Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

·         Color and emotion

·         Foreground, middle ground, background

·         Learn certain colors cause different emotions

·         Drawing

·         Define foreground, middle ground, background

·         Construction (gluing and cutting)

·         Creativity

·         Craftsmanship

·         Brainstorming

·         Sketching

·         A1, A2, C5, D5, H3, I4, I6, K4

October

·         Continue with foreground, middle ground, and background

·         Horizon line

·         Impressionism

·         Be able to identify a horizon line in a landscape

·         Create a sunset or sunrise using oil pastels and watercolor

·         Being able to point out the horizon line in a landscape

·         Craftsmanship

·         A2, A3, C5, D5, H1, H3, J2, K4

November

·         Straw Loom Weaving

·         Know weaving vocabulary

·         Learn how to string a straw loom

·         Learn basic steps of weaving

·         Be able to choose a color scheme

·         Weaving techniques

·         Following directions

·         Color choice

·         Presentation

·         A1, A2, A3, B3, C8

December

·         Straw Loom Weaving (cont.)

·         A1, A2, A3, B3, C8

January

·         Composition

·         Crayon Resist

·         Chinese New Year

·         Dragons

·         Look at drawings and pictures of insects

·         Discuss environment and size relation

·         Draw an insect that is inspired from nature

·         Pattern

·         Repetition

·         Be able to create 2-D and 3-D shapes from construction paper

·         Learn about the Chinese New Year

·         Symmetry

·         Crayon resist

·         Realism of drawing

·         Relation to bug and environment

·         Craftsmanship

·         Pattern

·         Repetition

·         Symmetry

·         Understanding of Chinese New Year

·         Craftsmanship

·         Creativity

·         A1, A2, B1, C5, C7, E3, H3, H4, K6, L7

February

·         Chinese New Year (cont.)

·         Dragons (cont.)

·         B1, C7, E3, H3, H4, K6

March

·         Pinch Pot Bowls

·         Mexican folk art

·         Texture

·         Pattern

·         Learn pinch method of clay

·         Learn how to attach pieces of clay to one another

·         Students will create a moon/sun motif based on Mexican folk art

·         Discuss texture and how to draw a texture

·         Review pattern

·         Pinch method technique

·         Slip and score technique

·         Craftsmanship of painting

·         Craftsmanship

·         Texture

·         Pattern

·         A2, A3, C2, C4, C5, C6, C8, E1, E3, G1, G3, H3, H4

April

·         Wassily Kandinsky

·         Line

·         Primary colors

·         Examine Kandinsky’s work

·         Review primary colors

·         Create an abstract composition using primary colors

·         Incorporate black and white lines inspired by Kandinsky

·         Know facts about Kandinsky

·         Know primary colors

·         Craftsmanship

·         Painting techniques

·         A1, A2, B1, C1, C5, E1, L6

May

·         Design

·         Basic watercolor techniques

·         Enhance creativity skills by using lines and circles to create a composition

·         Know positive and negative space

·         Review warm and cool colors

·         Reviewing negative and positive space from previous lesson

·         Knowledge of warm and cool colors

·         Demonstrate use of positive and negative space

·         Design

·         Watercolor techniques

·         Craftsmanship

·         A2, C2, C7, C8, D6, H3, K2, L1, L2, L7

June

*  Last day with 2^nd grade May 31^st.  Wrap up and discussion.