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Re: [teacherartexchange] First Day Back
go4art_at_TeacherArtExchange
It is wonderful that you want students to have a great art experience and that you are willing to reflect on what is working and what is not and try new strategies.
I think you definitely need to have the the order of the consequences spelled out and then follow through. Kids need and actually want the boundaries and in all fairness to the other students can't be allowed to disrupt the learning environment to such an extent. That said, also, put into place some things for positive behaviors....besides immediate things in class, mail home notes, make positive calls, etc.
Have you involved them in the expectations process? Many times, and especially when it is a new situation, I go through a quick "How will this activity sound? What will we hear? What will we be doing? etc. for it to be appropriate" before we begin to help establish the climate.
Some community building activities would be beneficial to help kids to start to feel included, respect differences, etc. In our first few days of class students draw something out of a container (paper with names of art elements, names of artists, piece of colored paper, paper cut into shapes) and then they sit at that table that day. We take some time to get to know each other using name games, interviews, people hunt activities, group paper sculptures and the like. It is time well invested!
breath and try to enjoy the uniqueness of middle schoolers :-)
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