Lesson Plans -- Week 11

"The arts enable us to have experience

we can have from no other source

and through such experience to discover

the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling.

The arts’ position in the school curriculum

symbolizes to the young

what adults believe is important."

- Elliot Eisner

Lesson Plans
Week 11: November 26, December 3-5, 8-9.

Kindergarten.
Ocean Art. Learning about ocean animals and making projects that show what they know.
913D. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.

First Grade.
Watercolor Techniques. Demonstrate salt painting and open wash. Students will experiment with both techniques.
9.1.3.A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.

Second and Third Grade.
Collage. Give students 12x18 oaktag paper. On this paper they have drawn an ocean animal. They have begun a collage within and without that shape using construction paper, wallpaper, stickers, etc. – anything they found in the big blue scrap box.
When students are finished with the above project, they will choose a book from the ocean animal collection. They can read the book and make a drawing based on what they read.
913D. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.


Fourth Grade. Pointillism. Mount marker drawings on colored construction paper. Students will read about the animal they drew and then write a brief poem about it.
913C. Recognize and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.
913D. Use knowledge of varied styles within each art form through a performance or exhibition of unique work.
913F. Identify works of others through a performance or exhibition

Fifth Grade.
Posters. Students are working in teams. They are creating displays that will provide the viewer with facts about an ocean animal, with illustrations they’ve made.
913K. Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.