4 Second Breath!
Take 5! See. Hear. Touch. Smell. Taste!
Relax with Dog Ross!
Self-Care Techniques
Fellow Teachers!
Here is a quick reference as to what YOUR awesome Scott
wolves are learning in
Art class!
SEL
Kiddos learn and practice these skills all year long.
If you know it, you can show it. If you don’t you can take the time to learn it.
Balance: ARFF
Achievement Respect Freedom Fun (our DNA)
S.T.O.P.: Stop (like a popsicle) so that you can Take 3 breaths to Open your mind and Practice being the person you really want to be
Mindful breathing
Go to solution by stating: I need, I want, I would like….
Train the Brain: silent working time to maximize right brain workout. Kids learn sign language to use during this time to allow their community to really get that right brain workout.
Oops Art Box:
This box is in the room all year long. It is where kids put their art when they have given their work at least 3 tries to improve upon. Other kids in other classes can pull art from this box to polish. Trust and faith in the art of moving thru mistake-making is lived using this class procedure/opprotunity.
Knowledge and Skill Bank
1st semester….
T.O.O.L. Time (Theme Of Our Learning)
Year-long theme teaching art knowledge/skills
TEACHER DRIVEN
K - yogART
1st - May I intro my artist-self?
2nd - Magic Makers!
3-5 ART PALS!
When kids are done with their T.O.O.L. Time work, they can J.A.M..
2nd semestser
Full Time J.A.M.ing (Just Art Making)
STUDENT DRIVEN
right-brain emersion work
Total freedom to create art using the T.O.O.L. Time skills/knowledge learned during the 1st semester. Artist must produce 1 2-d, 1 3-d and 1 L.A.B. Report during their semester of J.A.M.ing
L.A.B. Report:
Linking the Arts and Beyond
K-5 Artists complete a LA.B. Report during the 1st and second quarter. Using a work of art, K-5 students can choose to complete one of the following:
Power to the Pen: write a story, song or poem based on a work of art.
mathmARTician: create math equations based on a work of art
Deep Sea Thinking:
If the student could interview the artist, what are the top three questions you would ask? Easy, harder, hardest question….
Art show piece:
By May, every student is interviewed thru their artist statement. This interview will demonstrate their ability to use T.O.O.L. Time in the final piece of art for the art show. This piece is intentionally created to display and reflect what they have learned on their "terms and pace".
Universal Art Terms:
Polishing: completion of work based on our polishing scale
Elements of Art: tools in your head
Tool Box: their literal box of tools: crayons, markers, pastels, paint, etc..
smART: Awesome ideas bridging right and left brain thinking