Meaning for art candidates:

● Connecting to student interest: Doing a survey at few times a year via an opening exercise, getting a hold of an event calendar from ASB, current

events in the world or pop culture. Be observant to the fashion, what they talk about, eat, buy, consume, write on their notebooks, the stickers they put on their water bottles, the hairstyles, what they talk about when adults aren't around and the music they listen to.  Become an observer of this age group and what excites them, concerns them, brings joy, brings frustration.  This is a great opportunity for warm up sketches that are prompted by these questions.  Think about a daily check in that is done with images and colors rather than words. 

● Allow STUDENTS to resource and define vocabulary, art history and even explore media BEFORE doing demo or telling them what each thing is. A

great strategy is Google Slides, put students in groups and give them different ideas, words, skills to define. Place finding in slides and present to class.

● Everything should be written ( preferably by students for memory), presented in a graphic (picture) and spoken. If teacher can think of way to

apply it to movement of some sort, even moving around the room, the lasting impression on the memory through the body is a fantastic tool.

● Have in mind a few ways to simplify the lesson for beginners or IEP/504 students that need modifications as well as for those students that need

more of a challenge. Keep the objective the same and the inetnion, just modify the materials or skill levels. Do this for every lesson.