Printmaking

Names: Tonya M. and Elissa R.

Lesson Title: Print making

Grade Level: Third grade

Developmental Characteristics:

·         Stage of beauty and realism

·         Believes the purpose of art is to represent something

National Standards/Content Standards:

1.  Content Standard: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes

Achievement Standard: Students

a.know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes

b.describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses

c.use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories

d.use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner

3. Content Standard: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas

Achievement Standard: Students

a.explore and understand prospective content for works of art

b.select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning

Materials and Resources:

·         Foam sheet

·         Ink

·         Roller/sponge

·         Power point

·         Paintbrush

·         White paper

·         Construction paper

Vocabulary:

·         Printmaking

Procedure:

1.       Anticipatory Set:  The teachers will do a Power Point presentation.

2.       Objectives:

a. Art Production: Students will use a roller to fully cover the foam sheet with a thin layer of paint.

b. Artistic Perception: Students will describe how their projects relate to them in daily life.

        3.    Instructional Input:

·         PowerPoint

·         Art examples

·         Demonstration

·         Safety rules

        4.    Modeling:

                The instructors will demonstrate how to create a sketch in the foam paper to fill the   composition. The instructors will have visuals of scenery that will be examples to use to sketch   from.  The instructors will demonstrate how to apply paint using a roller to the foam paper.  The instructors will demonstrate how to apply the painted foam paper to a white sheet of paper.

        5.    Check for Understanding:

                Teachers will go through the rubric and grading procedures so that the students understand the criteria for the project or activity.  Teachers will walk around the room and observe the students as they work.

        6.    Guided Practice:

                The students will begin to draw their nature scene on paper while the teachers walk around the room and give individual help.

        7.    Independent Practice:

                The students will use their drawing to sketch their scene onto the foam paper using the end of a paintbrush.  Once they have completed their scene, they will pick an ink color.  They will use the roller to roll ink onto the foam paper.  Once they completely filled the foam paper, they will put  the ink side of the foam down onto a white piece of paper.  They should make sure all parts of the foam press down onto the paper.  They will then remove the foam paper carefully to reveal their scene.  The students will be able to do more than one print if they would like.  They will choose their favorite print and attach a border for their final project.  While the students are waiting for their project to dry, they will write three or four sentences about their print.  This will be hung up with the prints.

        8.    Clean up:

                Students are responsible for cleaning up their area before they can line up at the door.  The rollers and paint treys must be washed in the sink.  If they are finished with their project, the foam sheets must be thrown away.  Their supplies must be put away.  Once they pick their best piece, they must put it in the drying rack.

        9.    Closure:

                Students will write about their project and once it dries, glue it on a border to be handed in by Wednesday, December 7.

        10.  Integration:

                Other themes that could be used for this lesson; seasons, animals, faces/emotions, states/geography.  You could use the final product as a picture for a storybook. The students would write the story themselves.

        11.  Student/Teacher Evaluation:

·         Create a rubric for scoring project.  

·         Complete the self evaluation to access the learning that has taken place during the lesson.

        12.  Display:

                Teachers will design a layout for the bulletin board.



Stained Glass

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Another activity you could do is start with white construction paper.  The students will use a black marker to draw their picture.  They will then put elmer's glue over their marker lines.  Once the glue is dry they will use primary colors for the picture and secondary colors for the background.  The students will choose their medium.  For the fourth and fifth graders, I would try and direct them to use watercolors.

Cave paintings

This project was fast, easy and fun.  The teachers mixed paint with mud to create colorful mud.  They already had paper bags cut up and scrunched up.  They showed us a PowerPoint of cave paintings and their history.  We had to think of a favorite memory from our past.  That is what we were to paint on the paperbags.  I chose to paint a picture of my sister and I playing volleyball in the backyard.  We could only use our fingers to paint.  Once we finished our painting, we added leaves or sticks to our picture.
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For an extension activity, the studetns could go on a scavenger hunt to find leaves.  They would then paint their leaves and press them onto paper to create leaf prints. 

Scratch Art

The theme for our scratch art project was the ocean.  Once I chose what animal I would draw, I practiced my drawing on white paper.  Then I used a wooden tool on the scratch paper.  I started by scratching off the outline of my whale.  I went back and added shadows to my whale.  Then I filled in the background with seaweed, fish and a jellyfish.  I made lines for water and created texture in my seaweed.
To extend on this activity, the students could write a story to go along with their ocean scene.  Each student would write a one page story then glue their story and their picture onto construction paper.  The teacher will laminate each students story and combine them to create one big book.

Birds of a Feather

We started this project by coming up with a character for our bird.  We would decorate our bird to become that character.  Once we finished our character, we cut out the pieces of the bird.  We had to cut out the body, wings and tail.  Then we could decorate the bird.  We could choose whatever medium we wanted.  I chose to use markers.  We had 2 requirements.  We needed to show texture in our choice of medium and with feathers.  I chose to put feathers on the tail.  Once we finished decorating, we glued on the wings and put the tail on and hung the bird up by yarn.

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An extention activity could be making clay bowls.  The students could use their imaginations on how to create the bowls.  Once the bowls dry, they can paint them.  If the materials are available, the students could glaze their bowls and the teacher would then fire them.