Lesson Plans

10-6-14 to 10-10-14
Teacher: Calla Page (under supervision of Tammi Browning)
Title of Lesson: Shape and Texture
Grade Level: Kindergarten - First
Anticipated Time Needed for the entire Lesson: 1 class period
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures,
materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
Essential Question: How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
Content Area Standards:
Kindergarten: VA:Cr2.1.Ka- Through experimentation, build skills in various media
and approaches to art-making.
1st Grade: VA:Cr2.1.1a- Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or
design.
Outcome(s)- Learning Targets
Students Can:
Create texture using leafs
Create pumpkins (jack-o-lanterns) using shapes
Brief Description of Lesson
Teach students about texture. Have each student take a leaf of two place them
under their paper and then rub crayons over it. Then teach students about different shapes
(circle, triangle, rectangle, square). We will discuss the different shapes, and the up
coming holiday Halloween. We will then go step by step for which to glue on first
(orange circle for pumpkin, triangle eyes, rectangle stem, oval mouth
Vocabulary

Materials

Shape
Circle
Rectangle
Triangle
Texture

Leafs

Crayon
White paper
Shape cut outs (orange circle, yellow or black triangle, brown rectangle)
Glue
Cups
Glue

Scope and Sequence (Ordered Flow of Lesson)

1. Students will enter the classroom and be asked to sit boy-girl-boy-girl.
2. Students will be asked what texture and where we can find texture
3. Teacher will show students how you can create texture on paper by rubbing a
crayon over something that has texture (the leaf).
4. Students will be given a piece of white paper a leaf and a crayon and instructed to
start making rubbings to show texture.
5. Teacher will discuss the up coming holiday (Halloween) and the jack-o-latern
(show class teacher example)
6. Teacher will discuss shape. The word of the day! Hold cup a circle and have
someone name the circle.
7. Teacher pass out circles
8. Teacher will discuss how to properly glue using the qtip and cups of glue.
9. Teacher will continue the above steps with triangles, half circle, and rectangles for
the eyes, mouth, and stem.
10. Students will clean up. (students walk work to the drying rack, throw away qtips,
pick up crayons, and leafs, Teacher picks up glue cups).
Behavior Management:
1, 2, 3 eyes on me 1, 2, eyes on you. (Voices turn off)
Tootsie rolls and lollypops. We were talking now were not. (voices turn off)
If a student is being disruptive with students around him/her they will be moved
the private desk.
Lights off, mouths off
Freeze!!
A. separated
Es are not to sit by each other.
As are not allowed to sit by each other.
Anticipatory Set
Ask questions (What was the word of the day? What shape is the orange piece?)
Talk about the up coming holiday.
Show pumpkin final piece.
Assessment
Students will be assessed on their use and understanding of texture.

Accommodations:
Provide accommodations for A. as discussed with Miss D: Provide his
own space and a bag of toys and supplies to occupy him.
Place a gate at the classroom door to deter A. from running out
unsupervised.
Jehovah witness in class (no holidays, government, flags)
Be aware of any specific disabilities and individual student needs relating to cognitive,
physical or cultural barriers. Note adaptations.