ZERO VOICE LEVEL!

Keeping an art room completely quiet is impossible and boring, but to keep ones sanity while teaching 8 classes a day, there is a level I strive for my student's voices to stay within.  Strive is the optimal word here.  

During my first year of teaching I found myself yelling over the students trying many different strategies that just didn't work.  I finally found one I liked and that the students responded to.  I started using the 0,1,2 voice level chart.  This, for the most part, seems to do the trick.  The only downside to using this technique is constantly waking myself up at night yelling Zero Voice Level!


This chart was made in a pinch and will be redone.

 Maybe replaced with this:

 Or this:

Which one do you think will be most effective?

Art Club - The Art of Mexico

Art Club

Last week was the first day of my after school art club.  This is my third time having an after school art club and I can proudly say each time I find myself a little more organized. 

This time around my kiddos are going to learn about the Art of Mexico and create some amazing and fun projects.  So far they have started their Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) masks.  I can't wait to see how their masks turn out!

Supplies for the masks:

Plastic molds

Plaster strips

Water

Tempera Paint

Colored Sharpies

Fake Flowers

Pictures of Masks from Dia de Los Muertos

Newspaper (for the tables)

The first day students used the plaster strips (which I pre-cut) to create their mask. 

*Masks need to dry over night

 

Long Ol' Dog