Student Teaching Observations March 20th - April 28th (McCormick Jr. High)
Monday, March 20th I have been leading the 7th grade into classes through their GVC project for the district assessment. For this project, they were to create an abstract wiggle line for their artwork, section it into 8 segments and explore a new element in each one. I have been having a lot of fun with this project, and the students seem to enjoy it too. I used tootsie rolls for everyone to push around their paper with their pencil. This is what created our abstract wiggles. Once the students were done with that step, we moved on to fold our paper and work on the fist row of elements. I use video demos for these steps so it is brief for the students and simple to follow. Wednesday, March 22nd I have been working on putting together a zentangle project for the current 2D 8th grade class for my early finisher students. This is a project I want to introduce into my 7th grade classes as well. I think by starting with a zentangle project, students can practice slow and controlle...