Day 3 in the classroom.

Today was the start of a new project for the ceramics classes. Well, for me it was a new project. They had introduced the project with a Power Point the class period before.  What this project involved was creating a mask that you mind find hung up on a tree. So, many of the masks seemed to take on a nature theme. However they were not limited to that several people started to create faces as well.  While walking around today I asked the students what Ideas they had for the projects. Most of them implied that they were not completely sure at this point and where just going to start playing around today to see what they came up with. For these students I tossed around a few general topics they might consider.  Some of the students were also starting to glaze their slab pots, as they were bisque. Today overall was another workday for the ceramics class. I am interested to see what ideas they started to come up with as I return the next Friday.

The 5^th grade was starting another project as well on one-perspective. This time they were learning about how to create a road and buildings that came to a vanishing point. Unfortunately I didn’t really get to help the students as much, as it was mainly a teaching day. I was also given a job to help create a poster for the art show they would be having the next week during this time.

The 6^th grade was starting a new project lesson on aboriginal art. Today they received a power point on the subject and learned about Australia. During the time they were asked to draw sketches of animals for their own projects. This took the entire period.  Because he was giving a power point presentation I was limited to only really observing how the class reacted. I’m not completely sure if I am sold on having them sketch during the power point but it does seem like it kept them busy. I just don’t know how much information they actually retain that way.