The beginning of September

I began taking over teaching a few classes a day and then after a few days was teaching all 6 classes of the day. At the beginning Mrs. R would help to get the students attention after they entered the room and informed the students I would be teaching them for today but that we were both still available for questions/resources. The first days of teaching classes went really well. I was talking a lot so I drank A LOT of water. I never realized how dry my mouth could be after teaching all day! Now that it is the end of September I have adjusted to speaking all day and transitioning between grade levels.

Being in the art room I see all 6 grade levels once every day and see the students on a 6 day rotation. This means that without any interruptions to our schedule… for example assemblies, picture day, testing… We teach each grade level there lessons for 6 days and on the 7th day we move on to day number two of the lesson or if it was a one day lesson we begin another new lesson. This has been helpful to me as a beginning teacher because it gives me the opportunity to adjust and learn from the way I present a lesson to one group and change or improve it for the next day.

As I took over teaching the students had already begun their first projects for the school year introduced to them by Mrs. R. Their first projects are for their ‘Square 1’ art. ‘Square 1’ is a company located in Georgia, the students make the artwork on 8 ½ by 8 ½ square sheets of paper and we ship them off. The company then takes a digital picture of each students artwork, sends the artwork and a sheet of individualized stickers with the students artwork. There is also a brochure that is sent home so other items can be purchased that have the students’ original artwork.
Mugs, Aprons, Ceramic Tile, Shirt, Water bottles, Etc

The money made from ‘Square 1” goes directly to Art for supplies, materials, resources, etc!!

Sqaure 1's website: http://www.square1art.com/