Thursday, May 26, 2016
Art Sub Plan - Circle Monsters
Art Sub Plans for Elementary | Circle Monsters
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If you liked that lesson, you might also like this no-prep art sub lesson at my TeachersPayTeachers shop. The Ugly Bug Ball.
I have taught this lesson to all levels, Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. The kids love it!
There's also a monster drawing worksheet for Early Finishers, also at my TPT shop.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Art Sub Plan - Put a Pattern On It!
Art Sub Plan | Put a Pattern on It
If you watch Portlandia, you may remember the episode where they jokingly said the way to have successful art is to "put a bird on it. " Sometimes I think of the same when it comes to easy art lessons and pattern. Here kiddos, put a pattern on it! While I wouldn't rely too heavily on that in my own classroom, it can work well for sub lessons. The kids may spend extra time filling in patterns.
Here is a unique set of patterns, always a good thing to have when kids get stuck. She actually has lots of sets of patterns. You will find them here on The Doodler Blog.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Circle Drawing - Relief Teaching Ideas
Art Sub Plans Using Circles
The blog post I am linking to is about Choice in the art room. I love this drawing in the round though, and could see a sub doing it. This post is from Donald Art Room. You could create a lesson on pattern, symmetry or radial design.
Friday, May 6, 2016
Art Sub Plan - Fairy Houses and Gnome Homes
Art Lesson Plan about Fairies and Gnomes
This art sub lesson could be used as an end-of-the-year lesson. At this time of year, your kiddos will need some lessons that are engaging.Here's a lesson that I taught to over 800 students this winter as I was subbing for art teacher friends. It talks about fairies and gnomes and where they might live. We looked at illustrations from fairy tales and also at photographs of fairy houses and gnome homes that people have built for fun. We also looked at student illustrations and talked about the fun houses that the kids dreamed up.
I taught it to kindergarteners all the way up to fifth graders. They were engaged and having fun as I taught it. I wrote it as a sub lesson, but it can be taught by an art teacher or classroom teacher as well.
It is over at my TeachersPayTeachers Shop: Art Sub Lessons.
If you like this lesson, you might also like this worksheet for early finishers. Your sub would reallyappreciate having something for your students to do if they finish their art work before the end of class!
Monday, May 2, 2016
Art Worksheet | Art Sub Plan | Shapes Animals
Kindergarten Worksheet for Shapes and Animals Art Sub Plan
Kindergarten students learn about shapes in their math, reading, and science curricula, so it integrates naturally into art. Emphasizing shapes in art is a great way to reinforce the learning of shapes in all those other areas.
Make an animal out of cut shapes. In the blog, Art On My Hands, she has the shapes already printed out and ready to be cut out.
It uses just simple materials: crayon and paper. It is also no prep, fully scripted, and editable in the lesson portion of the PowerPoint.
This next idea is really interesting. The teacher has students draw around pre-glued shapes on their paper. I believe that this is good practice for shape drawing. Students haven't perfected it yet, but they are heading in the right direction.
Now, the shapes were cut and glued by the students. If you knew that you had a sub during the next meeting with this class, this line drawing lesson could be a follow-up to that. The shapes would have already been cut, glued, and dry.
You may see this lesson at Annie's Art Room.
If you are interested in a kindergarten directed drawing about shapes, and was specifically made for art subs, check out this lesson in my TPT Shop: Springtime Bird with Pattern and Flowers.
The lesson also introduces the students to four artists from history with their paintings of birds.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Dinosaur Maze Art Lesson
Dinosaur Maze Art Lesson
Here's a link to an idea from a couple of years ago. An art sub could teach this one.
She even links to her own video on YouTube for how to create one, which would be really helpful for the kids to see.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Mandala Art Lesson as Art Sub Plan
Mandala Art Lesson as Elementary and Middle School Art Sub Plan
The second best thing I can post here is another option for a mandala that an art sub can teach.
This lesson includes templates and examples that a sub could use to lead this lesson. Check it out at Cool Classroom Stuff's TPT Shop: Create Insect Designs with Radial Symmetry
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Art Class for Special Needs
Art Class for Special Needs - Cardboard Sculpture
Early in my art teaching career, a special ed teacher requested that I do a lot of 3D lessons with her students. She told me that this was something the kids rarely got to experience. So, I've kept this in mind over my career and tried to incorporate more sculptural experiences in their art classes.
Before they arrived at the art room, I had chopped up a large corrugated box into a variety of shapes. I had styrofoam trays full of glue. I also had cut cardboard squares for sculpture bases.
The students dipped the surface of the cardboard shapes into the glue and stacked them upon each other. They stacked them any way they liked. Overnight the sculptures dried and the next day the students painted them.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Art Sub Plan - A Home with an Onion Dome
Art Sub Plan with Architecture Theme
This art sub-plan is one that I created and taught recently.This art lesson focuses on the architecture of onion domes. It talks about the beauty and uniqueness of this architectural element and shows how architects from the past and present have used this element in a variety of ways. It includes such classical structures as the Taj Mahal and St. Basil's Cathedral as well as an avante guarde creation of Hundertwasser. Many other buildings that have onion domes are featured as well.
This lesson was created with an art sub in mind but could be taught by a
classroom teacher or art teacher. As a retired art teacher who subs now for my friends, I want to be able to teach good lessons that engage the students. The lessons that I use when I sub are the ones that I
sell here. They are proven to engage students and help them create a
work of art that is satisfying and original.
This lesson may be shown in two ways. It may be projected or it may be printed out and shown up close. All the teacher needs to do to teach this lesson is to read the script and ask the questions. All instructions are included.
The materials needed for the student artwork are simple: paper, pen or pencil, ruler, and crayons or markers.
This lesson may be shown in two ways. It may be projected or it may be printed out and shown up close. All the teacher needs to do to teach this lesson is to read the script and ask the questions. All instructions are included.
The materials needed for the student artwork are simple: paper, pen or pencil, ruler, and crayons or markers.
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