4th Grade Artist Statements

Here is another post on teacher evaluation for you!

As my previous post mentioned, a standardized/concrete measure is required of all teachers. This falls under Indicator of Academic Growth and Development (IAGD) #1.

Now I will touch upon what is required of IAGD #2, the non-standardized assessment. The success of this goal is measured based upon a rubric. In the past, my focus area has ranged from critical analysis of an artwork to self portraiture. This year I am focusing on artist statements with my fourth graders!

The slightly confusing part of it all is that these two IAGDs should work together to support one larger, broader Student Learning Objecting (SLO) that works to support our school wide goals. Our school wide goals happen to be the 4C's:

Creativity

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Communication

(oh and a new one this year) Character

Pretty easy to connect anything I do in my art room to AT LEAST one of those!

My SLO this year: ​Students in 4th grade will develop excellence in communication by conveying meaning through the presentation of artistic work. (VA:Pr6)

In order to further support our content area I threw in which specific National Standard I am using. (Presenting, Anchor Standard 6)

On to the freebies!

I have been working on some documents to guide my 4th graders along through the process of writing an artist statement. Included in the PDF is also the rubric I created to grade them.

Hope this was at least a bit helpful to you as we all try to figure out and manage data collection in the art room!

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Color Theory Pre and Post Test

As part of teacher evaluation I am expected to collect data within my art classroom. My standardized (concrete, measurable) goal has dealt with color theory over the past three years. Here are some of the tests I have created for my students in grades 2-4. I hope this helps you on your journey through data collection in the art room!

  

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Guided Critique Questions

Since I've been working so hard deciding on and creating handouts to support my SLO's I figured I would share this would the rest of the internet. My SLO for third grade is increasing written and oral communication skills through guided critiques and artist statements. I copied Jessica's idea from The Art of Ed and spun it to better fit my classroom goal. If you'd like to check out my Guided Critique Questions and download a set for yourself follow the link. Let me know what you think!

Warm and Cool Color Family Coloring Pages

So far the beginning of the school year has been busier than anticipated. I still need to take some pictures of my room to share, but I am still working on adding posters and quotes here and there. For now I've been working on my SLO's for the Teacher Evaluation SEED program. My SLO for second grade is about color theory. I created warm and cool color coloring pages for my second graders to use as an extension and easily allow me to monitor understanding.

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