Lesson At A Glance

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5 Min – Discuss colors and explain the rules

10 Min – Talk about flags & brainstorm ideas

32 Min – Create flags by cut & paste with colored paper

3 Min – Everyone helps

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Kneel down so that you are on their level. Bending over emphasizes the differences in your height, while kneeling makes them feel more important. Have tape and marker ready so you can stick some tape on the table by each student and write their name on it as they sit down.

Everyone should take their time with the work and make a finished piece of art. Limiting the paper can also help kids focus on the work. If someone finishes in super-fast time, ask them what more they can do to the existing paper. Ask again several times – unless they appear overly frustrated; then you can allow them to move on to a new work.

Use the time to talk to students and make connections. Look for things in their work you like and think are strong, so you can point them out. Do not criticize anything they’re doing.

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After everyone is seated in a circle (rugs or chairs are fine), ask each student what his or her favorite color is. You can talk a bit about cool colors as they come up and why we think they are cool as opposed to warm. (What do warm colors make us think of? Things that are hot, like the sun or fire. Cool colors look like ice or grass.) It’s ok if they don’t grasp this concept right away. Help them understand which colors are cool and that we don’t mean cool like wearing sunglasses to be joe cool.

Have some patience. Sometimes kids this age will get things backwards, and insist that Blue is a warm color and Orange is cool. Explain that it might seem different when they think about hot orange fire, or cool blue frozen sodas.

Read the Teacher Talk below, or you can  say the same thing in your own words.

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Brushes should be nylon for springiness and durability. Round brushes are the most versatile.

Mix up 5 or 6 interesting cool colors that look good together, using the tempera paints. Try yellow-green, aqua, and periwinkle (blue, purple and white).

This is fun and easy. Get some of these simple produce stamp-makers at the store, and cut them to create a variety of shapes.

If you have a lot of extra time in class, you might want to let your students engage in the process, and watch you make the stamps, but be super careful. Kids who want to help may reach into the area with the knife right as you’re cutting something! Have them put their hands in their pockets or behind their back while you make a cut.

Very Important: Always have a pad or stack of paper, or a piece of cardboard underneath your stamping paper instead of a hard table. If you don’t have a soft surface, the stamps will not connect well. In printing, this is called a blanket, and it’s usually made of rubber.

D E M O :

• MIX – Show how to mix a color using small amounts of paint and staying in one area on your tray.
• PAINT – Then paint the veggie stamp with an even layer of paint.
  • Too much paint makes a messy stamp. It’s easy to brush the surface a few times and remove any globs of paint though.
• LOOK – Decide where you want this stamp to go on your artwork.
• PRESS – Gently press on the paper, and pull straight up so you don’t slide.
• STOP – Only make one or 2 stamps at a time before re-painting the veggie.

Very Important: use paper towels to dry veggies that have been cleaned off in the water tubs. WET STAMPS ARE TOO MESSY!

Remember to write names on their work! Set the prints aside to dry before cleaning up.

Wipe up spills. Super-wash the brushes in the sink. Toss the paint trays in the trash. Wash off and dry the veggie stamps if you need them for another class. You can store them in a baggie in the fridge later. They’ll stay firm for a day or two depending on the item.

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Set out the colored paper in two groups:

1. Flag base colors (full sheets of paper)

2. Flag shapes – to paste onto the base.

You can call these the color store, and let the kids “shop” for their colors and shapes.

Ask each student what color paper they want to use for their flag background color. They should get the background color as a full sheet of paper, which will be the flag base.

Let the students look over the shapes and colors, and select several shapes, but only in two more colors. You can act reluctant, and then allow them choose 3, which helps to keep the number at 4 or less for the flag designs – and makes you a nice teacher!

Have everyone take their shapes back to their seat and arrange their flag design. Encourage going back and trying new shapes and changing the design at least once. It’s a great idea to try more than one design, but at this age that may not happen. Don’t worry about it. If someone needs a special shape, you can cut it or let them try with safety scissors.

Make sure they do not cut small shapes. They will be able to make a small drawing on one shape later if they want.

Have everyone choose the design they like the best and set it up just like they want it to look.

Once they have their design in place, let them glue the parts down in place, one shape at a time.

Take a shape part, set it upside down on a blank sheet of large 11″ x 17″ white copy paper (a glue mat), and glue the back with a glue stick. Then they can set into place on their colored paper and press down all over.

Help your students a lot, and show them how to use plenty of glue stick especially around the edges. You may have to add some more glue by lifting corners and edges. Continue pasting until all the flag parts are glued in place.

If time, the student can create another design for the other side. Begin with a new base background color. They may do the same design again, as a mirror, or exactly the same, or they may want to try a new design. The two flag sides may be taped, glued, or stapled to hold them together when finished.

Early finishers may also want to add one small drawing in markers, but remember to keep this simple and only one small drawing per side on one shape only.

Finish up by attaching the flag to a stick using tape all along the edge where the stick is attached, or by using two rows of staples to create a stitched sleeve if you have two flag sides. Here’s how: First make a row of staples about 1/2 inch away from and parallel to the edge of the flag that will hold the stick. Then slide the stick between the two flags, and push it up to rest all along the row of staples. Then staple another row on the other side of the stick to close the sleeve. A couple of pieces of tape at the top and bottom may be needed to keep it from sliding off.

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• Wash hands
• Super-wash brushes if used
• Put art supplies away
• Wipe tables & toss trash
• Remove any smocks (last)
• Check for items on floors and tables

This lesson allows personal freedom

Practice the rules intro if you want. Make sure your slideshow will display properly and get it ready to go.

Purchase produce and cut as shown in STEP 3.1 PREP.

Mix up some nice cool colors in tempera paints. You can keep these from drying out by covering the trays with Press-N-Seal wrap. Make “getting plates” by using disposable trays or plates and drawing an extra line or two to make more paint sections.

Practice making stamp artwork so you know what to expect.

Make a flag of your own as an example and so you know what to expect.

Print all of your PDFs from the lesson plan and cut any references apart as needed.

Week 2: Scotty Dog

August 26 – 30

Students will learIntroduction to the idea of lines as edges, and oil pastel technique with mixing & blending. Students use a photo of a scotty dog bas-relief sculpture for reference, but it’s turned upside down. This allows it to be drawn more accurately because it’s hard for the mind to interpret so the eyes have to look more closely.n cool stuff.

Week 3: Red Balloons

September 2 – 6

We use balloons to learn about shadows and highlights. Instead of telling students, “we’re going to learn how to make shadows today”, we say, “Let’s all draw balloons!” The balloons are made with the local color, red, and then dark red is added for a shadow. A highlight is observed on a real balloon, so students can use real life to improve their artwork in making a light pink spot for a highlight. Sponges are used for clouds and cloud shadows too!

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