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85 degrees and windy....A great field day, and I am so glad I ordered  Cardboard panels instead of paper for the Dot Day Painting Station! As the team leader for our specials team I wanted to find a way to  collaborate with my team on Field Day.  We delayed Dot Day in September, and had a two hour painting station in the field day rotation this afternoon. It was a hit!  Our wonderful PTA gave me a $50 budget to order cardboard panels and Paint.  (Prang from Office Depot) (24 x 36 inches from Office Depot) I have one panel per homeroom teacher. I thought the kids would rotate with their teacher, but it ended up being free choice, so we turned over the labeled panels and let the kids paint.  The wind really blew things around. I might use heavier cups next year....many kids just stayed with me, you know the ones that don't enjoy field day. It was a great way to collaborate in a different way.  I eve...

 We tried something new!  We love the clay Chihuly lesson that I have done for a few years, but it is always good to branch out. I also had a student teacher, and needed to find a lesson that wasn't my type of lesson but one he could manage. This lesson was inspired by a few teachers on the Facebook Art teacher's page and one that I LIKED on twitter and it was actually a Middle School lesson.  Thank you for sharing it since it was a good two day  4th grade lesson that works well for student teachers or new teachers. We used  these transparencies because I found a bunch of them at my school to recycle. We used sharpies and acrylic paint the first day to add color to the  organic shape. You just need a little bit of paint that is transparent! I also made this Prezi . We even added more sharpie lines and patterns on the back of the transparency on the second day. You need to have various forms for them to rubber band the ...