Showing posts with label sixth grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sixth grade. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Valentine Radial Symmetry Lesson

Valentine Radial Symmetry Lesson

Creating a design using radial symmetry can feel very satisfying. Radial symmetry is a great crossover concept for the math, art, STEAM, or general classroom.


"Cool Classroom Stuff" has created a lesson on radial symmetry that ties into Valentines Day.

Four drawing templates are provided. Three have heart designs and spacing guidelines to assist the students in starting their designs. One template has spacing guidelines only. This is in case you want the students to create the entire design themselves. There are also two slides with sample drawings.


The lesson requires a simple set up and students may use crayons, markers, pens, or colored pencils.

If you'd like to check out this lesson, visit Cool Classroom Stuff's shop at TpT. The lesson is only $3.00 right now.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Middle School Art Sub Plans | Name Designs

Abstract Name Designs as Middle School Art Sub Plans

Here's an idea you might use for an art sub or art relief lesson. If you show the visuals provided in this blog post by  Betsy Morningstar, and add a few directions, your middle schoolers might be able to do this one.  Betsy gives step-by-step instructions, so she has provided a lot for you already.  


Abstract Art with Names - used as an art sub lesson

I would suggest that you make one art visual for each step and include directions. If the sub teacher cannot draw, these visuals should be descriptive enough. The sub can just show each visual, one at a time, and then post them on the board.
Middle school drawing of abstract name design


You need to do a little prep work, but not a lot of brain work.  Whew!  Yay!  It's a nice lesson even if you don't save it for an absence.


Student drawing showing an abstract name design

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Bugs and Insects - STEAM Art Sub Plans

Bugs and Insects - STEAM Art Sub Lessons

Now that spring is here, people are interested in nature art lessons. Here are some related to bugs and insects.

Here is one on TPT that was written easy enough to be taught by anyone; art teacher, sub, classroom teacher, or random person off the street.  Ugly Bug Ball




This one is also on TPT.  It could also be taught by anyone. A multipurpose lesson, it could be used as a center activity, an early finishers activity, or an art sub lesson.  Create Insect Designs with Radial Symmetry - STEM/STEAM





This is a coloring/doodle/patterned Monarch Butterfly activity on TPT.

The images in this blog post are great.  As an upper elementart art sub lesson, you could do some step by steps of how to draw a simple insect and add a pattern chart.  Kids could do some beautiful drawings with crayons or markers. This is over at Laura Kelly's blog, Me and My Inklings.



Here's another good one with lots of visuals and instructions.  Still, for a sub, you might want to add a few more step by step visuals unless you have a person who is comfortable doing simple shape drawings.  I would also keep the lesson to just crayons or markers.  It is a nice lesson.  Visit the Laugh Paint Create blog.


KinderArt, always a good place to check out lessons, has a lesson called Bug In A Jar. It was written for middle school art, but could be adapted,  I'm sure.

Crayola is always a good place to get ideas. Often there are plans on their site  you could use as well. This one would need more detailed directions for a sub, but you could write up some step by step ones that would work with this. Crayola



Thursday, February 1, 2018

Radial Symmetry and Valentine Art Lesson

Radial Symmetry and Valentine Art Sub Lesson


Here is a radial symmetry art lesson for Valentines Day plus, a fun video by OK Go using radial symmetry. 

To see the video, click here:  OK Go Video with Symmetry


   

Here's an art activity that is great as a STEAM project; a classroom art lesson or as an art sub plan. There are examples and templates. Great for upper elementary and middle school students.The lesson is by TPT Shop: Cool Classroom Stuff.


Monday, July 17, 2017

Silly Sandwich Art Lesson

Silly Sandwich Art Sub Lesson


Student drawing of a silly sandwich
This lesson idea has been around for a while and it is still as good as ever. Kids love "silly" and fun anything and this is no exception.  You can load anything you want on a silly sandwich. Food, toys, the kitchen sink. It's all good. 
If you have time, cutting 12” x 18” paper into 6” x 9” makes for a fun size.  This size really exaggerates how silly and big this sandwich is.
Student drawing of a silly sandwich

If you want to save yourself some time, I have this lesson fully formed in a PowerPoint in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  There are photos of real silly sandwiches and student samples.

