was enjoying every last drop of my summer! * Introduce the art room, routines and other new stuffs gradually. I used to try to cram in everything in the first couple of art classes. What do you think the kid's first impression of art class was? Rules, Do's and Don't's, Procedures and Zzzzzz-snoozefest. I think that whole deal is flawed. The kids only hear about the first two minutes of whatever it is you are talking about anyway. You go over one million boring-ish things with them all at once and you've lost them! I want their first impression of art class to be a fun one so we are covering those necessary things in baby bites, over several art classes. And doing some fun stuff everyday, like painting on the first day of art class! So, speaking of talking too much, here's a clip of me talking too much TO YOU about what goes down that first day. I go into more detail about what you see here in the post...but if you have any questions, you can find me in the comments, y'all. Those flash cards I mentioned? They say: inspire, art, artist, create, creative, imagine, unique, etc. All words that describe the kids, art class and what artists do! My first thru fourth grade students read these at the door. For kindergarten, I show them shape flash cards. More in this vocab blog post. This is the view of my art room from the doorway. This is what the students see when they enter my room. The "teacher chair" is on the right and the other students are to sit on the floor in rows in front of the "teacher" (the quotes are cuz the teacher is a student I picked at the door to both monitor student behavior and play the game "see, think or wonder".) Here's what the kids seated on the floor see. A view of my giant telly with an image from our Artist Inspiration, Henri Rousseau. When I am finished quizzing the kids at the door, I ask the "teacher" who was the best behaved boy and girl. Those two kids will get to be the host of our end-of-art-class game The Smartest Artist. At this point, I take over and introduce our Word of the Week. What the kids don't know is that I am secretly introducing them to our art class routines as we do this each and every art class! Whenever they hear the WoW, they are to "whoop! whoop" which is one part annoying and two parts fun, depending on your mood. After talking about our WoW and our Artist Inspiration, I (re)introduce my students to Jes, our mascot/traveling tiger! I made a Jes a couple of years ago (details here) and he traveled around the world like Flat Stanely. It was so fun, the kids loved it...and then the poor dude was shipped to China never to be seen or heard from again (in my imagination, he took a turn to Bangkok and decided it was so fun he never wanted to leave!). So I made a new one and the kids are so excited to send him packing. I'll keep you posted on how that goes as I'm going to need your help! Then we made a list of all the places we thought Jes should go! After a quick stretch, we talked about rules. Oh, rules. Double snooze. But we made ours all sorts of wild and crazy which I think I explained in el video. So, we'll just leave it at that! We have a new incentive this year with a sticker chart! I've never EVER done a sticker chart, y'all. I'm seriously the most unorganized and inconsistent person you will ever meet in your life. However, I juuuuust might be able to do this one. All the special area folk in my school are on board so we are hoping to do it together. The kids have the chance to earn two stickers by following the two thoughts above. At the end of a quarter, whatever grade level class has the most stickers is rewarded with (a super cheap/easy) party! Like a 5 minute dance party at the end of class, popcorn party(tho we have so many allergies, y'all. It might have to be peanut-free/glutenless/flavorless/why-bother-living candy of some sort), you get the idea. Who else does this? Has it worked for you? TEACH ME YOUR MAGICAL WAYZZZZ. At this point, I wanna hear the kids talk because I'm tired of hearing myself. So I call roll. The kids are to respond with a "Hello, Mrs. Stephens" (which helps the newbies learn my name, to hear it said 20 other times!) and then I ask them a silly question like those seen above. Yesterday, I asked one boy, who was new, when his birthday was and he replied "Today!" So, OF COURSE we had to stop, drop and sing Happy Birthday. The kids love these questions because they are random and ridiculous. Which is always a good time, says me. Oh, lookie! I can's! I changed up how I post these and I'm really digging it. Let's zoom in, shall we? Big, simple, kid-friendly and with visuals! Thanks, Dollar Tree. This will also help the kids know what supplies to gather for art projects of the day. So this was the beginning-of-the-school year decorating that I did which I felt was necessary for that very first day. The cute stuff will come later. And when it does, room tour! Another new thing for us this year, the Look What I Learned Today board! I call on three kids to tell me one thing and jot it down. While I do, the kids do their "ooguh, ooguh, OOOOGUHHH" chat. It's fun to see what sticks with them! Our wrap up game at the end of class is The Smartest Artist. The Masterpiece Gallery is for the fun art the kids like to bring in to share. Now, for the younger kids, that was the end of art class on day one. But for the olders, the fun was just starting. I told them their table assignments, sent them shopping at the store, had them drop their supplies off at their seats and meet me at my new demo table (seen in the center). After a quick texture painting and printing demo, the kids set to work! This year, at Tennessee Arts Academy, the super awesome Laura Lohmann of Painted Paper, talked just about everyone into painting with our students on the first day of art. So we did! With a limited palette of yellow, blue, turquoise and white, we painted and mono-printed as many papers as we could until it was time to clean up. We now have a huge stack of these beauties to use for our upcoming jungle-themed projects! Henri Rousseau, eat your heart out... So much happiness. And a beautiful mess at the end of the day! I can't wait to share with you what we do with our papers but that will just have to wait. Mama needs to soak these feets!

How sweet it is. After two wonderful years in a Kinder-Grade 2 art room, I took a new position in the school next door, which is Grades 3-5. I absolutely love it. Here are some signs and posters I

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It's time for another year! Another art teacher gave me this idea- take photos of how the supplies are supposed to look so that it's easier during cleanup! I found these art star rules on Pinterest [and tweaked them to work for me]. We have a detective theme this year at school, so I decided to embrace it with this mystery artist board. There are 3 suspects with some information about each one and a few clues. I took some of my bulletin boards for my "Art Around the World" board and the Mystery Artist board, so I decided to put clothes pins all around the room to hang up more student work this year. For now I have some pretty rainbow paper hanging! I still have to make a poster about the sponges [and I thought I took a closer photo of the paint brush poster, but oh well!

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