back to school night: gail miller-wagner
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Gail Miller-Wagner's 21st Century Skills/Welcome to Back-to-School Night Slide Show w/SoundTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome Parents and Guardians
To Mrs. Wagner's Back to School Night in the Art Room
email: [email protected] School phone: 908- 555-1212 ext. XXX
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About me: Education• Bachelor's Degree from
Montclair State in Art Education and Deaf Studies
• Concentration in Ceramics and Painting
• Married with two teenage daughters• Have worked in Special Ed for over 10 years
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Where you can reach me:
• By email: [email protected]
• By phone at the school: 908 555-1212 ext. XXX (the art room)
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Values I practice in my classroom every day
Life Values • Compassion• Interdependence• Responsibility• Diversity
• Integrity• Respect
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Values I practice in my classroom every day (cont.)
Basic Social Skills
• Anger Management• Helpfulness
(kindness, sharing)• Assertiveness• Impulse control • Cooperation
• Empathy• Problem solving
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Student evaluation/grading policies
Evaluations will be based on • Attendance and participation
(THIS IS A BIG ONE!)• Improvement (throughout the year)• Process (following directions)• Critiques (displaying and discussing finished projects)
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Student evaluation/ grading policies (cont.) Evaluations will also be based on • Technical abilities: how well students apply new skills (in addition
to learning to use traditional media (pencil, charcoal, paint), students will learn 21st Century Readiness skills by using the computer as a drawing tool to createa student gallery on the school's website
• Homework (research form and styles using the computer)
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What your children will learn this yearDrawing and illustration skills
• Tone and value• Balance• Proportion• Design
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Color theoryCreate a color wheel using • Primary Colors• Secondary Colors• Tertiary Colors • Complementary Colors• Warm and Cool Colors • Tints and Shades
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Design
Students will learn about logo and package design • Develop and design a new green package or product • Explore famous graphic artists such as Milton Glaser,
Andy Warhol and Roy Lictenstein, to name a few•
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Ceramics, sculpture, 3D design
Students will expand on basic elements and principles of design using clay, plaster and recycled materials • Learn to use armatures to build 3D sculptures
using various materials (paper mache, plaster, clay, etc.)
• Learn hand-building techniques and basic throwing on the potter's wheel
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Aesthetics, art history and criticismWith your permission and help, we will go on• Local outings: exploring our local environment by
walking around town, observing local architecture• Museum trip to Newark Museum
http://www.newarkmuseum.org• Trip to an outdoor sculpture park: Storm King
http://stormking.org• Students will write reactions papers (1-2 paragraphs)
about their new art experiences Parents and Guardians are always welcome to join us!
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Thank you!
I'm here for you and your children
My first and foremost concern is creating a creative, safe and loving environment
Gail Miller-Wagner
email: [email protected] School phone: 908- 555-1212 ext. XXX