Weekly Lessons for Grade K-2
Weekly Lessons for Grades K-2
by Anne Pfiel
Lesson 7 :Our Family: (2 period lesson)
Date:
Description of Project: Students create a mixed media image of their family in a setting
Student Understanding: Selecting subjects and placing the objects in relation to each other creates a main idea
Learning Targets: The student:
- Identifies and shows a main idea in a work of art by drawing family members in a setting
- Identifies location in a composition, describing parts that are above, below, behind and in-between
- Creates an oil-pastel resist, mixing secondary colors
Art Element: Space; Color
Art Materials: oil pastels; water colors in primary colors; 11 x 14” watercolor paper; brushes; water cups
Vocabulary: above; below; behind; in-between; resist; space; secondary colors
Painted Textures with Secondary Colors
(Grades 1-2)
Date: 12/5 & 12/12
Description of Project: Students mix primary colors to makes secondary colors and use a brush to create surface textures in paint.
Student Understanding: Mixing primary colors makes secondary colors. Making dabs and strokes with a paintbrush creates a variety of surface textures in paint.
Learning Targets: The student:
- Recognizes and makes secondary colors
- Uses at least two distinct paint marks to fill the page
- Cares for paintbrushes
Art Element: Color; Texture
Art Materials: tempera paint in primary colors; ¼” to 3/4” round and flat paintbrushes; water containers; paper towels; 12 x 18” watercolor paper; color wheel
Vocabulary: primary colors; secondary colors; dabs; strokes; palette
Clay Turtle Sculpture
(Grades 1-2)
Dates: 11/14
Description of Project : Students model (clay technique: pinch) a 3-dimensional form in the shape of a turtle, using a tool to create texture.
Student Understanding: A form takes up space and has space all around it. Texture can be applied to a clay form to describe the surface of an object.
Learning Targets: The student…
- Pinches a form in clay
- Makes and attaches coils to the form
- Applies texture with modeling tool.
Art Element: Form; Texture
Art Materials: Clay, canvas, modeling tools.
Vocabulary: Form; texture; pinch; coil
Paper Texture Collage
Dates: 10/31 and 11/7
Description of Project: Students use paper sculpture techniques to create a variety of textures.
Student Understanding: Artists use texture to describe how something feels. Lines and patterns resulting from manipulating paper in a variety of ways create textural surfaces.
Learning Targets: The student…
- Recognizes a variety of textures
- Describes textural surfaces.
- Uses at least three paper sculpture techniques (cutting, folding, twisting, weaving, tearing and layering paper) to create textural surfaces.
Art Element: Texture
Art Materials: 9 x 12” construction paper format; smaller construction paper pieces; scissors; glue sticks
Vocabulary: texture; rough; smooth