4th day solo

I saw Ciarra in the hall this morning and she asked me for some help on a poster she was working on for her class. I had her come back to the art room with me to help her. I also said hello to Vanessa, which she ignored. I'm curious what her mother had said to her. Also, I ran into Christian's morning teacher (1st grade). I had given him a lunch detention on Wednesday for his behavior on Tuesday. She told me that she had called his mother for something else and mentioned his behavior in art also.
Most every student was productive during the 5th grade studio time. I moved AJ because he was talking so much. Perhaps we should move the seats around so that he isn't right next to the two girls at the blue table that like to talk too??
My 2nd graders were awesome! They were working on their collages and the results are really showing up as being so totally fun! To the left is a sample of the student work. The face is showing the emotion of angry. It is emphasized by the warm colors and the flaming hair.

Today's 3rd grade group came into class mellow (polar opposite). The agenda for the lesson was to have the students watch a 30-minute video on Van Gogh, then use the remaining time to work on a crossword puzzle. They sat on the rug and were ready to watch a video. To reward this difference and the fact that it was Friday I allowed a group of students to sit in a row of chairs behind the rug. This freed up some space on the rug for the remaining students to sit and stretch out. I told them that they may sit however they would like as long as they were considerate of their neighbor and didn’t close their eyes or talked. Students followed this behavior, were attentive to the video and quiet. After the video, I provided the crossword puzzle on Van Gogh. I had one student ask if he could free draw, which I said was fine. This caused a handful of students to want to free draw also.