I took this picture of period 4 at work on Wednesday as I was explaining how to take a panorama picture to one of the kids using the computer center. So this is a group of 8th graders all busy…
Setting up the Studio Challenge 2014
Studio Challenge
Inspired by MANY of my sessions at NAEA, I have created a Modified TAB Unit for my 8th graders. I attended many TAB related sessions and got reinspired to integrate these ideas into my classroom. Assignments had become more and more…
Paper Mache
6th and 7th grade students are creating a “creature” with a partner out of paper mache. 2014 Paper Mache unit Student Info Slide Show
8th Grade Portraits
Each of the images in this post is the Before (on the right) and the After (on the left) drawings of my 8th graders. Every year I am required by the state to administer a Classroom Based Performance Assessment to…
2014 Evening of the Arts
 March 2014 was the first annual Evening of the Arts at North Middle School. With generous support from North PTA and the Everett Public Schools Foundation, plus our ASB program we combined drama, music and visual arts into a classy…
100 Colors
Today my advanced kids are mixing 100 new unique colors, using only red, blue, yellow, black and white. Â Of course the first challenge was actually using rulers to divide the paper up into 100 tiny squares. They are working with…