Curriculum
Portfolio Exemplar Cover Sheet
Teacher Candidate: Alexa Donovan Cohort: 402
Title of Exemplar: The Big Bang Art Extension
Portfolio Category: _______I ____X____II _______III _______IV _______V
ACEI Standard: A2.5 The Arts
ACEI Standard Elements: Candidates know, understand, and use—as appropriate to their own understanding and skills—the content, functions, and achievements of the performing arts (dance, music, theater) and the visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and engagement among elementary students.
Semester: 3 Date: 9/26/12
1. The Big Bang Art extension lesson plan was developed for my specific class of first and second graders. This art lesson is linked across the curriculum to my Big Bang lesson plan. The students, through inquiry, developed interoperations of the big bang. To give students a way to express their understanding of the big bang in a creative and engaging way I developed a lesson with watercolor. Visual art enhances learning and gives student an alternative way to express their ideas and understanding.
2. I grew in my knowledge of the role the arts play in expressing learning. The arts are appealing and engaging to students. Using art, students can express concepts and thoughts they find troublesome communicating on paper. Having students share and explain their art takes their learning and understanding of curriculum to a new and exciting level.
Teacher Candidate: Alexa Donovan Cohort: 402
Title of Exemplar: The Big Bang Art Extension
Portfolio Category: _______I ____X____II _______III _______IV _______V
ACEI Standard: A2.5 The Arts
ACEI Standard Elements: Candidates know, understand, and use—as appropriate to their own understanding and skills—the content, functions, and achievements of the performing arts (dance, music, theater) and the visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and engagement among elementary students.
Semester: 3 Date: 9/26/12
1. The Big Bang Art extension lesson plan was developed for my specific class of first and second graders. This art lesson is linked across the curriculum to my Big Bang lesson plan. The students, through inquiry, developed interoperations of the big bang. To give students a way to express their understanding of the big bang in a creative and engaging way I developed a lesson with watercolor. Visual art enhances learning and gives student an alternative way to express their ideas and understanding.
2. I grew in my knowledge of the role the arts play in expressing learning. The arts are appealing and engaging to students. Using art, students can express concepts and thoughts they find troublesome communicating on paper. Having students share and explain their art takes their learning and understanding of curriculum to a new and exciting level.
Big Bang Art Extension Lesson Plan
Note: Art extension lesson plan. Introduction of watercolor, new media
Introduction & Session Instructions
The goal of this lesson plan is to have students create their own interpretation of what the Big Bang may have looked like using watercolor. The student should reach proficiency by creating a work of art that reflects the Big Bang using a new media, watercolor.
*This benchmark will be met over the semester by using a “variety of media”. Step one is watercolor.
Introductions & Greeting: 10 minutes
“Can I have someone share with me what we have been learning about the last couple days regarding the universe?...”
*Student should raise hand and say something regarding the Big Bang Theory
“Thank you (students name). We have been talking about the Big Bang Theory.. what have we learned about the Big Bang Theory, I would like you boys and girls to remind me by telling me a few things you remember…” (call on 5 students) once they have their juices flowing announce a turn and talk “Now, tell your partner what you remember about the Big Bang (after a minute or two say switch and have the other partner add to what the 1st partner remembered)
Session Instructions:
- Big Bang Lesson introduction of Art Piece
- Address materials
- House Rules
Mini-Lesson & Create
Connect and cite one example (from previous class/knowledge):
- The Big Bang Theory (this is the artistic extension to the previous lesson)
Say what you’re going to teach:
The students will learn to take a broad idea and make it their own. They will be using their imaginations as well as artistic techniques to come up with an original pastel piece of the Big Bang Theory.
Read Inspiration Text Piece: Time: 20 minutes
How does this relate to what we learned in class yesterday about the universe?
What do you notice about the pictures in this book?
