Thursday, November 1, 2018

Activities for November 2018


November is here! During this month we are going to integrate Balance as one of the principles of design in our art work.  We are going to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving by creating our own Leaf Mobile.  We are also going to work on more poster contests.
 Lessons
Lesson 1-4 / Dates
November 14 - November 21

Essential Question
How do you show a message through Art?

Visual Arts Standards
Big Idea: Critical Thinking and Reflection
VA.2.H.3.1- Describe connections made between creating with art ideas and creating with information from other content areas.
VA.3.H.3.1- Discuss how knowledge gained in the visual art classroom can serve as prior knowledge in other classrooms.
VA.4.H.3.1-Discuss how analytical skills and thinking strategies are applied to both art production and problem-solving in other content areas.
VA.5.H.3.1-Discuss how skills learned through the analysis and art-making process are used to solve problems in non-art areas.
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Correlated L.A. Standards
LAFS.2.RL.1.3/2.5/3.7, LAFS.2.RI.1.1/1.2/2.5
LAFS.3.RL.1.1/1.3/3.7, LAFS.3.L.3.4.a&d
LAFS.4.RL.1.1/1.3/3.7, LAFS.4.L.3.5c
LAFS.5.RL.1.1/1.3/3.7 LAFS.5.L.3.4a&c

Vocabulary (Click on links for definitions)
Genre:  n/a
Artistic Style:   Contemporary Art
Content/Meaning: Imaginary
Media/TechniqueDrawingColored Pencils / Art Stix, Markers


Historical Art / Artist Reference

Visuals & Resources
1.     Visuals: Teacher samples
2.     Websites: Alexander Calder , Colorful Leaves 
3.     Video: Calder Inspired Mobiles

Activity

Create a Thankful Leaves Mobile

Materials

· White or Orange, yellow, brown papers various sizes

· Pencil

· Crayons

· Scissors

· Yarn

· Hole puncher

· Art Stix

Steps
1) Draw Leaf veins using a real leaf and crayons
2) Paint over with watercolors
3) Cut a huge main leaf
2) Draw and cut as many small leaves as you have reasons to be thankful for
3) Punch holes and thread the leaves to form a mobile

Enrichment Projects
Choose contest to enter: Authentic Assessments 

SDI Projects
Practice drawing lines and shapes and writing in cursive

Values Matter


Value of the Month



Click HERE to view a video about Citizenship
How can you display citizenship during art classes?

Reference: Values Matter

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