First Grade Lesson Plan- Name collage

Romare Beardon-style collage

First grade Lesson Plan

Tara Peterson

Art 3700

Objectives

· Students will cut 1 “ strips of paper from magazine pages. (P, C)

· Students will draw a stick figure of the first letter of their name. (P)

· Students will choose a watercolor, and will cover the background of their collage. (A)

· Students will do a rubbing to create visual interest. (C)

Standards Addressed · Match primary colors to a color wheel. Begin with pasting colored construction paper to correct site. Later use paint, crayons or markers to identify colors and their placement within a color wheel. (Identify Experience) · Make several texture “rubbings.” Analyze which textures are most visually interesting. (Analyze Integrate) · Make texture“rubbings” in pencil, crayon or charcoal of actual texture. (Explore Contextualize)

Materials

2 magazine pages

Drawing paper

Glue sticks

Pencils

Watercolor mixing sets

Watercolor brushes

Peeled crayons

2-3 items that have an interesting texture

Vocabulary

Texture: is used to describe either the way a three-dimensional work actually feels when touched, or the visual "feel" of a two-dimensional work.

Pedagogy

1. Give each student 2 colorful magazine pages, drawing paper, glue stick, and pencil. The students are to center a large simple stick figure of their first name initial on the drawing paper, in pencil.

2. They then form their initial using approximately 1” wide magazine strips. Demonstrate for them how to tear the magazine strips verticall, and how they stay even on the page. The students will trace their letter with the glue stick, covering generously, and glue the magazine strips in place.

3. The students will choose from several different textures- (anything that has a good texture), and will create a crayon rubbing around their letter.

4. Next, the students will use a Watercolor Mixing Set and water to paint just one solid color around their letter. When complete, they may take a paper towel to dab and speed up the drying process.

5. Finally, a small darker piece of peeled crayon is rubbed along the edges of the page.

Teacher Resources

I will need student examples to show the students.

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/1st%20grade?updated-max=2010-11-10T20%3A56%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20

Assessment

· The student’s work will be assessed in the following criteria: Did the students cut strips from magazine pages? Did the student draw a stick figure of the first letter of their name? Did the student choose one watercolor, and cover the background of the collage? Did the student do a texture rubbing to create visual interest?

3 (Excellent)	2 (Average)	1(Below Average)	0 (Unsatisfactory)
The student cut strips of paper from magazine pages.	The student cut most of the paper from magazine pages.	The student cut some of the paper from magazine pages.	The student cut none of the paper from magazine pages, or did not cut it in strips.
The student drew a stick figure of the first letter of their name.	The student drew a letter, but it was not the first letter of their name.	The student drew a picture on their paper.	The student did not draw a letter.
The student chose one color of watercolor paint and covered the background.	The student chose more than one color of watercolor paint, and covered most of the background.	The student did not cover their background.
The student did a texture rubbing to create visual interest.	The student did a texture rubbing on most of the page.	The student did a texture rubbing on some of the page.	The student did not do a texture rubbing.

· I will walk around while the students are working, and will silently assess them, and they will be assessed a 3-2-1-0 on a rubric.