5th and 6th: Andy Warhol's Funky Soup Flavors

Yo! I'm glad you're back. During the first week of school all of the elementary classes made "Art Holder Folders" a.k.a. portfolios for the littles.  The 5th and 6th grade classes made these fun little Andy Warhol copycats.  They picked their favorite flavor of all time and made it into soup. Many giggles were had about all of the silly flavors they came up with.

I mean seriously...I did not even tell the kids to put a barcode at the bottom OR a tab on top OR cursive bubble letters. This young man came up with those ideas all by himself. Bravo!

It's just too cute. Look at that little cookie in the middle.

HAHAHA kids are amazing. I am almost positive that this young lady didn't actually know what blue cheese was but she certainly did a good job and made my day a little brighter. 

Check out our Art Room

First of all, thank you for checking out Ballard R-II's Art Classroom Blog. Secondly, LOOK AT OUR SWEET ART ROOM. The challenge in creating this space was that I teach art to every single grade in the Ballard School District. I didn't want it to feel too juvenile but I also didn't want it to be boring to the youngsters. I've got to say that I am pretty proud of the outcome and the students seem to enjoy it so far. 

In this photo:

1. Stoplight: This is a classroom management tool that I use for grades K-6. Green = good to go. Yellow = warning.  Red = note home to parent/ guardian. 

2. Classroom Rules 

3. Paintbrush hall/ bathroom/ nurse passes

4. Mona Lisa Pose classroom management tool. When I say "Mona Lisa pose!" all students must immediately sit with straight backs, eyes on Ms. Wirsig, and a smile on your face. The kiddos eat that stuff up.  Tami Cook, my amazing cooperating teacher during my student teaching semester gave me the idea for this one. Thanks Tami! 

My Dad built these cute little paint palettes (Thanks, Dad). Each of the elementary classes gets one.  At the end of the hour if the class has had a "good day" I will add a paint blob (a.k.a hole punched paint strips from Wal-Mart) to their palette. I let a student who did an exceptional job in class pick the color. Whichever class has the most "paint blobs" on their palette by the end of the month gets a special art day. The 7th- 12th graders have a similar system. Instead of these cutsie little paint palettes they just have a regular old chart that they put a checkmark on if they've had a good day. I bring them a little treat once they get to 20 marks.