It works great as a lesson to leave with your substitute teachers. All your sub needs to do is read the script and follow the directions. Classroom teachers and art teachers can teach it too, but subs love this one. The kids stay engaged doing it.

Cover art for art sub lesson plan: Silly Sandwich
Oh! And I added a word find puzzle about sandwiches for those early finishers.  
You can check it out here:  Art Sub Lesson - Silly Sandwich

Monday, January 18, 2016

Art Sub Lesson Plans - Art Cars

Elementary Art Sub Lesson about Art Cars

Here's an elementary lesson that I taught as an art sub recently.  It is based on sculptural art cars.  Famous art cars include the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile and painted cars by Warhol, Haring and Lichtenstein. Students are lead through photos of famous and not so famous art cars and come up with ideas for their own art car.

I created this as a lesson to be used by an art sub but it certainly may be used by art teachers or classroom teachers as well.

You can check it out here at my TeachersPayTeachers shop.



I always write my sub lessons so that they use the most simple materials, pencil, crayons and paper, in order that they can be put together quickly.

This would be great for an emergency art plan since all you have to do is hand the printed slides to the sub or have them show the
PowerPoint lesson.  It is complete from start to finish.

And best of all, the students find this lesson highly engaging.  That's an important thing when you have a sub in the classroom!!!




Sunday, January 10, 2016

Crazy Hat Day - Art Sub Plan

Art Sub Lesson Plan | Wacky Hats

This is an elementary lesson that I have totally revamped, so if you bought it from my TeachersPayTeachers shop in the past, you may download the new one for free!

child drawing of a crazy hat

This lesson was written with an art sub in mind, but it would be great fun for anyone to teach on "Crazy Hat Day" at your school.

Now that I am a retired art teacher, I sub for my art teacher friends.  This is a lesson that I have been teaching the last few weeks. The kids love it.  They are encouraged to use their imaginations and come up with crazy ideas for a wacky hat.

The lesson has artwork from art history; artwork from the present; student samples; and complete directions.  Anyone can follow along and teach this lesson. All they have to do is read along from slide to slide.

You may find this lesson here:  Art Sub Lessons @ TeachersPayTeachers.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Art Sub Plan - Native American Shields


This sub lesson is perfect to accompany Native American Indian units of study.  It may be used by an art sub, art teacher or classroom teacher.  It is one of those lessons where every student feels successful when they are done.

I have taught this as an art teacher/art sub and have found that students get highly engaged in this lesson.

You may find this lesson at my TeachersPayTeachers shop.





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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Emergency Sub Plan- Captivating Castles

Emergency Sub Plan- Captivating Castles




Students are captivated by castles. Their imaginations soar dreaming about the romance of medieval times. In this lesson, they will learn about castles from medieval Europe, including the exterior architecture and the reasons for their design. It includes illustrations from the early 1400's by the Limbourg brothers and photos of castles that still exist.

After going over the lesson, the students will draw a castle of their own design. They will utilize architectural elements they have learned but are encouraged to invent their own as well.

It was written in great detail for use as an emergency sub lesson but could be used by an art teacher or classroom teacher.

This PowerPoint may be used in two ways. It may be printed out and shown page by page to the students or shown as a projected PowerPoint.

The supplies needed are simple. The student will need paper, pencil, crayons or markers.

This lesson is written so that it may be taught completely by following the prompts in the slides. It written for use by grades two through five, but certainly could be used by older students. 

Find it here for $3.50 on TeachersPayTeachers:  Captivating Castles - Emergency Art Sub Lesson Plan  No one wants to spend hours writing lesson plans in an emergency.  My shop takes care of that.  Lessons are written so they are ready to hand over to the sub.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Art Sub Plan - A Tree House for Me

A Treehouse for Me


Student drawing of an imaginary treehouse
As I am entering the later part of my art teaching career, I am trying to figure out how I can both continue in art education and fund my retirement.  Plus, in a year or two I will probably start subbing in art classrooms and will need an arsenal of good lessons to teach.  I've started putting together art sub lessons in PowerPoint as if I were going to substitute teach from them.  They've taken hours of work to put together and most of them have been tested in the classroom.

