Art

Essay Sundae

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
•Identify what makes an organized essay
• Recognize how the parts fit together
• Create an ice cream sundae that reinforces the information in a visual way

4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art, Art

Monster Marionette

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Learn the basics of making marionettes
• See a real example of balance, controlled by where the strings are placed
• See a real example of movement

4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art, Art

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand how traditional mosaics are made
• Create design through close placement of beads
• Increase their fine motor skills
• Recognize and appreciate mosaics in their environment

2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Art, Art

Design Mobile

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Recognize movement and balance in both still works of art as well as moving works of art
• See objects as they relate to one another and create positive and negative shapes in space
• Work with others to create a unified mobile (sculpture) comprised of individual parts they created

2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Art, Art

Serpentine Values

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• To see light and dark values in black and white photos
• How to physically mix paint to create new values
• To distinguish and create an even transition among five values

1st Grade, Art, Art, Kindergarten

Textured Flower

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• To recognize visual and tactile texture
• How to create tactile texture
• To listen and follow step-by-step instructions

Art, Art, Early Childhood, Pre-School

Mary’s Lamb

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• A popular children's nursery rhyme
• The sounds and cadence of rhymes
• To listen and follow step-by-step instructions
• The use of fine motor skills and afterwards play

1st Grade, Art, Art, Kindergarten

My Selfie

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• The names of three styles of drawing: Naturalistic, conventionalized and abstract
•To copy what they see in a photo, using colored pencils
•To appreciate the beauty of diversity, in recognizing the various skin colors