Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Art Teacher Hints & Tricks

1) My favorite! I have a huge stack of tracing paper sitting on my desk cut into appx. 3x5" sheets. When a student doesn't understand how to draw something I grab one of those tracing papers, plunk it on top of their drawing & show them what to do. I don't touch their artwork but am able to physically show them what needs to be done.

2) Start the day off with some kind of greeting. I like cheesy ones that starts our day off with a smile, but any kind of "happy to see you" greeting is a good one!

3) BINGO!!! I gave my students a list of vocab words at the beginning of the semester and blank BINGO sheets. They took the vocab list and filled out their BINGO sheets in whatever order they wanted, choosing whatever word they wanted. Everyday at the beginning of class they immediately get out their sheets and when I forget to give them a new word they quickly remind me. I can't believe it took me this long to get them excited about learning new words! I have reviews on Spiral to make sure they are paying attention. Fun way to sneak in that extra learning!

4) Start an Instagram and post pictures of the students! If your district frowns on posting student faces then post their artwork. I didn't even promote mine and had 5 followers after posting just 2 pictures. Students love pictures and they love positive attention and this is a super quick, easy way to give them a pat on the back!

4) It's late & I'll add more tips as I think of them!

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