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...

This year my goal is to make my room more streamed lined. So I found these great baskets at the dollar store. Unfortunately, they only come in three colors, so Rust-Oleum to the rescue! I painted three baskets to coordinate with my table colors in the room. So I now have my warm and cool color baskets. Here's what's going in the baskets, each table will have wipe boards, expo markers w/erasers, crayons, scissors, pencils and erasers. I also color coordinated my wipe board erasers and expo markers. Amazon order, 30 wipe boards, markers and erasers. They're a big hit!  The kids loved it!  They were so engaged!