Mrs.Williams Art Room

This year I am trying very hard to get my students to be data minded and presentation ready. My 5th-8th grade students are building portfolios this year. To keep things simple and not get so overwhelmed, I am making them out of large 18 x 24 inch white paper simply folded in half. On the cover students will decorate and design their name. My example  On the inside cover I have created a Student Data Sheet where students will enter their grades and create a bar graph to see there growth and what areas they have already mastered. Now mind you, this is my second year doing this and I'm still revamping this sheet but so far its simple and the kids can manage it without my assistance. We simply taped it on the inside cover.   https://1drv.ms/w/s!Asp9n-oM03mC9FmMkp0P7AXp4Hwb . Here's a link to the Data sheet. Feel free to use and make your necessary changes. Data Sheet Inside of their portfolios we will keep each graded artwork. All portfolios are stored in a large...

So have you ever played Tag with middle school students? No, I don't mean running around the room screaming and tapping someone. I'm talking about a fun way for students to peer critic. T.A.G stands for This is inspired by the wonderful art instructors at the Art of Education.   How it works? First my students finish a project and without grading it I placed each paper on the table.  Next to each art project I placed empty sticky notes and a pencil. Each student is to write a TAG for the art piece that is in front of them. Now, of course you may have absent students or students who do not do the project, so for those students I make them TAG a project even if someone has already tagged it, (so there may be two people tagging one piece of art work).  More than one piece of feedback is great.  Students can start when the music begins, when the music stops they stop and TAG the piece that's in front of them. We repeat the process 3-4 more times....