I JUST LOVE MY STUDENTS

I know that it may sound cheesy but I just love my students.  I have been catching them in those teacher "aw, ha" moments where I can reasure myself that they were actually listening to me teach.  Its the cutest thing to see a 1st grader look aver at their neighbor and talk to them about the project using the vocabulary that I taught them.  Even seeing a junior high students refer to their notes before coming up to me to ask "what do I do next?"  This is initiative in the making!  Finally, it's sinking in.

Learning Targets...a way to display.

With the implementation of Common Core and Learning Targets I was looking for an easier, more organized way to show students and administration what is happening in the artroom.  I found so many great things on the topic through Pinterest.  The above idea I got from another art teachers blog, http://artwithmrsseitz.blogspot.com/  Since I teach Kindergarten through 8tht grade, this is a way to display all the grades I teach and using the pictures makes it clear to students what we are doing visually and what materials they will be needing.  I think the only thing I need to improve on is make the targets a little more visable.  What I do have though has been pretty successful, students are already refering to the board when they first walk into class and when getting their supplies.