Wednesday, August 15, 2012

A week and a half to go....

With just a week and a half until school starts back up, I've starting researching and designing new projects.  I've always done COMPLETELY different themes for each of my grades, K through 8 and I'm a little burned out.  How many of you choose one theme and implement that theme across the grades?  Any advice is appreciated!


Oh and get ready...
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5 comments:

  1. Mr. EAugust 15, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    wow...we've been back since July 27th..and the kids returned Aug. 1st! :)

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  2. The Art TeacherAugust 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM

    Whoa! You must get out really early for summer break!

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  3. Mr. EAugust 15, 2012 at 12:47 PM

    Nope! End of May. However...it is a "balanced" calender concept. 9 weeks on..2 weeks off. So..we get a two week fall break...two week Christmas break...two week spring break.

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  4. Mrs. ImpeyAugust 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    I love doing a different theme every year...I don't necessarily make ALL of my art projects follow the theme for a year, but I always do at least 4-5 projects with each grade level I teach (K-6) according to my theme and then we have one art show in May on budget day according to that theme. My first year of teaching, my theme I taught to was famous artists. Last year I did cultural art, and this year I plan on doing art based on nature, which will include recyclable art. I'm currently in the process of uploading photos to my new blog, but I have the photos from this past year's art show up!

    www.artroom104.blogspot.com

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  5. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 11:54 PM

    I am starting off the year with three schools and each school will study a different culture. Australian Aboriginal, Ancient Egypt, and Pacific Northwest Coast. I do a different project with grades 1-5. I will not be including Kinders in this as they need to learn so many basic concepts in the artroom and I don't want to overwhelm them. If I can, timewise, I will rotate the units among the three schools.

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