Lesson Plans for the week of: Dec 15-19

Teacher: Ms. Ortiz Room: 218 Subject: Art-

Subject: Christmas Theme Activities (Pop Up Card, Poinsettias Pattern)

Monday-Tuesday
Objective/
Purpose: / TEKS: 117.35 (2) The student will communicate ideas of self expression through original artworks, using a variety of media and appropriate skills. Students are expected to (2A) create original artworks based on direct observations and personal experience.
Also (2B) apply technical skills effectively using a variety of materials to produce artworks including paintings and modeled forms as will be done in this lesson.
(2C)
apply technical skills effectively, using a variety of materials to produce artworks, including drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures/modeled forms, ceramics, fiberart, photographic imagery, and digital art and media .
LESSON This card, pictured above, features a pop-up snowflake when you open it. The snowflake remains up even when the card is open fully, so it can be displayed
TIME LENGTH: 1-2 days
All grades
·  Create a 3-D model Pop up Christmas Theme Card with a choice of each students POP Up Christmas character. Students can choose from a Snowflake, a Christmas tree or a Reindeer.
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Materials:
•  1 sheet white cardstock
•  1 sheet blue cardstock
•  Snowflake printable (below)
•  Scissors
•  X-Acto knife
•  Paint, calligraphy pens, or stamps
•  Plastic "snow" crystals
Glue / TEKS: 117.35 (2) The student will communicate ideas of self expression through original artworks, using a variety of media and appropriate skills. Students are expected to (2A) create original artworks based on direct observations and personal experience.
Also (2B) apply technical skills effectively using a variety of materials to produce artworks including paintings and modeled forms as will be done in this lesson.
(2C)
apply technical skills effectively, using a variety of materials to produce artworks, including drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures/modeled forms, ceramics, fiberart, photographic imagery, and digital art and media .
Students will be able to use their technical skills by creating Poinsettias flowers patterns out of sponges and paint.
Lesson Tine- 2 days
Materiasl: Sponges cut into petal shapes, paint, scissors, paint brush
INSTRUCTION/ PROCEDURE:
Clear instruction
-Explanation
-Elaboration / 1. Give each student the copied image of the snowflake/tree/reindeer
2. Fold the cardstock in half so the snowflake is on the interior of the card.
3. Cut along all black lines of the snowflake using scissors or an X-Acto knife.
4. Gently put your finger behind the long tab at the top of the snowflake and pull it forward.
5. Bend the front of the tab so the snowflake remains facing you. Bend the bottom of the snowflake so it pushes out at the end.
6. Glue the sheet of blue cardstock to the outside of the white cardstock, giving a blue background to the snowflake image inside.
7. Write, paint or stamp the words "Merry Christmas" to the outside of the blue cardstock.
8. Glue some plastic snow crystals onto the front of the card. / To change it up a bit, I don’t give the same paint to every class. In other words, if I am teaching this lesson to 3 different classes, I’ll give one class a yellow, blue, turquoise paint palette, the next class red, lime and yellow palette, etc. This is mostly for management strategies (easy to identify the different classes on the drying rack) One word of caution though…make sure to give good instructions on the dangers of combining red and green that produce a muddy brown.
Prepping the Project
The process is simple but requires a small amount of prep time. Take some old kitchen sponges and cut them into long petals or leaves. Cut the scraps into smaller leaves. For a class of thirty students, you’ll need approximately five 4″ petals and Four 2″ leaves. Place a tray of petal and leaf sponges on each table and then 3 trays of tempera paint in different colors. Place one small tub of yellow paint with either Q-tips or small brushes placed inside.
Start with the Center
To start, dip Q-tip in yellow paint and make three or four flower centers. Be careful not to place the centers too close to the edge of the paper or the petals won’t fit. Now, dip or brush paint onto sponges. Press sponges around the center of the flower. Add leaves.
- For a final step, place a few different colored tubs of paint onto the table. Use complimentary colors. Have children paint around the leaves. This is the step that takes the most time.
CHECK FOR UNDERST-ANDING:
Guided Practice
-Exploration
-Elaboration / Studetns shoudve traced their desired image appropriately and if they followed instrcutions it should be popping out of the card
EVALUATION:
-Evaluation / Pop up card should be popping out.33%
Neatness and craft 33%
Presentation of work 33%
HOMEWORK:
Assignment/
Independent
Practice
-Exploration
Teacher’s Notes: