6th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Created a 2D design of their hand puppet heads; Turned 2D designs into a 3D armature, placing a final layer of plaster cloth into the armature to finalized the sculpture; Painted head of hand puppet sculpture; Sewed hand puppet body.
Green screen technology was then used to created Puppet Show videos with puppet play scripts that were created during Enrichment and Remediation class.
6th Grade: Develop a radially balanced design with each section of the color wheel; Use primary hues to create secondary and intermediate hues. Use hues to create tints and shades; Develop fine motor skills with painting techniques.
5th Grade: Use primary colors to create secondary and intermediate colors; Develop fine motor skills with painting techniques and stencils.
Adaptations:
Life Skills
Visual Impairment
(Use of textures in place of colors)
5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Weaving terminology; Fine motor skills with the use of materials and tools for weaving; Following sequence of directions; Functional versus non-functional art.
Adaptation:
Visual Impairment
(Addition of multiple textures.)
6th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Develop artistic creativity and expression with personal design creation; Development of fine motor skills with the use of printmaking tools.
5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Develop artistic creativity and expression with a radial design creation; Development of fine motor skills with the use of printmaking tools; Analogous color scheme.
Adaptations:
Visual Impairment
(Adding textures to the ink of the relief print)
5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Incorporation of a plant, animal, or insect along with it's symbolic meaning and how it relates to the personality of the student; Development of skills with different art media; Develop fine motor skills with sewing techniques.
Adaptations:
Life Skills
Visual Impairment
(Working with textures on the sticky side of laminate tile.)
History of traditional pottery techniques of Native American Nations; Ceramic coil building, glazing, and firing; Turned 2D designs into a 3D sculptures; Elements and Principles of Design; Incorporation of a plant, animal, or insect along with its symbolic meaning.
Elements and Principles of Design; Development of fine motor skills
Continuation of Elements and Principles of Design, Turned 2D designs into a 3D sculptures; Skills with template instructions (Box) and Exacto Knife
Watercolor Techniques (Masking out with Rubber Cement, Masking out with Masking Tape, Wet on Wet, Wet on Dry, Lifting out with Paper Towel, Salt, Toothbrush Texture, Scratching out with Exacto Knife);
Components of a Landscape; Creating Space with Size and Aerial Perspective
Paul Klee; Analogous Colors, Watercolor (Wet on Wet), Machine Parts, Elements and Principles of Design (Color, Contrast, Balance, Shape, Line)
History of Cubism, Elements of Design (Geometric and Organic Shapes, Color, Lines), Portraits, Facial Perspectives
History of Piet Mondrian; Abstract Art, Elements of Design (Geometric Shapes, Line, Color)
Figure, Elements of Design (Shape, Color)
Third-Person Narration of an artwork; Facts and Inferences