Teach: Time: 10 minutes
“Today we are going to create our very own versions of what we think The Big Bang looked like…all of ours might look different because I might think the Big Bang looked different than how Ms. Field thinks the big Bang Looked. Does anyone know for sure how the Big Bang might have looked? No because we were not there to see it, it is a theory”
“We have water color and construction paper to use to design our Big Bang’s”
“We need to go over some house rules… How do we treat our art supplies? (Have students answer) How do we treat our classmates? Art time is very fun but we need to remember to respect the materials and each other!”
*Look back over picture slides in power point
* Handout paper
Active Engagement/Create: Time: 40 minute
- Give each student a white piece of watercolor paper
- Each student has watercolors
Conference:
As students finish one on one teacher student interviews will take place, teachers will record students explanations of their “Big Bang”
Write on sticky note and attach to each piece
Closing
Closing reflections on art creation:
Once all students are finished they can clean up their materials and set their creations on the back desk.
They will not have time to reflect until the next day when the students will have an art walk and spend several minutes looking at their classmates work.
Art meeting: what did you notice about all the Big Bang pieces?
How were they the same?
How were they different?
(Turn and talk, switch partners, student feedback to teacher)
Closing reflections on teaching & overall lesson:
Close students by thanking them for giving it their all, and reflect on the big bang
Notes:
Based on the work of Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, Columbia University
Materials—
Watercolor paper, watercolor, brushes, cups for water
Introduction & Session Instructions
The goal of this lesson plan is to have students create their own interpretation of what the Big Bang may have looked like using watercolor. The student should reach proficiency by creating a work of art that reflects the Big Bang using a new media, watercolor.
*This benchmark will be met over the semester by using a “variety of media”. Step one is watercolor.
Introductions & Greeting: 10 minutes
“Can I have someone share with me what we have been learning about the last couple days regarding the universe?...”
*Student should raise hand and say something regarding the Big Bang Theory
“Thank you (students name). We have been talking about the Big Bang Theory.. what have we learned about the Big Bang Theory, I would like you boys and girls to remind me by telling me a few things you remember…” (call on 5 students) once they have their juices flowing announce a turn and talk “Now, tell your partner what you remember about the Big Bang (after a minute or two say switch and have the other partner add to what the 1st partner remembered)
Session Instructions:
- Big Bang Lesson introduction of Art Piece
- Address materials
- House Rules
Mini-Lesson & Create
Connect and cite one example (from previous class/knowledge):
- The Big Bang Theory (this is the artistic extension to the previous lesson)
Say what you’re going to teach:
The students will learn to take a broad idea and make it their own. They will be using their imaginations as well as artistic techniques to come up with an original pastel piece of the Big Bang Theory.
Read Inspiration Text Piece: Time: 20 minutes
How does this relate to what we learned in class yesterday about the universe?
What do you notice about the pictures in this book?
Teach: Time: 10 minutes
“Today we are going to create our very own versions of what we think The Big Bang looked like…all of ours might look different because I might think the Big Bang looked different than how Ms. Field thinks the big Bang Looked. Does anyone know for sure how the Big Bang might have looked? No because we were not there to see it, it is a theory”
“We have water color and construction paper to use to design our Big Bang’s”
“We need to go over some house rules… How do we treat our art supplies? (Have students answer) How do we treat our classmates? Art time is very fun but we need to remember to respect the materials and each other!”
*Look back over picture slides in power point
* Handout paper
Active Engagement/Create: Time: 40 minute
- Give each student a white piece of watercolor paper
- Each student has watercolors
Conference:
As students finish one on one teacher student interviews will take place, teachers will record students explanations of their “Big Bang”
Write on sticky note and attach to each piece
Closing
Closing reflections on art creation:
Once all students are finished they can clean up their materials and set their creations on the back desk.
They will not have time to reflect until the next day when the students will have an art walk and spend several minutes looking at their classmates work.
Art meeting: what did you notice about all the Big Bang pieces?
How were they the same?
How were they different?
(Turn and talk, switch partners, student feedback to teacher)
Closing reflections on teaching & overall lesson:
Close students by thanking them for giving it their all, and reflect on the big bang
Notes:
Based on the work of Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, Columbia University
Materials—
Watercolor paper, watercolor, brushes, cups for water