Just a note on grade levels
I have a couple of people ask me what grade I teach so I just wanted to say that I teach at a homeschool co-op, and since we don't have enough teachers to teach each particular grade, we have several grade levels together in each class.
To make it easier for me, I teach the same project each week to both classes. That is how adaptable the projects are!
The elementary school class I teach has third graders through six graders. So there is a big gap in abilities and skills. I tend to seat the younger kids together and so on with the older kids. The younger kids love to have you help them while the older kids get a little grouchy if you touch their work. Believe me, I have learned the hard way. I had a boy break down and cry because I put a paint stroke down on his paper. Oops, my bad. So now, I always ask, "Can I do something on your paper?" before I do anything else.
In my upper grade elective art class, I teach both middle school and high school age students. Again, there is a big gap in abilities and skills. I tend to help the ones who are staring off into space and really struggling with the simplest of instructions and leave the older kids to their own devices, offering some encouragement and praise along the way. Right now, I have a middle-schooler who is blowing me away with his creativity. I also have a senior who has been in my class for three years. He is turning out to be a very disciplined and creative individual. That is the fun part about teaching...watching your students soar!
All that to say that these lessons aren't tailored to a specific grade level. You can adapt them to whatever skill level you have in front of you.
To make it easier for me, I teach the same project each week to both classes. That is how adaptable the projects are!
The elementary school class I teach has third graders through six graders. So there is a big gap in abilities and skills. I tend to seat the younger kids together and so on with the older kids. The younger kids love to have you help them while the older kids get a little grouchy if you touch their work. Believe me, I have learned the hard way. I had a boy break down and cry because I put a paint stroke down on his paper. Oops, my bad. So now, I always ask, "Can I do something on your paper?" before I do anything else.
In my upper grade elective art class, I teach both middle school and high school age students. Again, there is a big gap in abilities and skills. I tend to help the ones who are staring off into space and really struggling with the simplest of instructions and leave the older kids to their own devices, offering some encouragement and praise along the way. Right now, I have a middle-schooler who is blowing me away with his creativity. I also have a senior who has been in my class for three years. He is turning out to be a very disciplined and creative individual. That is the fun part about teaching...watching your students soar!
All that to say that these lessons aren't tailored to a specific grade level. You can adapt them to whatever skill level you have in front of you.
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