Today was the last day of my first week of student teaching. It's been a crazy week and I'm exhausted. Today I taught and took over blocks 1-4 and block 7. The only class besides those is 6th hour block or AP Studio. Therefore, I've taken a majority of the day already.

In the morning, blocks 1-4 are all Jewelry/Sculpture. This makes it incredibly nice to transition to each block. All I have to do is repeat the same class over again four times. It helps me reflect on what I need to work on and try that a new route or routine in the next class. I began first block by taking role and making sure every student got their "Wearable" art project graded and put away in their lockers. Once I had made sure all of the grades were in for the wearable, I instructed the students to take out their sketchbooks/journals from their lockers and get out a pen or pencil. In this first class, I asked the students what they remember going over last class. They were very quiet and I didn't get much out of them. Cortney was at her desk and heard the silence and yelled, "Oh come on, guys! You remember!!" Then, they were all like "Yeah....elements". I then, told them we would be going over the principles of design today and told them that the principles organize the elements. I went through the slide presentation, introducing different sculptors such as, Donald Judd, Louise Nevelson, Ron Meuck, Roxy Paine, and others to help describe the different principles of design. It was fun in most of the classes, listening to them talk about their experiences at the Nelson and had seen the images I put up. They discussed the work together as a class very informally and freely. It was my first time feeling like the students were engaged and interested in art!