Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
3.01.2012
Welcome Parents!
Hello! Is this your first time visiting the art room blog? Did you find us from the Woodland Wildcat News today? I am happy you are here. Please take a look around and be sure to leave us a comment. WE LOVE COMMENTS! It lets us know that people enjoy seeing what we are working on. Feel free to ask questions!
9.30.2011
Facebook Bulletin Board
Not a day goes by without Facebook being a topic of some conversation or another. Students sometimes talk about it and I have even heard them use it as a verb "Facebook me!" has replaced the "call me" of days gone by. I thought it would be fun to embrace our cultures love of Facebook to teach the kids about artists! My art partner in crime at my school helped to make it happen. We will change it monthly and hopefully sneak some art learning in while our students are standing in line waiting for art and class.
10.21.2010
Will Blog For Comments!
Thank you for stopping by and visiting the new art room blog. Is this your first visit? If so we would love to hear from you! The students and I check in here every day to see who is visiting our site and what you have to say. Leave a comment below and tell us a little bit about yourself - make our day!
10.15.2010
Goodbye Ms. Dreher!
Ms. Dreher was our student teacher this fall from Georgia State University. She spent 8 weeks with us and did such a fabulous job! We will miss her and know that she is going to go on to be a great art teacher sometime very soon! Thank you Ms. Dreher for all your hard work - we miss you already!
10.05.2010
Free Salvador Dali
Did you know that the High Museum of Art is free to Fulton County residents on the first Saturday of the month? That is this weekend! You can take MARTA down to the museum and see this great show for free!
New Year - New Start
I am excited to be back blogging this year. Stay tuned for many updates about what is going on in the art room. Mark your calendars now for March 29th, 2010 for our annual Spring Arts Festival!
8.31.2009
How Do I Get Graded?
Hello Parents:
I am Jennifer Heyser, your child's art teacher at Woodland. I would like to explain to you how your child is graded in art. Children will receive a subject grade and a conduct grade in art four times a year.
Art Education in Fulton County is based on an approach known as Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE). It is important to understand we do not grade children's artwork, rather, we grade art learning. Discipline-based art education draws its contents from four areas of instruction:
1) Art Production (making art)
2) Art History (exploring artistic heritage of many cultures)
3) Art Criticism (analyzing the qualities and features of art)
4) Aesthetics (thinking about art and making well-reasoned judgements about art)
Evaluating progress in art education is complex. Evaluating artistic growth in artistic expression, art knowledge, skills mastered, and attitudes enriched, as well as conduct and social behavior in the art class, can provide a profile of your child's total progress in art and help me guide him/her to further growth. A variety of ways are used to assess progress at the elementary level, such as quizzes, demonstration, discussion, sketchbooks, and my own observations.
It is important to keep in mind that it is not your child's artwork that is being graded, but your child's progress in art learning. If you have any questions about our art education program, please do not hesitate to contact me at school. Thank you! We are going to have an excellent school year!
I am Jennifer Heyser, your child's art teacher at Woodland. I would like to explain to you how your child is graded in art. Children will receive a subject grade and a conduct grade in art four times a year.
Art Education in Fulton County is based on an approach known as Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE). It is important to understand we do not grade children's artwork, rather, we grade art learning. Discipline-based art education draws its contents from four areas of instruction:
1) Art Production (making art)
2) Art History (exploring artistic heritage of many cultures)
3) Art Criticism (analyzing the qualities and features of art)
4) Aesthetics (thinking about art and making well-reasoned judgements about art)
Evaluating progress in art education is complex. Evaluating artistic growth in artistic expression, art knowledge, skills mastered, and attitudes enriched, as well as conduct and social behavior in the art class, can provide a profile of your child's total progress in art and help me guide him/her to further growth. A variety of ways are used to assess progress at the elementary level, such as quizzes, demonstration, discussion, sketchbooks, and my own observations.
It is important to keep in mind that it is not your child's artwork that is being graded, but your child's progress in art learning. If you have any questions about our art education program, please do not hesitate to contact me at school. Thank you! We are going to have an excellent school year!
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