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Paradox Worlds
Students view and analyze "Still Life," by Cornelis de Heem. They answer discussion questions about the painting, write similes, discuss symbolism, create a still life sketch, and create a paint box poem.
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Honor Your Special Qualities
Students view different sculptures from artist Ronald Baron. They discuss what the sculpture depicts. They are to create a thank you trophy for someone they know. They are to focus on that person's special qualities.
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The Laundress
Students explore the concept of work, and work typically assigned to women, through artwork depicting laundresses.
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Tools For Discussing Haring's Work
Learners examine artwork by Keith Haring and discuss his drawing techniques and process. They write a group story as an interpretation of one of Keith Haring's drawings, and create their own posters.
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Sole People
Explore the African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create a "sole" painting.
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Berry Basket Painting
Students use plastic berry baskets to make different print designs with paint.
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"IMPRESS"ive Pinch Pot Vases
Students discover and perfect basic construction methods and decorative methods of clay and glaze. They create vases using the pinch method and stamping and impressing methods of decorations. They glaze their pots with pre-made glazes.
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Transforming Negatives to Positives
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations to celebrate their Open Court "City Wildlife" unit.
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Sandburg Study
High schoolers examine and share their perceptions on a variety of poems by Carl Sandburg They demonstrate their comprehension of the poems by answering questions about the poetry during a class discussion. Students explore the world of...
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As the World Spins
Learners research forms of and uses for pottery. They examine the people who created the pottery and create a presentation to exhibit their findings.
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Learning to Give
Students design advertising posters for a snack sale. They study the concept of philanthropy and write friendly letters asking for volunteers.
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Double Exposure Lesson: Discussions And Experiments About Photography
Students explore photography. They compare/contrast the work of two photographers, create a paper viewfinder and experiment with focusing on topics, take photographs, and display photograph essays about the school.
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Rhyming Fruits and Vegetables
Learners describe fruits and vegetables using rhyming verses. They discuss the Five Fruits and Vegetables a Day campaign and rhyming words, and create a rhyming riddle using the "Rhyming Riddles" worksheet.
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Experimenting With Water Media
Young scholars practice 12 different water color techniques and then use at least 5 of the techniques to create a painting of a landscape.
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Creating a Canvas Floor Cloth
Students create a clored canvas floor cloth. They practice color blending and pattern design.
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Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter
Students explore free-motion machine quilting through three exercises. They enhance patterns, make their own patterns and stitch a realistic quilted drawing. Students create a color wheel and develop a variety of methods that enable them...
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Easy Bias-Covered Curves
Students watch a demonstration on how to make easy-bias covered curves. Using that information, they practice making their own with different types of materials. They share their creations with the class to end the lesson plan.
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Vegetable Print Patterns
Create a unique print using vegetable stencils and tempera paints applied to grid like pattern formed from cut pieces of paper. Your students will choose either a warm or a cool color scheme.
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Nurturing Green Thumbs at School
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
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Make a Collage!
Collage techniques give students another creative way to express themselves.
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Eric Carle Animals Animals
Fifth graders read a book by Eric Carle about animals. They identify the different animals throughout the book and research one of their choice. They write and draw a picture of their animal.
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Dinosaur Eggs
Students hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.
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Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
Fourth graders describe the difference between minerals (composed of the same substance throughout) and rocks (composed of two or more minerals). They recognize that there are three classes of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
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Making Summer School Less of a Drag
Teaching summer school is the perfect opportunity for experimenting and expanding your classroom repertoire.