Friday, October 13, 2017
Monday, October 9, 2017
Easy Art Sub Plans - The Mitten
Easy Art Sub Plans - The Mitten
This winter art lesson idea was written by a fourth grade classroom teacher. Though her school doesn’t have its own art teacher, she tries to fill in that gap by doing art with her students herself. Because this was created and used by a non-art person, I feel like this would be perfect for a substitute teacher to use.
You want your art sub lessons to be easy to use, but interesting enough that your kids buy into it. I think this one will do the trick.
I would use this with first, second, third or fourth grade.
This teacher used construction paper, crayons (I am guessing the ones that are made specifically for use on construction paper), and a mitten template. The snowflake design was cut out of paper and glued on top.
If I was going to use this as a sub lesson, I would consider using the construction paper, but would more likely just go with white drawing paper. Markers would make beautiful drawings, but again, I am not sure I would leave my markers available to a sub I didn’t know. (I would want someone to emphasize taking care of markers.)
I also would consider having a snowflake template for the kids to trace, as cutting out a snowflake might be one complication too many for a sub. Kids love tracing, so they would love having two things to trace in this lesson.
As an inspiration for the lesson I would lead in with a picture book or video. The one that comes to mind first is The Mitten, by Jan Brett. If you do not own it, your school likely owns multiple copies. Check early though. This one is likely to get checked out all winter.
Guess what!!!! Jan Brett has a YouTube video of herself reading the book!!! A video lead in sounds like a great way to engage the kids. If you have a sub that can work basic technology, I would definitely go with the video.
Visit "Teaching Art with Kelly B." You’ll find multiple examples of her student’s work.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Fill This Jar-Art Worksheet Printables
Free Art Worksheet - How Would you Fill This Jar?
Teachers Pay Teachers has been very good to me. I put a lot of work into my shop and it has been a blessing. Now I am helping my daughter open her own shop. I am telling you this because there is a good freebie in there for you right now. At some point, it will become a paid product, so go get it now! It would help her out a lot if you would follow her shop and leave feedback too. You would not believe how valuable that is for a shop owner!Her shop features items to use in learning centers and also products for early finishers. As an art teacher, my contributions will be art-focused, and that's why you arty people might like them.
The item we opened the shop with is an oldy but a goody. You have seen it before, but now you have the visuals to go with it. It can be used as an art center; an early finisher activity; or a quick art lesson.
Whenever she swaps in her next freebie, I will let you know! Find it at Centers and Early Finishers
Friday, September 8, 2017
Halloween Art Sub Plan
Halloween Art Sub Plan for Elementary and Middle School
I always hated creating art sub lessons. It was always so much work. Whenever I planned to take a day off from work, I wondered if it was worth the hassle. When I retired from full time teaching and decided to sub in art, I found that some teachers left good lesson plans, but many were too bare boned to be very helpful. That's why I decided to create my own shop to sell art sub plans. All of my lessons are affordable and are full and rich for a sub to teach. They will save you HOURS!!!This Halloween art lesson is fun for students and easy to teach. The prep for this is minimal. Students will need paper; one black crayon per student; and assorted other crayon colors.
These are provided to help your sub teach with confidence:
-3 1/2 pages of script so all your sub has to do is read and follow the directions
-5 pages of visuals that accompany the script
-5 pages of supplemental visuals that your students can refer to for details
Here is a preview of what you would get.
This is a Print and Go lesson so you do not need a projector. However, since it was created with PowerPoint, you could project it if you turn the slides in a different direction first. There is also a .pdf version in this file.
Sunday, August 27, 2017
7 Halloween Art Lessons
7 Halloween Themed Art Lessons
I found the most wonderful Halloween lessons that could be turned into art sub lessons. Check these out!!!
This lesson, at ArtfulNest, was written for middle school. You could write it up as a fifth-grade lesson or a sixth grade one. You could also bring it down to the upper primary grades with a change of media. Leave your subs some good visuals. They could teach this!
Friday, August 18, 2017
Relief for Relief Teachers
Relief for Relief Teachers
Here is a thorough article, written for subs....er....relief teachers. It is thorough. As a teacher who needs subs, you might find it helpful as well. (Please don't ignore your subs' needs. It is a tough job.)
Read the article here: Relief for Relief Teachers
Saturday, August 12, 2017
11 Easy Art Plans Based on Children's Books
11 Easy Art Plans Based on Children's Books
Black History Month Artist Tyree Guyton
Elementary Art Sub Lesson on Tyree Guyton
Black History Month Drawing Idea
There is a nice art sub lesson plan over at "The Old Paintbrush." It is used with the book, Magic Trash; The Story of Tyree Guyton, and His Art, written by J.H. Shapiro. Nicole has included the full plan of what she gives her subs. Enjoy!Tuesday, July 25, 2017
7 Easy Art Lessons About Monsters
7 Easy Art Sub Lessons About Monsters
Here are easy elementary art lessons about monsters (plus a bonus one!)
These would be great around Halloween time or to use with those units on monsters.
"There Be Monsters" is a lesson about sea monsters as they were drawn on ancient maps.
Students observe the old maps and monsters and create their own. You can find the lesson at my TPT Shop: There Be Monsters!
Originally, this lesson was posted on a blog called, “Clown and Poodle.” It appears that it no longer exists. However, I had written a blog post inspired by the original, and that still exists. You can see that complete lesson in my blog post here: Purple People Eater
Here’s a lesson at Ms. Pearce's Art Room called "Circle Monsters." Kids love
tracing shapes. Here they can create original monsters just by starting with tracing circles.
This "Name Alien" lesson is by We Heart Art.
This lesson ends up far from where it begins!
This sweet kindergarten lesson is by Artisan des Arts.
"Her Dabbles" came up with this lesson called Silly Monsters.
This Scribble Monster lesson came from "Art with Ms. B.”
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Teaching European Explorers in Elementary Art
Teaching European Explorers in Elementary Art Class
It was written with an art sub in mind, but can be taught by classroom teachers and art teachers as well.
You can find this lesson in my Teachers Pay Teachers store: Art Sub Lessons.