Artist and Beyond

Grade Level:
By: Nathalia Perea
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
**Complete each column for three subject areas/content areas

Content or Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Work or TEKS and Technology Standards:
Subject Area Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Rubric product Identify the relevant TEKS and ISTE Standard for
What do you (Must include at Scale (What is the Teachers and Students
want the least 2 - How are you final product?
students to technology tools going to i.e. presentation
do/achieve? that you have evaluate your slides,
used in this class student’s work WordCloud,
for each subject newsletter,
area) Reflective
Essay?
Social How has -In groups, -In groups, -Students will be -Powerpoint or TEKS:
students can tour students will evaluated during presentation -SS.3.3.B Create and interpret timelines
Studies art
museums and create a their presentation slides -SS.3.1.A Describe how individuals, events, and ideas
evolved gather
PowerPoint of their PowerPoint -Timeline have changed communities, past and present
over the information
presentation on and timeline. They
years? about art in
the period of time must show an ISTE Standard for Teachers:
different periods
virtually. they were understanding of -2.1.a Set professional learning goals to explore and apply
assigned and the relevant art pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and
share important aspects during reflect on their effectiveness.
artworks and their time period. -2.6.d Model and nurture creativity and creative
aspects of art Students must expression to communicate ideas, knowledge, or
relevant to their show at least 10 connections.
time. different paintings
-Students will also or artifacts that can ISTE Standard for Students:
 create a timeline back up why they -1.7.c Students contribute constructively to project
about when these believe those teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to
artworks were aspects were part work effectively toward a common goal.
created. of that time period. -1.6.a Students choose the appropriate platforms and
-Students will also tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation
be informally or communication.
assessed as
teachers walks
around talking to
groups while
creating their
work.
ELAR What if I -Students will -Students will -Students must -Digital TEKS:
was an create their create a digital post their stories Storybook ELA.3.11.E Publish written work for appropriate
artist? own story storybook telling on an online -Wordcloud audiences
about being a classroom shared ELA.3.12.A Compose literary texts, including personal
us about their
an artist space for other narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and
adventures as
students to see. craft
an artist. They
Students will be
will need to add assessed on their ISTE Standard for Teachers:
illustrations and grammar, and -2.3.a Create experiences for learners to make positive,
anything else punctuation. socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic
needed to Students will also behavior online that builds relationships and community.
support their present their word -2.5.c Explore and apply instructional design principles to
story. cloud to the class create innovative digital learning environments that
-The student will with a quick engage and support learning.
overview of their
also create a
story. ISTE Standard for Students:
word cloud with
words that can - 1.6.d Students publish or present content that
customizes the message and medium for their intended
help promote
audiences.
their book if
-1.1.b Students build networks and customize their
they were to sell
 it. The word learning environments in ways that support the learning
cloud should process.
give the reader
an idea about
what the book
will be about.
Science Can artists -Students will -Students will -Students must -Interactive TEKS:
be investigate all Multimedia S.4.2.A Plan and implement descriptive investigations
create an have correct
scientists about artists who Poster including asking well defined questions, making
were also
interactive factual
and vice -Newsletter inferences, and selecting and using appropriate
scientists or vice multimedia information
versa? equipment or technology to answer his/her questions
versa of their poster about an about their
choosing and artist/scientist chosen
learn about what ISTE Standard for Teachers:
of their artist/scientist.
they have done. -2.3.b Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity
choosing Students must
and critical examination of online resources and fosters
-Students will explain how their digital literacy and media fluency.
also create a artist/scientist's -2.5.a Use technology to create, adapt and personalize
newsletter as if contributions learning experiences that foster independent learning
telling us about have impacted us and accommodate learner differences and needs.
a scientific event today. Students
thier artist was a must have ISTE Standard for Students:
part of. correct grammar, -1.6.c Students communicate complex ideas clearly and
spelling, and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects
punctuation. such as visualizations, models or simulations.

Students must -1.3.a Students plan and employ effective research

strategies to locate information and other resources for
include at least 3
their intellectual or creative pursuits.
pictures that aid
their information.