McKenzie Robinson's Arts Bridge Experience

For their final project, the students participated in their school's "Art and Math" night. They set up their artwork around the classroom, and I wrote little descriptions of each project for their parents to see. Many of the kids brought their families into the classroom and walked them around, explaining what they had learned. It was so rewarding for me to see how...

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For our last lesson, I wanted them to experience creating something as a group. We also hadn't gone over texture yet, so I wanted to introduce them to that as well. We had to do this all in one visit, but I still think it was a good experience for the kids, and they were able to do something a little different than...

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This project was a lot of fun! It definitely allowed for a lot of creativity. If I do it again in the future, I will give the students more clear direction on each specific step. Some of them got ahead and started making their islands and it was a little hard to read the symbols on their keys. We also spent more time...

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For this project, I tried to spend more time focusing on helping the students understand the art concept. I also wanted to allow them to have more creativity, while still implementing what they had been learning about in class. I think it turned out well!  Art Concepts Content Covered: Color State Standards and Objectives: -Discuss the effect an abundance of warm or cool colors has on the mood of artworks suggested...

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The kids have been learning about Christmas traditions around the world, so I wanted to work with that for our December projects. The first project was fun, but I was able to see a lot of ways that I could improve for the next one. First, I asked them what they've learned this week about Christmas in Germany and Australia. I read them...

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I really enjoyed this project! My lesson plan more efficient this time, and we had just enough time for the kids to learn the concepts and add their own creativity. We spread this out over two visits and it worked out great. Art Concepts Content Covered: Color, Line, Design State Standards and Objectives: -Color and draw pictures with the sky band extending down...

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I was so excited to have my first actual teaching visit this last Friday! It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience in what works with these second graders and what I can improve on for my future lessons. The class has been learning about how characters in stories are feeling and how they react based on those emotions, so...

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