K-5 Elementary Education: Student Teaching Internship

This semester of K-5th Grade Elementary Education is my first of two internships in my final year of school. During my field experience, I have been observing, assisting, co-teaching, and leading instruction in various classes under the direct supervision of my mentor teacher. While doing so, I have been directly applying skills/knowledge acquired through demonstration of modeled classroom management and curriculum/unit design, developing my future professional practice.

Back to School (Mini Lessons)

Signature Styles— Portfolio Cover Design: 3rd-5th Grade

Unit 1-Line & Color

Students will explore the elements of art, particularly line and color as the main areas of focus. With students starting off the new year, these two foundational elements of art combined can work together to convey both visually aesthetic and creative ideas. In elementary art in particular, it is important to reinforce such basic design concepts taught in the beginning weeks of school and expand upon them through a variety of exploratory artistic practices. As students explore how line and color interact with each other, they will engage in a variety of artistic techniques through step-by-step instruction as well as eventual independence after modeled demonstration. As students complete their projects, they will discover how lines and color interact in relationship with each other and eventually be introduced to more elements of art concepts as the semester progresses. This approach is developmentally appropriate because hands-on exploration at this age reinforces and strengthens emerging fine motor skills and creative confidence.