Day one, all done

Today was the first day I was actually at school to teach. All the students were super sweet and good listeners. I felt like the day went on very well and that the students enjoyed themselves. I also found out that I get to have a bulletin board in the front hallway, which is so great!

I was able to get some pictures of the older grades while they were working. I have to work on taking more pictures, but it's kind of hard to do when there is paint being used! The 3rd/4th grade class was able to mix the secondary colors and put them down on the color wheel along with the primary colors. We started a little bit later than planned so they were not able to mix the tertiary colors, but we did get to talk about them. The 5th/6th grade class was able to do all three sets of colors but they did not get to mix a tint and a shade as planned. The younger grades (K-3) were able to complete the entire lesson, which was good. I was even able to get them to mix their own colors instead of using the pre-mixed like I originally thought I might have to!

So, next week we will start the actual art projects; today's lesson on the color wheel was to help me find out the levels of understanding for each grade. If each lesson goes as today's lesson went then I think I am in for a GREAT year! Check out my lesson page for more info on what we are doing in class!

NEXT WEEK: Impressionism and Claude Monet