Mary Lynn encouraged me to do a display in the hallway next to the principal's office so I decided not to give back the magnets to today's 3rd grade class just yet. I told them they were so good that they would be on display for a week or two. It ended up looking nice! I am also going to put up a display of the dust bunnies with the Thursday class.
For the 3rd grade, we tried using the chalk paper in groups to do a similar design that they were doing individually as a group but it didn't work out that well. I showed a video at the beginning about Keith Haring and why he worked in the subway. It showed him getting arrested. They seemed interested in it and retained a lot of the information shown in it. I had a brief discussion and asked a few questions about it afterward. I wanted them to get inspired to make their own subway drawing. I think the paper was too small for them all to be able to have room to work on it, and the blue chalk seemed to be the one that worked the best. I tried using the paper and divided it by five for five tables. Mary Lynn seemed hesitant to have them work in groups because she said they'd probably fight, which they did. Some groups were into it and working hard but I think they needed more room to cover, other groups just kept erasing one another's art, or being mean to one another, controlling who got to do what or didn't get to. It ended up leaving people feeling left out. I made them tell me what they did at the end or discuss the process. The two boys that went back and forth and just kept erasing each others art and ended up with a black, empty paper, told me they made "fog." It made me laugh. I had them pick trading cards up at the end and they didn't really seem to stay on track with the idea of it. Mary Lynn and I talked after and decided to do one or the other, with the subway drawings or trading cards. I decided to give the magnets and a random trading card back to the other two classes at the end and to focus on the subway drawings. Next time we are going to try using the bigger roll out paper so they can cover more space. I love how the chalk paper was just like what Keith Haring was using. It was fun to try it out, and to see the kids struggle with the concept of collaboration. If it was my class, I would really push this concept and get a level of comfort with working with one another and respecting what each artist brings to the table and would make it something we'd do often and dive into in a deeper way.
I designed all my lesson layouts for my binder over the weekend I just need to get better paper, bought a new ink cartridge, but the paper I was using didn't look that good in color so am going to get better paper and some clear sleeves so they can divide the lessons and look nice.
I stayed late to put the magnets on the back of all the Keith Haring pieces. Also I gave feedback to the kids on their packets but many of them just left them at the end. For the kids who are glazing the dust bunnies in 1st grade I came up with a handout for them to do while glazing so this will be something new added to the lesson.
Also I interviewed for a job at the Everson teaching art over the spring term, but will be flying back from Iowa one of the weekends. The two weeks I have off for winter and spring break I have every date booked for Fagbug. My week off in April I will be in Colorado, TN, PA, Iowa and Cortland in 5 days. Kind of crazy but doing what I have to do to be able to get ahead. When I go this long without speaking I am completely broke so this will allow me to catch up and get ahead. I did my fingerprinting during the first week off and had two events in Albany that week. I also took a workshop in Albany which was one of the three I'm required to take. The other two I'm taking online. I registered for two of the exams I have to take. All has been waiting on money. I've borrowed a lot to Sonya but will be able to pay her back in April.
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