Lesson Ideas

Kelly Meeks
Lesson Plan Ideas

I would teach my students about the life cycle of a butterfly. The students would then use pasta and a paper plate to make a butterfly life cycle.
I would teach my students about the life cycle of plants. My students would then plant 6 seeds in 6 different cups. One cup would receive only soil, one only water, one empty, one in the light, one in the dark, and one in the sun with soil and water. The students would observe each seed every day and draw the progress of each. I would also take my students on a nature walk. Each student would collect something that represents each cycle of the life of a plant. The students would then create rubbings of each and make a book.
After teaching fact families, students will learn about artists who used numerals in their work, experience chalk pastels as an art medium, and work with adding in number sentences. They will learn about positive and negative space, review warm and cool colors, review the concept of overlapping, and learn how to use stencils (maintaining their own unique artistic styles!) The students will create an art work incorporating fact families and numbers.
After teaching my students about lines and geometric shapes, the students will create an artwork using lines and geometric shapes. The students will be required to use a variety of media.
After teaching my students about Native Americans, I would have the students use a variety of media and clay to create masks and/or totem poles. The students would learn about Native American art and culture.
After teaching the students about community or medieval times, I would have the students create a community or castle. The students would research their topic and use recyclable materials to build their creation.
7. Students will learn how visual images communicate meaning. They will identify the decoration on an African ceremonial costume and consider how it was originally worn. They will create their own costume that tells a story about themselves and perform a dance for the class wearing the costume. Students will determine what is important to their classmates based on the dance and the visual imagery on the costumes.
8. Through observation and discussion about the Coffin of Djed Mut , students will make connections between hieroglyphs and the English writing system. They will learn how visual images can be used to communicate sounds and meaning. As a class, students will compose a story about change in their community using pictograms of their own design.
9. In this lesson, students will explore the ways writing and painting express meaning. They will investigate a biography and painting of Harriet Tubman and consider the tools the artist and writer used to communicate information about this heroine.
10. Students will improve visualization skills through role play, texture identification and storytelling. They will also discuss connections between the painting and their own lives. These activities will help them engage with the work of art and better understand what the artist is communicating about the family being portrayed.
11. The students will learn about Ben Franklin. The students will use their knowledge of Ben Franklin and art media to make a sketch of their own inventions.
12. Develop a broader understanding of "propaganda" with your students by identifying the five basic techniques used in propaganda and advertising. Using old magazines, students can create their own World War II propaganda/advertising posters. Ask them to focus on one advertising technique, to find and cut out images and ads that display this technique, and to create a collage with these images.
13. The students will learn about Australia and the Aborigines. The students will learn that Aborigines used dot painting as a way of telling stories. The students will create a story and use dot painting to tell it.
14. The students will be introduced to architecture and geometric shapes. The studens will walk around the inside and outside of the school and look for geometric shapes in the structure. The students will then create their own 3-D structures using geometric shapes.
15. The students will learn about a variety of cultures. The students will choose a culture different from their own. The students will research that culture and create a paper mask that describes the culture. The masks can be made out of paper using many different paper styling techniques.
16. The students will learn about the characteristics of a kite. The students will then use these characteristics to create a kite. The students will be taken outside on a windy day to test their kites.
17. The students will learn about plant and animal cells. The students will use recyclable materials to make either a plant or animal cell. The students will label each part.
18. The students will learn about the seasons and how trees change with each season. The students will create a classroom tree. A tree trunk will be made out of brown paper and placed on the wall. The students will create their own leaves using a variety of media to place on the tree. The students will learn about overlapping and mixing colors.
19. The students will choose a book to do a book report on. The students will then make a diorama to report on the book. The students will show their diorama to the class and discuss their book using their diorama.
20. The students will learn about the planets. The students will be divided into groups and each group will be assigned a planet. The students will make their planet out of paper mache.