![]() ![]() I will keep marking stars all the way down until each team has a star. 'And if you come in and sit down quietly I will mark a star on the board beside your team color. You are now part of a team.' Pointing to each table color I say, 'You are the red team, you are the yellow team, you are the green team, etc.' Because in art, we play a game every week. Look at who is sitting beside you, and across from you. 'When you come to the art room, you will sit in the same seat you are sitting right now, each week. three times, and music two times, but art is only one time each week.' Almost an hour, and every minute is important because we have to have plenty of time to clean up any messes we might make when we paint or do messy projects. "I must tell you, art may seem like you are in here for a long time. We will be doing all kinds of fun things this year, today we are going to do a drawing but sometimes we will paint, color, fingerpaint, use clay, markers, we will cut and glue and do all sorts of fun projects this year.' If it appears that one might need special assistance (because of behavior issues or special needs, I try to put them a table near the front).įirst I tell them my name and then have them repeat it. I try to put two girls and two boys at every table. I point to the chairs and assist each student to their 'new' art seat. With a name tag, I can call everyone by name. This is tremendously helpful since some kids can't say their 'r's and when I ask their name it sort of sounds like 'raryawa' and I am totally confused. ![]() I always request that the teachers kindergarteners to art wearing name tags the very first week. When students arrive, I show them to their seats. Look for my second day 'script' coming soon. I am not suggesting that I write an extensive script like the one below for every lesson, but I do spend my drive to work and my morning duty time rehearsing what I am going to say and in what order so that when the kids come in, I know what will work best and I can be confident in my delivery.īe advised, I've done the lesson plan you are about to read over 60 times.and over a hundred if you count the number of times I have done it with my older classes using a different first day of art project. I am a firm believer that my very best lessons are scripted. I go over the main ones: how to line up, what to do when you first walk in, what my expectations are and I save the painting procedures for the first day of painting. Sometimes it can be daunting to think that you have to go over ALL of your procedures the first week of school.and I definitely don't do that. I thought it would be helpful for you and for me and any student teachers I may have in the future if I wrote out my 'first day script'. I'm going to share it with you (Thanks Mrs. My mentor teacher came up with the perfect plan. ![]() It is challenging to find the perfect lesson for the first day. So many of my students come to school not knowing how to write their name, and some can't even identify any letters, let alone write them. Many teachers do some sort of fun project using letters or first names.but since I have eleven classes of kindergarten, I have way too many little five- (and just barely five) year-olds to get away with anything that involves writing names. ![]()
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