End of Term I

I apologize for missing last week's post! Students have been busy, busy in Creative Arts; I cannot believe that after today was are one quarter of the way done with the school year! Students have completed two units since my last post: African Musical Performance and Día de los Muertos Sugar Skulls. I will be updating the Virtual Art Show this weekend to show off a sampling of the fantastic artwork. 

The performances were great! Students collaborated in their groups to write a drum rhythm and choreograph a dance to go with it. I am so proud of the committed performances because several students were far out of their comfort zones by performing in front of others. The next group performance project students work on should be a little less scary since they took a huge plunge with this one!

In honor of the holiday, I decorated the classroom a bit! The door shows off sugar skulls and papel picado and the ofrenda pays tribute to deceased Mexican and Mexican American artists, including painter Frida Kahlo and singer/songwriter Ritchie Valens.

Yesterday students engaged in an in-progress T.A.G. critique, where they tell an artist something they like about their artwork, ask the artist a question about their artwork, and give a positive suggestion for their artwork. Critiques are a great tool because they help students share ideas and generate ways they could improve their artwork. Students gave great feedback to one another and have been working hard to complete their scratch art.

I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend! Today is the last day to sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences if you haven't done so already. I look forward to meeting with you next week!