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Week 27 3/4-3/8

3/1/2024

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Announcements

  • No School for Students Tuesday March 5th (for voting day)
    • APAH- need to complete Video Lectures For China/Korea to stay on schedule for AP Exam even though we're not in class that day ;
  • Latino Night Art Showcase Contest entries due 4/1 (click on link for more info)
  • NWSA Student Art Show Coming up
    • Artwork due to teacher by March 15th.
    • Show opening will be Mar 26th 6:30-8:30 in the Auditorium Gallery. 

Classwork 

A1/A2 Ceramics Beginning  Pinch Pot Unit (Alternative measuring techniques, fractions, and hand-building)
  • Monday: Improve Pinch Pot Precision- Make a set of pinch-pot nesting bowls using Calipers and rulers to measure diameters. Specifics on slide #6 in the unit link. 
  • Wednesday: Complete Pinch Pot Practice #2 (have bowls stack inside of each other and in the kiln room by end of class (names on the bottom of all of them!)
  • Friday: Complete Cup Critique, any time left over can be used to glaze work.
A3 Sculpture IPA
  • Tuesday-Thursday: Shout! letters Unit (math and Cardboard Sculpture)
    • Have Cardboard assembled for all letters by end of class today!
    • Next class we'll spackle and sand, class after that we'll prime them
B1 AP Art History- Reminder Cards 181-190 due this week.
  • Tuesday-Thursday: Continue Unit Asia Art History 7-8; Video's 6-7 are due this week - Reminder Next Tuesday is now a "no school for students day" however to stay on track need to complete Lecture video #6 as homework.
B2 8th Grade Art- Anatomy of a Portrait (Anatomy and portraiture)
  • Tuesday: no school for students
  • Thursday: Critique Hand lettering Project
    • Read the following documents in the "Critique" Link
      • Reflective Questions to Spur Self Reflection
      • Questioning Protocol
      • Snap Points
B4 Ceramics IPA   Pinch Pot Unit 
  • Tuesday: No School
  • Tuesday: Improve Pinch Pot Precision- Make a set of pinch-pot nesting bowls using Calipers and rulers to measure diameters. Specifics on slide #6 in the unit link - due at end of next class.
Homeroom/SEL
  • Mindset Monday: Activity to help build resilience to stress 
  • Targeted Tuesday- Check Grades/Canvas, get school work done/caught up, SSR time if everything is done and grades are up.
  • Working Wednesday- Check Grades/Canvas, get school work done/caught up, SSR time if everything is done and grades are up.
  • Thinking Thursday- "How to School" tip of the week- Ms. Schmit will be checking your grades! remember she'll step in to help you if want or if you have <75% for any class. Share recommendations for Monday/Wednesday Videos with Ms. S.
  • Reflection/Reset-Friday- Check Grades/Canvas, get school work done/caught up, SSR time if everything is done and grades are up. Focus Conferences with Ms. Schmit.
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