Day 2

Today students were still working on the slab pots.  This time more of them were creating lids to put on the top of them.  A lot of students appeared to be done and not doing anything so that is when Mr. B asked these students to work on a pinch pot that they could finish with in the hour. They are normally allowed to do other homework or projects but it seemed like several students were not taking advantage of the opportunity.  One of the girls asked me for advice on her project. She wanted to create a slab pot that had a lid that looked like a roof for a log house. We decided upon create strips to add strips to a longer piece of slab that would look like boards with texture. She didn’t get far on the project but hopefully it works out well for her.  Other then that the students again worked very independently on their projects.

The 5^th grade was continuing to work on 1-point perspective. Some of them needed to finish creating perspective with their names but others were ready to come onto coloring them in.  During this time the students were asked to choose colors that would stand out against each other. So, that they would blend together and be hard to see. The students did well they didn’t need as much help picking out colors but those still finishing the perspective part needed guidance.

The 6^th grade was finishing up their Kandinsky pictures. This time they had lots of cutting and gluing to do with there patterned paper choices.  This actually took a long time since students were attempting to create patterns in each of the sections. This was going to be the last day of the project so students were asked to help students that were not done to finish. I thought this was a great way to make sure that everyone was able to finish and move onto the next lesson at the same time. I also thought this was great because it had the students working together.

The other nice part about today was during Mr. B’s prep we were unloading and loading the kiln. Since I don’t really get this opportunity in my ceramics course, I am truly blessed that I will have this opportunity through out the course of the semester. He was using a top-loading Kiln, which is also different, then what we have here at school and more likely to be what I will use in my own classroom.