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Grade/Subject: Grade 4 Art Unit: Winter Birch Trees Lesson Duration: 100 min. **Verbal instructions are highlighted in Blue/Green** OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
General Learning Outcomes: Emphasis: Students will create emphasis by the treatment of forms and qualities. Specific Learning Outcomes: Apply washes, using tempera or watercolor. The center of interest can be made prominent by contrasting its size, shape, color or texture from the other parts of the composition. Details, accents and outlines will enhance the dominant area or thing.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will: 1. Create an original winter scene. 2. Use watercolors and texture to create a background. 3. Add details to enhance a work of art.
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: Key Questions: Are the students completing each step Do you understand the instructions? correctly? Are you done each of the steps? Are the students working independently? Did you complete your work of art? Do the students take pride in their work? Written/Performance Assessments: Objective #1: The students will finish their work of art. Objective #2: Students will use watercolor paints and salt to create a textured background. Objective #3: Students will add lines and touch up the birch trees. They will also add snowflakes to the background.
Say: Today and next class we are going to work on a new art project. The finished project will look like this (show the students the first slide on the notebook file).
Give the students the rest of class to finish painting. Announce when there is 10mins left and 5mins left in the work time. Once there is 10mins left in class have the students stop painting. Have two students at each table put away their paints and paint brushes. Have two other students at each table clean the paint off the tables with paper towels.
Sponge Activity: Art free time to finish other projects. (Possibly start next project)
Lesson Reflection:
What were strengths of the lesson?