Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

October

November

December

January

• Coiled Baskets

• Know basketry vocabulary
• Discuss aesthetics of basket making.  Is it craft or art?
• Be introduced to baskets of South Africa and learn importance of the basket in their culture

• Knowledge of basketry and vocabulary
• Craftsmanship
• Color selection
• Basket making technique

• Sketchbooks

• A1, A2, B3, C4, C8, H4, J1, J7

February

• Clay Bowls

• Lettering
• One Point Perspective

• Know clay vocabulary
• Learn how to throw a bowl on potter’s wheel
• Discover glazing process

• Review one point perspective
• Be able to create lettering with one vanishing point

• Knowledge of vocabulary
• Clay throwing technique
• Glazing technique

• Perspective
• Craftsmanship

• A2, C4, C6, C7, C8, E1, H1, H2, H4, J1

March

• Art Elements (line, shape, value, color, texture

• Students will learn the elements of art
• Create a 3-D cube showing knowledge of each element of art

• Craftsmanship
• Elements of art
• Element packet
• Notes
• Sketchbook assignments

• A2, C1, C5, C9, E4, H4

April

*  Classes rotate-lessons repeat for the following two exploratory classes

May

June