First Day 3, 4, 5

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials

Welcome to art class! We are going to have an exciting year together in art, full of discovery and art making. We will draw, collage, paint, make sculptures and stitch and sew. We are going to learn what it means to be an artist and how to work like an artist.

Expectations

1. Take care of people

2. Take care of stuff

3. Behave like an artist 

How do we take care of people in the art room?

Share the colored pencils with your table mates. If someone is using a color you need say: "may I please use the blue pencil when you are finished?" Then wait patiently.

How do we take care of stuff in the art room?

For example, when we are done with a marker, we should place the cap back on till it snaps, so that the marker doesn't dry out.

How do we behave like an artist?

Envision

I can think about what I am going to draw, or make a mental picture before I start.

I usually start with an idea even though it may change along the way.

Today we are going to get our Studio Practice Books.

We use our studio practice books to learn skills and classroom routines.

You will create a piece of art using drawing supplies.

Think about what you want to draw. 

Close your eyes and try to picture what you want it to look like. When you are ready, you may begin. Take your time drawing in pencil. Draw large enough so you fill the page and you can color it in. 

Let's begin our art, and before we leave we will talk about some of the

ways we behaved like an artist. 

If you finish your drawing early, try the Get to Know Me Sculpture paper by Cassie Stephens.

Clean-up expectations:

I will always play the clean-up anthem at clean-up time.

Clean-up is silent.

Everyone should finish cleaning up their studio space before the end of the song.

Today, during clean-up, you will be responsible for putting your supplies in the bin neatly, and putting your book in the box on the supply table.

Reflection:

After the drawings are completed, discuss the ways they behaved like an artist during class:

Include thinking of an idea, working quietly, sharing and taking care of supplies.

Line Up Time.

Practice line-up expectations:

Quiet

Feet on tape

Facing forward

VA: Cr, Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work