Thursday, April 18, 2013

Have an Egg-cellent Easter


This is a  lesson that I took part in with a group.  Our group did a lesson on painting.  We based our painting lesson around the theme of Easter.  Our lesson was for kindergarteners.  During our lesson we taught the students how to paint using shapes, lines, and colors.  The students were asked to paint three eggs using shade, tint, shapes, and lines.  The top picture is examples of eggs that I did to give the students an idea of what we were asking them to do.  The bottom picture is a picture of our bulletin board we created to show the work of our students. 

Below is our lesson plan for this lesson.


Names: Samantha Zabel, Rachel Krogman, Alison Kusler

Lesson Title: Easter Egg Painting

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Rationale:

·         Students are great workers for a short period of time and want to see immediate results.

·         Students are moving from scribbling to shapes using patterns of dots and vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and wavy lines.

Developmental Characteristics:

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce kindergarteners to certain elements of design that they will be using for their project.  Typical kindergarteners will work hard for short periods of time on their egg project and they will be able to have results quickly throughout the project. They also will be able to create their own patterns using colors, lines, and shapes to express their own creativity.

Multiple Intelligences:

·         For visual learners, we will incorporate a power point into our lesson to show information

·         For kinesthetic learners, there will be opportunities for students to have independent practice on the techniques being discussed

Materials and Resources:

Students:

·         pencil, markers, crayons, colored pencils, scissors, paint brushes

Teacher:

·         EGG: egg template, white construction paper for egg, paint, paint trays, paint brushes, newspapers, water cups, notecards

·         Intro Activity: plastic eggs, candy, Easter song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_W-jAuzUhY), Easter basket

 

Vocabulary:

·         Tone- any color plus gray

·         Tint-any color plus white

·         Shade-any color plus black

·         Line-a mark made by a pointed tool; often defined as a moving dot

·         Shape- an area contained within an implied line

·         Color- depends on light because it is made up of light

 

 

 

National Standards/Objectives:

·         Standards

1.d. use art materials and tools in a safe & responsible manner

3.b. select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning

5.b. describe how people’s experiences influence the development of specific artworks

Procedure:

1.       Anticipatory Set:

·         When the students arrive to class, we will discuss the upcoming holiday and ask them a few questions about it

·         Then, we will tell them we are going to go on an Easter Egg Hunt throughout the classroom and that each person needs to find one egg and take it back to their seat and do not open it until we tell them to

·         During the Easter Egg Hunt, we will play an Easter song in the background

Step 1- Power Point

Teachers will explain the elements of design and information on the power point.

Step 2- The Elements of Design (Modeling)

The teacher will demonstrate how to create different lines, shapes, and patterns that the students may want to use to decorate their eggs. The teacher will also show the students  different egg examples using lines, shapes, patterns, and color.

Step 3-Guided Practice

The students will take out a scratch piece of paper and practice drawing the different elements that we talked about such as lines, shapes, and colors as well as patterns. They will draw a few eggs on their scratch piece of paper and practice these elements on those eggs.

Step 4-Creating an egg

The students will first use the egg template to trace their three eggs on a piece of paper and then cut them out.  After that, they will write their name on the back of each egg. Then, they will take their three cut-out eggs and draw different lines, shapes, and patterns on them for their final designs before they paint the eggs. Each student will then paint their eggs using the warm/cool colors that match the color that was found in their plastic egg during the beginning Easter egg hunt. Finally, the students can then work with tones to make those warm/cool colors lighter or darker.

Step 5- Easter Egg Display

1.       The students will take their notecards and write which color they had inside of their plastic egg and what other color(s) and shades they used and why they chose them.

2.       Students will allow their eggs to dry on the drying rack with their names on the back of each one.

3.       Use the lettering “Easter Egg Fun” and put the eggs inside a basket made by the teacher to attach to the board.

Closure:

Review the vocabulary terms that were discussed in class today and ask if any student would like to share what they wrote on their notecard or show their egg(s) to the class.

Clean Up:

Students are responsible for cleaning up their own space as well as their brushes in the sink but teachers will come around to collect the paint trays.

Integration:

Students can use this concept of color to create planets and a sky when learning about the solar system in science class. They can also use the Easter theme to write a story in Language Arts and tell about their Easter experience/plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY
4
3
2
1
Score:   /20
Color Choices
Choice and application of color shows an advanced knowledge of color relationships. Color choice enhances the idea being expressed.
Choice and application of color shows knowledge of color relationships. Colors are appropriate for the idea being expressed.
Choice and application of color shows knowledge of color relationships. Colors are, however, NOT appropriate for the idea being expressed.
Student needs to work on learning color relationships and using that knowledge in his/her work.
Painting Skill
Application of paint is preplanned and done in a a logical, sequential manner.
Paint is applied in a careful, logical manner. Colors remain sharp and texture is evident.
Control is somewhat lacking. A few drips, ragged edges and failure of certain areas of pattern/texture may be evident.
Student needs to work on controlling paint and preplanning paint application. Muddy colors, ragged edges, lack of texture, drips and/or blobs are evident throughout the painting.
Use of materials
Student typically keeps painting materials and area clean and protected without reminders. The student shows great respect for the materials and his fellow students.
Student typically adequately cleans materials and work area at the end of the session without reminder, but the area may be messy during the work session. Student shows respect for materials and fellow students.
Student adequately cleans and takes care of materials if reminded. Occasional spills and messy work area may be seen. Shows some respect for materials and fellow students.
Student deliberately misuses materials AND/OR does not adequately clean materials or area when reminded. Shows little respect for materials or fellow students.
Time/Effort
Class time was used wisely. Much time and effort went into the planning and design of the egg.
Class time was used wisely.
Class time was not always used wisely.
Class time was not used wisely and the student put in no effort.
Creativity
Student has taken the technique being studied and applied it in a way that is totally his/her own. The student\'s personality/voice comes through.
Student has taken the technique being studied and has used source material as a starting place. The student\'s personality comes through in parts of the painting.
Student has copied some painting from the source material. There is little evidence of creativity, but the student has done the assignment.
Student has not made much attempt to meet the requirements of the assignment.

NAME:                                                                                                                                  EASTER EGG FUN PROJECT

 


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