Teacher’s Name: Finnick Vest Subject: Winterset Art Grade: 1st

Overview of the Unit: ​Students will be learning self portraiture and watercolor. I will be reading them I am Jazz by
Jazz Jennings, and go through all of the activities, interests, and identities that make everyone different. After
reading and discussing the picture book, I will prompt all students to draw themselves doing their favorite activity or
with something very important to them. Next, I will have students return to the carpet and we will go over where all
the features on the face go in a portrait. After this, I will give students a larger piece of paper where they will fill up
the page with a self portrait, including something meaningful to them in the background. During the next class
students will use a sharpie to trace over the lines they made with pencil, and will finish off the piece using
watercolor, emulating the style used in the illustrations of I am Jazz. Students will write a sentence about who they
are and what makes them a unique person like Jazz on their piece of art as well.

Enduring Objectives: Assessments: Standards:

Understanding:
Connect making art with
individual choice and
understanding personal
cultural identity
Students will generate
ideas of what activities
they do at home or at
school that make up apart
of their personal identity.
Students will demonstrate
one skill from the
portraiture lesson into their
final self portrait.
I will assess students’ application of 6PE Generate
ideas in their first self portrait. artmaking ideas
from their daily
I will assess students’ ability to include experiences and
one learned portraiture skill into their the environment.
final self portrait.
1PR Demonstrate
beginning skill
and craftsmanship
in the use of art
materials and
tools.

Essential/Higher Order Literacy: Accomodations Materials:

Questions:
What are three activities
Jazz does that makes her
unique?
What are three activities
you do that make you
unique?
If you wrote a picture
book about yourself,
what would you include?
Students will reflect on
their artwork through
writing an artist statement
about who they are and
what about them makes
them unique like Jazz.
Heavyweight
There is a student at Winterset who paper
struggles to stay attentive, as well as Drawing paper
follow directions. Once the class is Pencils
working I will start doing my own Crayons
version of the artwork beside the Watercolor
student to focus and motivate him. Brushes
Once he is working diligently I will
monitor the classroom, and check up on https://www.youtu
his progress at regular intervals. be.com/watch?v=
BF5D2lsPfsU
Day 1

Lesson:

I will play a Youtube video of Jazz Jennings reading her picture book.
I will prompt students with essential questions to connect the picture book to themselves.
Students will draw pictures of themselves, including activities they enjoy and care about.
Students will then receive a brief portraiture lesson. I will model how I draw my own portrait.
Students will begin their final self portraits.

Students will generate ideas of what activities they do at home or at school that make up apart of their personal
identity.

Day 2

Lesson:

Students will finish their final portraits.

Students will trace their final portraits with sharpie.
Students will craft their statement on their portrait.
Students will work on prior project.

Students will demonstrate one skill from the portraiture lesson into their final self portrait.

Day 3

Lesson:

Students will be given a watercolor demonstration about working light to dark. I will demonstrate on my own
self portrait.
Students will watercolor their self portraits.
If students finish early I will show a reading of The Dot book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jojp5vkRJWQ

Students will demonstrate one skill from the portraiture lesson into their final self portrait.