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10.18.2013

Art and the MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program)

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Wow!  How has it been almost a month since I posted last?!  Time flies when you are having fun! The last few weeks have been packed with c...
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9.21.2013

Visiting Artist: Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson of Paper Paintings

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Her cows are my favorite! Total awesomeness!  Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson of Paper Paintings came to one of my schools and talked wit...
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9.08.2013

First Adventures with kiddos in CI and EI Classrooms

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This is the first time that I have ever had self contained CI and EI groups of kiddos.  All students I have ever had up to this point have b...
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9.07.2013

First Project

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This student went to Germany and Austria! I have tried multiple types of 'first projects' over the year - names, portraits, just...
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8.28.2013

Go. Be Awesome.

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I have spent the last few days in my classroom(s) preparing for the new year!  I am super excited about a few small changes to the art room....
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8.22.2013

A New Beginning

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It's that time of year, summer is done, but not quite over.  There are still a few days left to enjoy afternoon naps on the couch or by ...
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7.29.2013

Arts Education

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An art educator friend of mine pinned the following video on Pinterest and I can't quit watching. It is short.  It is powerful. Watc...
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6.27.2013

Making Thinking Visual - Cultures of Thinking

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So I have been attending a workshop called "Cultures of Thinking".  It is with Mark Church and based out of the idea of "Maki...
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6.14.2013

Last Day

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It's already and finally the last day of school. As I type this - both my classrooms are packed up for the summer.  Posters are down, ...
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5.13.2013

ArtShow2013

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ArtShow2013 was a huge success! I don't even know where to start. I like to have students pick their best work from the year to...
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5.06.2013

Kindergarten People

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Every year with kinders I use drawing people as my way to see how the kids are progressing. The 2nd or 3rd project in the year I have stud...
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1-5th Grades -- Stop Motion Animation (Week 1)

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I have always wanted to do a stop motion animation project with students but was overwhelmed the the amount of equipment I would need -- cam...
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2nd Grade -- Jasper John meets Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Back, way back in the year right around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day I had 2nd graders combine the positive ideas of Dr. King with the ama...
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2nd Grade -- Fall Collage Scenes

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5.02.2013

3rd and 4th Grade -- CD weavings

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Last year at the end of the year our building Tech came to me with a box of CD's asking if I could use them. SURE! I said. Fast forw...
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4th Grade - I Am Poems

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I originally saw this project either on Pinterest or a blog.... I can't remember anymore.  The original post was with a 1st grade class ...
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5.01.2013

Principal Fires Security Detail to Higher Arts Teachers

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If I could embed this video/story I TOTALLY would.  If you have been following Organized Chaos over the years, I am pretty passionate about ...
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Paper Weavings (k,1,3,4)

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Weaving was one of the classes in college that made me realize that I wanted to be an art teacher. Weird, right? Weaving was the fir...
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