Post #5

"Meaning business" can be considered stress management because you have your kids under control and things will start to get calm. It is a matter of breathing and staying calm. When you learn to control your breathing, you stay calm and end up calming the people around you as well. Once the student calms, then it is easier to get them back on task.

It is important to put discipline over instruction in certain situations. It is important because the students will take you more serious and will in turn be able to get back to the instruction easily. I you just jump right back into the instruction, students will not be focused and you will not be able to get work done.

Post #4

Ch 13.
There are so many students that haven't outgrown the "brat" phase. Some examples would be when a student doesn't stop talking to his friends across the room, doesn't participate in class or flow out doesn't listen to what they are told. I have run into this a few times in the art room. I had a student that took everything as a joke, tried making all of his art into an inappropriate piece, and would stop distracting the other students around him. Eventually we moved him from his distractions and found out what he was interested in so that we could incorporate it into the project.
Ch 15.
To avoid being a "weenie" teacher, I will stick to my word when I say no, no matter what the excuse may be. Once they realize they can get what they want by nagging, they will do it all the time. I make the rules, so we need to follow them as well as possible. The problem with being consistent all of the time is that we teach kids to play hardball and they grow ruthless and persistent.

Entry #3

Day one routines set the mood for the rest of the semester, so it's important to have a plan. I plan to start out the day by saying hello to the students when they walk in and instruct them to grab a drawing pencil and paper. This will be a time for students to write their name and incorperate two drawings that is about them. When students are done working, I will give them time to share with the class who they are and why they draw what they did. This way the students can get to know each other better by introducing themselves in a fun way.

It is important to have a general set of rules that I can enforce at any given time. 

Some rules I would enforce is to respect ourselves and others, keep the classroom noise at a reasonable level, and ask if you have questions. Some specific rules for my classroom would be to clean up after yourself, use the art tools respectfully, and don't mess with other people's projects. 

My daily setup for class would be to have a project ready for them to start as they enter the classroom, I would demonstrate the project that I am giving them and explain what they need to do for that specific project, and I wold then allow them to grab their materials and get to work on their project. At the end of the class period, they will have 5-10 minutes for clean up.

Entry #2

VIPs are known as Visual Instructional Plans which is a type of lesson plan that has clear step-by-step  visual instruction that students can visually refer back to. This is a perfect way to teach something in the art classroom. The art classroom uses a lot of visual learning. The other day we were just learning about perspective drawings. The assignment was to draw three buildings in one scene. We showed them the vanishing point and that you can use the lines to draw where your house will be. 

"See, Say, Do" is an improvement form other teaching styles because it forces the students to listen and apply their learning to a real life situation. If the class is just a lecture, it wastes the students time because they zone out during the lesson and don't get any information processed. When students are expected to see and do the work themselves, they are more apt to pay attention and actually learn the information. 

Entry #1

For my room arrangement the students will be sitting in groups of four to six people, also known as "The Wagon Wheel." I think this arrangement would be best for my art classroom because there would be many walkways and spaces to transport art and supplies easiest. Working in groups like this will also enhance the creativity of each student. When students are exposed to other ideas, it tends to get the creative mind flowing so they come up with new ideas. I would change their seating spots numerous times throughout the semester so they can frequently see new and fresh ideas. 

That being said, I will be walking around to every table consistently to check up on everyone's work, so the green zone will be very small. When I am on one side of the room, I will be sure to keep my eyes on the other side of the room and make eye contact with the students that are distracted. If a student is goofing off during demonstrations or lectures, I will take a few steps toward them and take a second for eye contact until they are paying attention once again.