I am going to be selling them cheaply so that when you need an emergency lesson plan you can buy one from here:  Jan's Shop at TeachersPayTeachers  A lesson that has taken me hours and hours to work on, you can download in a minute.  You don't have to spend all those agonizing hours writing your own art sub lesson plans.

The lessons all use the most simple supplies:  crayon or marker, pencil or pen, and paper.  All your sub has to do is to read each slide.

Since my subs most likely don't feel comfortable using my technology, I have created the slides so that you can print out each slide.  The sub will just bring the class close as if they were reading a book to the class, and they will show each slide that has been printed.

This particular lesson was written with third, fourth, and fifth grade students in mind.

Monday, January 14, 2013

What's in Your Head?

Idea for Art Lesson Plan - What's in Your Head

Here's an idea I think my fifth graders would enjoy.  The lesson is called, "What's in Your Head," by Tammy Willis.  This lesson is over at the Incredible Art Department.

student drawing of the imaginary inside of their brain

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Op Art Tutorial Sub Lesson

Op Art Tutorial for an Easy Art Lesson


This was sent to me by  Danish blogger/art teacher, Tina Kejlberg.  She has lots of tutorials on her site, many of which you can adapt for a sub.  Google has a translation option that pops up to translate the site for you.  Go take a look!  Mrs. Fine - glimpses from my art education.




Saturday, April 28, 2012

Right Brain Drawing - Art Worksheets Printables

Right Brain Drawing - Art Worksheets Printables


Here’s a printable worksheet that I think my fifth graders could do as an art sub plan or art lesson. You can find the details at One Less Headache.


The post’s author said they used this worksheet as an art sub plan for the their high school art classes and that it worked well.  It included word searches and how to draw printable images.


Thursday, April 5, 2012

Grids and Blocks - High School Art Sub Idea

Grids and Blocks - High School Art Sub Idea 


This is from Nic Hahn (aka Mini Matisse).....from Maureen Crosbie on Flickr. From what I read in the comments on Flickr and the blog, some kids as young as 10 can master it and some 8th graders had trouble with it. This might be a lesson you would want to give a test run with those students before you tried leaving it with a sub.


Saturday, March 31, 2012

Radial Name Design - Art Sub Lesson

Radial Name Design Art Sub Lesson 

This post originally led to a lesson at a blog called Art4Cast. It seems that this blog no longer exists. 

From what I can tell, this is how this radial name design was created. 

Starting at the center of the paper, draw lines that spiral out to the edges of the paper.

The students' names may be written in bubble letters in every space, or alternate the spaces with names and patterns.

There are other radial name design lessons on the web, but I am not sure they are sub-friendly. 





Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Mazes - Art Sub Plan

Mazes - Art Sub Plan

Mazes is a lovely sub lesson from Art is Basic. It would be excellent for middle school and upper elementary.  I think with some tweaking, it would be fun for younger ones too.

Line Design, Op Art Activity - Art Sub Plan Idea

Line Design, Op Art - Art Sub Plan Idea






This is by: 
Title – Line Design, Op Art
Green Forest School District
Warren Utsler, Instructor


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This link no longer goes to the original website, so until I can replace it, have some free art sub lessons on me. Click here to go to my TPT shop - Art Sub Lessons and download some freebies! Or click on the images below to go exactly to the freebie you want.










Sunday, March 4, 2012

Hands on Art

Hands on Art - Art Sub Plan


I discovered this on Pinterest, where it was suggested that this might be a good sub lesson. It originally came from "An Artful Nest."
Student drawing of a traced hand that is filled with pattern
 


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Middle School Art Sub Lesson - Name Design

Middle School Art Sub Lesson - Kaleidoscope Name Design

Here's a sub lesson from Artisan Des Arts.  She's included detailed instructions and graphics that a sub could follow easily.  She said that originally she got the lesson from Teach Kids Art, who also had nice graphics and instructions.



Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Middle School Art Lessons "Doodle Design"

Middle School Art Lessons  Doodle Design


The inspiration for this lesson comes from Hillcrest Christian School's Artsonia page.



Here's one listed for grades 6 - 8 at the blog, "A Faithful Attempt".  She gives lots of detailed instructions and photos of this lesson. (Update: I am having trouble linking to the exact page, so when you go to her blog, search for "Black and White Doodle Design." You will find great  directions there.)