Your Name(s): Andrea, Christa, Danielle

DAILY PLAN
Lesson Title: Polka-dot Pumpkins Grade Level: Pre-K

S & S Statements:
The concept of pattern will be continued from the previous lesson, into this one. Students will work on
proper brush cleaning techniques to paint crisp patterns that have minimum color blending on the
provided bubble wrap shapes, and then transferring said pattern onto the paper. Using the paint
provided, students will be able to explain why the colors they were given are complements (i.e.
opposite on the color wheel). With the introduction of stamps at the beginning of the lesson, students
will understand what a print is, and that a print can be produced multiple times over.

Concepts and Skills

A pattern is a repeated shape or color.
A print is an image that can be made repeatedly.
Complementary colors through cool vs warm (Yellow is warm and is the complement of cool purple,
red is warm and the complement of cool green, orange is warm and the
complement of cool blue)

Academic Language:
Print - An image (like a stamp) than can be produced multiple times.

Purpose of Lesson:
Students will be able to demonstrate skill in using a paintbrush, as learned in a previous lesson, and
transferring a color pattern onto an image.
Students will be able to make a clean, defined pattern through cleaning of brushes in between colors.

Learning Objectives:
Conceptual:
Given paintbrushes and bubble wrap, students will creatively use complementary colors to create a
pattern.

Technical:
Given water and paintbrushes, students will effectively be able to completely clean the brush until the
water is clear.
Given bubble wrap shapes and paint, students will successfully stamp the paper with the painted
shapes.

Assessment Criteria:
Creative use of complementary color.
Effective cleaning of brushes.
Successful use of bubble wrap as a stamp.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson:

Stamp examples
Color wheel example (as used in previous lessons)
Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:
Stamp for intro
Bubble wrap shapes (pumpkin, bat, and cat) to fit into an 8”x8” square.
Paintbrushes
Paint (complementary colors on separate plates for each table)
Table cover (butcher paper)
8”x8” paper squares
Teacher Directed Activities
(What you will do)
Introduction:
Beginning the lesson, the students will be shown a
rubber stamp and be asked if they know what a
stamp does. The color wheel will be shown once
again as a refresher for students.
Development:
Demonstrate the process of transferring an image.
First, painting a pattern straight onto the provided
bubble wrap shape.
Next, cleaning brushes completely as to not mix
colors. It will be emphasized that if the two
complementary colors provided are mixed, they will
make brown.
Demonstrate pressing the painted bubble wrap
shape onto the paper. There must be even
pressure applied, relate the pressure to petting an
animal, not too hard as to hurt the animal, but
enough for the animal to feel it. The bubble wrap
shape will be peeled back to leave the bubble wrap
texture and painted pattern on the surface.
Conclusion:
Student Activities
(What the students will do)
Introduction:
Students will provide input on if they have had
any experience with rubber stamps and what
they do. Being shown the color wheel,
students will answer what colors are “across
the street” from each other and if they
remember what said colors are called.
Students will watch the teacher demo of
painting a pattern onto a bubble wrap shape.
Development
Students will paint a pattern on their choice
directly onto the provided sheet of bubble
wrap. Students will be mindful of brush
cleaning, making sure their brushes are clean
before picking up the next color, being careful
so they do not produce brown.
Next, they will wait until their classmates are
at the same step, and press their bubble wrap
shape onto the paper. The students will rub
the cut shape down with even pressure to
make sure the paint is distributed evenly. They
will then lift up the paper shape carefully, and
see how their painted pattern has transferred
Students will be guided in a discussion on prints, onto the shape.
and why they are similar to stamps (the same
image produced multiple times). Students will
review the complementary colors used, and the
patterns they created.
Conclusion: Students will look at their final
product, being the patterned shape they
made, and discuss why they think a rubber
stamp was used to introduce the concept.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Write this after teaching is done: Problems, successes, differentiated learners, and what to think
about for next lesson)

There were a few bumps, but overall the lesson went smoother than I expected. I was really nervous having
written this lesson myself, and ot was good to test it on the smaller group first. The students had a good
understanding of washing their brushes after each color use, which they were a little shaky on the first time
they were taught that skill. I do wish I would have had a backup plan, or cut more shapes. The students took a
lot less time than I anticipated. Both teachers reassured me that it usually happens like that. I noticed that the
students seemed to overall enjoy it. One student I noticed, Cooper, did not seem as interested as the others
and did not want to cover the shape. When I asked him, he said he likes crayons better than paint. He seemed
to be really meticulous with his brush, I think he may like crayons better because he has better control of them.
The lesson plan itself I had to tweak a bit. At first I figured that the paper would be the precut shapes, but then
changed it to the bubble wrap to be able to relate it more to the concept of "stamping."