GAP Lesson Plan

Teachers Names: Taylor Gerland, Kimberly Clay, Amber Hall, and Abigail Montesi
Art Lesson Title: Pete the Cat Masquerade
Grade/Age Level: Birth to age 5 (Preschool- Kindergarten)

Rationale/Goals:
Children need to have art incorporated into their everyday lives. By reading a book and doing an
artistic activity afterwards, the children will have a dose of literature and art.
Practice fine motor skills such as drawing and gluing.
Practice self-competence through completing the task individually with little help from teacher
and/ or parent.
Practice gross motor skills such as dancing, balancing, and walking.
Practice literacy skills by listening to a story and actively participating.
Standards/Objectives/Assessments:
STANDARDS

OBJECTIVES

ASSESSMENTS

VAK-6.2 Discuss the

relationship between visual
art and language as a means
of storytelling.

Students will recreate a

character (Pete the Cat) in the
form of a mask and then use
the mask to act out the story.

Informal: Ask the children if

they can tell us key points
within the story.

VAK-1.3 Use all art materials

and tools in a safe and
responsible manner.

Students will develop fine

motor skills through the
manipulation of crayons and
markers, and glue in order to
construct their Pete the Cat
masks.

Informal: Teachers will walk

around the classroom and
make sure that the children
are using and holding the
materials in the correct way.
Formal:
Assess children on how much
of the mask they complete
(Total of 8 Points)
Mask is
colored blue

2 Points

Mask
contains
eyes

2 Points

Mask
contain ears

2 Points

Mask
contains
nose

2 Points

SE-4K-4.5 Interact easily

with familiar adults by
engaging in conversations,
responding to questions and
following direction.

Students will practice selfcontrol, social interactions,

and communication
throughout reading, creation,
and dance time.

Informal: Teachers will

monitor the children during
story time and during creative
time in order to ensure that
they are on task. They may
also ask the children
questions in order to facilitate
communication.

DK-3.5 Explore dance

movements that communicate
feelings and ideas.

Students will use the masks

they created to dance along to
and act out the Pete the Cat, I
Love My White Shoes song.

Informal: Monitor the

children and make sure that
they are participating and
moving.

Key Concepts:
Coloring in a set space (the outlined mask)
To dance appropriately to the music.
Learning to work as independently as possible.
Children will learn descriptive words (ex. Wet, dry.)
Children will learn colors (ex. Red, white, blue.)
Children will learn about perseverance- theme of the book.

Lesson Sequence:
Intro Activity: While the children come in, we will be playing Pete the Cat music. We will ask
the students and their parents to sit on the carpet surrounding the tree stump. We will discuss to
rules of circle time (quiet mouths, quiet feet, open ears). We will read, Pete the Cat: I Love My
White Shoes. During the book reading, we will ask open-ended questions in order to encourage
conversation. After we read the book, we will explain and show a visual example of how the
children are to make their own Pete the Cat. We will inform them that they can make their Pete
the Cat however they would like.
Main Activity: For our main activity, we will sit and discuss the rules of markers (no touching
each other, ourselves, or the table with markers). After informing them of the rules, we will ask

them to raise their hands and repeat a rule back to me. We will color the precut Pete the Cat
cardstock mask any color of their choosing. The children will have different sized puff balls for
the nose and a choice of colored felt for the whiskers. They will then paint the puff ball and felt
on the mask using a paintbrush and glue according to the example that we show them at the
beginning of the lesson. We will also attach a popsicle stick to the bottom of the mask in order
for the children to hold their masks. During this we will help them if necessary, however, we
want them to be able to develop the skills with little help.
Clean- Up: All children will place the markers and crayons back in the appropriate containers on
the table. They will place the lids back on the glue sticks when they are finished using them and
take their mask home with them.
Closure: For our closing activity, the children will get their masks and dance freely around to
Pete the Cat songs on youtube. The children will be able to take their masks home at the end of
the lesson.
Materials, Supplies, Tools, Visuals, and Equipment:
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Pre Cut Cardstock Cat Mask, Markers, Glue, Crayons, Popsicle Sticks, Puff Balls, Felt, Paint
Brushes, Bowls for Glue Whiskers, Scissors
Pete the Cat Music (Via Download From Phone)
Speakers
Computer