Hello again! I can't believe it's basically December. Months tend to go by fast, but this was kind of unreal! It has been chaos. Between trying to get my volunteer hours in (I had to chase my church supervisor down), hosting events, and being in the classroom, it's just been a really wild ride. I'd be hard pressed to tell you all of what happened in my personal life this month- it just went so fast! As always, here's the art I made this month. This month in the classroom was a lot of chaos. Two words for you: puppet unit. I'm talking hot glue, buttons, and mutiny for a solid week and a half. I've been snipping, gluing, re-building and evaluating sock characters of every shape and size. I learned that I'm definitely going to have to learn how to be more assertive with some kids if I do pursue some sort of education career. I've had to stop a kid chopping a marker in half with a pair of box scissors, dealt with a massive paint spill on a creepy doll in the classroom, and had to take a lot of fifth-grade sass. That said, they're not all too bad and seem to understand when I explain that it's in their best interests to just... chill out for a second and do the art. Just look at what we got done! The highlight of my month was the community mural! someone from Kent State had us assign a giant mural to the whole art class of Rootstown- so everyone had an opportunity to work on it. I sketched out a big part of it and it was so great watching them bring their ideas to life. We had a few bumps in the road (a couple bombs, some fire and a massive fluorescent orange Donald Trump to name a few), but it came out so good and everyone had a blast coming out to the hallway to paint the big sheets of mural paper. Even the most infamous for trouble making were really psyched about the project and had a lot of fun! Other things that happened were the mask unit- I did a big demonstration on possible designs and helped some kids make templates. Some of the masks are already so funny, I'll be sure to photograph them once they're finished! We've also been doing winter scenes with the 3rd graders, and Hannah and I have the job of displaying and organizing all of the kids' art projects once they're done. The biggest challenge aside from managing the chaos and the occasional renegade fifth grader is making sure we're doing what Ms. Horvath wants us to be doing- I think sometimes she forgets to elaborate on exactly what she wants so our work often has to be altered or explained. She has a different lesson for every individual class on the four-day rotation system for each grade, so it's tricky to anticipate what she's going to want or need, but I think I've gotten the hang of it! I'm looking forward to making my own lessons- I've decided to work hard over Christmas break so they're actually polished and engaging, but it's going to be awesome. I'm so excited about what's next, and my meeting with Ms. Hammond made me feel a lot better about everything, too. November has been pretty manageable in the grand scheme of things, though! I'm still really happy with my internship and always look forward to seeing the students. With 2019 around the corner, I'm sure there's still a lot more to do! See you again next month.
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