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In-Class Lesson Plans
Curriculum and Instruction
Cropped Winter Portrait
Cropped Winter Portrait
I picked the first time slot available to teach a lesson to my SU Curriculum and Instruction class, because I knew I had a number of compelling lesson plans in my portfolio from which to choose. I wanted immediate feedback on my teaching style and to then focus on learning from my classmates. With this lesson, the class of 17 adults got a taste of 5th grade art, witnessed me calmly move to plan B when my initial use of technology didn't work, and learned from my use of multiple sensory integration techniques. I had just a half hour to teach the lesson, which normally takes three 50-minute classes.
I wrote this Lesson Plan using the template provided by SU.
The project examples were displayed at the start of class.
This Twitter post from my C&I instructor shows students participating in the exercise.
Reflection
I gave myself enough time to present the material and for my students to complete the work, but I discovered in my exit ticket that I tried to do too much in our limited time for them to grasp all of those concepts. I typically get much more time to teach this content, but in this situation I should have focused more on teaching the concepts than applying the techniques. Some students suggested that I could have reduced the number of art principles I presented and left out texture in the same way I had with color, value and repetition. In this particular class, my students got an overview, but they couldn't reach a high level of mastery because my scope was still too broad. Now when I teach this lesson, I schedule enough time to introduce the concepts, let students practice the techniques, create their projects, check their understanding with a quizlet, and evaluate how well their finished work reached my predetermined benchmarks.
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