Arts Every Day. Art Makes Kids Smart. Use Your Coloured Pencils. Deep Space Sparkle. Room 9: Art!: We're Off to a Colorful Start! Welcome to a brand new school year! I think that 2011-2012 is going to be a year of new discoveries! The first months of summer were great and then we survived Hurricane Irene. The storm damaged many areas of Rhode Island, leaving people without electricity, phone service and in some cases, water. Everything is back to normal (for the most part) and I am very excited to be back in school. Now let's get busy creating some art! There are two very important changes this year: my classroom (Room 9), has been expanded by having a wall removed. The construction took place during the summer, and I came in early to design the layout of the room, set up the furniture and get everything looking "just right". The second change is in my schedule, since this year I will be teaching only 8th grade students, rather than 7th.
The next few posts will show the journals the students are constructing for the "At-home Assignments" I will be requiring they do. Paintedpaper. That artist woman.