Ms. Farlow's Visual & Performing Arts Classroom(s)

I was only at Sunnyside Elementary once during March, but I made it a huge day.  I also saw a 3rd grade teacher who told me she was grateful we did Powerpoints in February because in her class they were creating Powerpoints and Prezi's and they were able to use the previous experience of creating one with me.  3/9- 1st Grade: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball Art I remembered doing an art project similar to this in elementary school on Kidpix, so I thought I would try to recreate it. I read students the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and talked with students about what it would be like in a place where it was raining food. The assignment was to have students draw themselves into the world of Chewandswallow, the setting in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and they had a BLAST.  3/9- After School Program- Virtual Skype Fieldtrip: YellowStone National Park  My after school kids were super excited to come and talk to a real person live ove...

It was a short two months for me at Sunnyside Elementary. My after school students and students I saw in the classroom settings worked on making Powerpoints.  1/19- Powerpoint (After School Program) This general assignment is something I gave to my after school students as well as my 3rd &4th grade students. My students LOVED the idea of creating a powerpoint and went to work straight away. Students enjoy playing around with the design tools, learning how to save & insert photos, and creating something of their own. Unfortunately, only 3 students attended this session because the 5th graders were on a field trip and the 6th graders had just gotten back from camp. Therefore, students worked on this project the next 2 sessions.  2/2- Powerpoint (3rd Grade) Students chose a variety of celebrities from Katy Perry to   2/2- Powerpoint (After School Program) Students continued to create their powerpoints. During this time, the computer lab had...

12/1- MOPA Photography Challenge (4th Grade) The 4th graders of Ms. Marsh and Ms. Storrier's attended a BMX Assembly in the morning for anti-bullying. After, students worked in groups of 2-4 to take photographs that best exemplified sound for a contest by the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). MOPA graciously provided digital cameras and a printer for students.  Below are examples of photos students took. CCSS Visual Art Standards 4th Grade 3.1 Describe how art plays a role in reflecting life (e.g., in photography, quilts, architecture). 12/1- Photography Challenge (After School Program) 13 students attended this session. The goal was for students to take  photographs that best exemplified sound for a contest by the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). I was able to print out the photos for these students which they enjoyed!  12/15- Code.org (1st Grade) The 1st graders from Ms. Cesena and Ms. Eslinger's attended a schoolwide...

10/6 - Story Bird (4th Grade) The 4th graders of Ms. Marsh and Ms. Storrier's class used Story Bird to write a short story about Halloween. Below are examples of pages from student's books. 10/6- Outlook Email (After School Program) 13 students attended this session. The goal was for students to learn how to access their CVESD email account, change their email signature, and send me an email with an attachment. Below are examples of some of the emails they sent me.  10/20- Story Bird (1st Grade) The 1st graders from Ms. Cesena and Ms. Eslinger's created poems on the computer using Story Bird describing how they felt about Halloween.  10/20- Sway (After School Program) 18 students attended this session. The goal was for students to use the Office 365 presentation app Sway to create a presentation about their favorite animal. Below are the cover pages of a couple of the presentations. 11/3- Code.org (3rd Grade) ...

I attended many professional development trainings, in the month of October in particular. All of these trainings were optional for me to attend. I think it is important to attend PD's to network with other VAPA teachers in my subjects and always keep learning. 10/2/17- Scope & Sequence PD This was my personal first time meeting all the other VAPA teachers in the district, I believe 40/70 came to this PD. They had held one earlier in the summer, but I wasn't hired yet. During their summer meeting they had met with the CA Arts Project Director, Courtney Sawada, and her goal is for us to create curricular congruency with the National Core Art Standards (NCAS). This was my first time learning about the NCAS standards and how heavily as a district we are leaning on them for guiding instruction. This was also a great time for me to network with other Theatre teachers about what they do in their classrooms and finding things that I liked that they did. Lauren Grey from Sunny...