5th Grade Lesson Example
Value Oceans
- 5th grade - two 45 min class periods
Materials:
blue, white, & black liquid tempera paint
paper plates for paint
water cups
paintbrushes
pencils
black Sharpie markers
12x18" white paper
boat reference handout
anchor reference handout
Lesson Goals & Objectives:
1. Students will create a value scale using blue, white, and black paint.
2. Students will learn how to use color mixing in order to create shades and tints.
3. Students will use various Elements and Principles of Design to create a completed work.
4. Students will personalize their work by choosing what to draw in and on top of their ocean.
5. This lesson integrates Science with Art.
Standards:
5.V.1
5.V.1.2 Create art that reflects personal voice and choice.
5.V.1.3 Classify works of art in terms of whether they are realistic, abstract, or non-objective.
5.V.1.4 Understand the relationship between the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.
5.V.1.5 Apply the Principles of Design in creating compositions.
5.V.2
5.V.2.2 Use ideas and imagery from the global environment as sources for creating art.
5.V.2.3 Create realistic, imaginative, abstract, and non-objective art.
5.V.3
5.V.3.1 Evaluate how to manipulate tools safely and appropriately to reach desired outcomes.
5.V.3.2 Use appropriate media for the creation of original art.
5.V.3.3 Create art using the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, stitchery, collage, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, and current technology.
5.CR.1
5.CR.1.1 Judge art through the application of art concepts and vocabulary.
5.CR.1.2 Critique personal art based on established criteria and expressive qualities.
Procedures:
Review value and value scale. What happens when you add black to a color? What happens when you add white? Which makes a shade? Which makes a tint?
Day 1: Draw 5 levels of water. Discuss how the top layer of water would be the lightest, and the deepest layer the darkest. Just like in the ocean! Students will get 2 puddles of blue paint, and one puddle of white & black paint. Paint the middle layer regular blue. Add a little white to paint the second layer, add lots of white to paint the top layer. Follow the same steps to paint the 2 darker layers on the bottom, adding a little black, and then a lot. Let dry.
Day 2: Outline layers of water with black Sharpie. Use the sharpie to add details to each different layer of water. Let students choose whether they would like a realistic ocean with boats, fish, anchors, etc., or a whimsical or abstract ocean using different Elements & Principles of Art such as line, space, pattern, variety, and unity in each layer. Students MUST add something on top of the ocean, filling in the white space above.
Vocabulary:
value value scale realistic whimsical abstract pattern
line space Elements of Art Principles of Art variety unity
Assessment:
Did student correctly create a value scale using paint?
Did student use various Art Elements and Principles to create a finished artwork?
Assess work based on the Craftsmanship Rubric.
Value Oceans
- 5th grade - two 45 min class periods
Materials:
blue, white, & black liquid tempera paint
paper plates for paint
water cups
paintbrushes
pencils
black Sharpie markers
12x18" white paper
boat reference handout
anchor reference handout
Lesson Goals & Objectives:
1. Students will create a value scale using blue, white, and black paint.
2. Students will learn how to use color mixing in order to create shades and tints.
3. Students will use various Elements and Principles of Design to create a completed work.
4. Students will personalize their work by choosing what to draw in and on top of their ocean.
5. This lesson integrates Science with Art.
Standards:
5.V.1
5.V.1.2 Create art that reflects personal voice and choice.
5.V.1.3 Classify works of art in terms of whether they are realistic, abstract, or non-objective.
5.V.1.4 Understand the relationship between the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.
5.V.1.5 Apply the Principles of Design in creating compositions.
5.V.2
5.V.2.2 Use ideas and imagery from the global environment as sources for creating art.
5.V.2.3 Create realistic, imaginative, abstract, and non-objective art.
5.V.3
5.V.3.1 Evaluate how to manipulate tools safely and appropriately to reach desired outcomes.
5.V.3.2 Use appropriate media for the creation of original art.
5.V.3.3 Create art using the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, stitchery, collage, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, and current technology.
5.CR.1
5.CR.1.1 Judge art through the application of art concepts and vocabulary.
5.CR.1.2 Critique personal art based on established criteria and expressive qualities.
Procedures:
Review value and value scale. What happens when you add black to a color? What happens when you add white? Which makes a shade? Which makes a tint?
Day 1: Draw 5 levels of water. Discuss how the top layer of water would be the lightest, and the deepest layer the darkest. Just like in the ocean! Students will get 2 puddles of blue paint, and one puddle of white & black paint. Paint the middle layer regular blue. Add a little white to paint the second layer, add lots of white to paint the top layer. Follow the same steps to paint the 2 darker layers on the bottom, adding a little black, and then a lot. Let dry.
Day 2: Outline layers of water with black Sharpie. Use the sharpie to add details to each different layer of water. Let students choose whether they would like a realistic ocean with boats, fish, anchors, etc., or a whimsical or abstract ocean using different Elements & Principles of Art such as line, space, pattern, variety, and unity in each layer. Students MUST add something on top of the ocean, filling in the white space above.
Vocabulary:
value value scale realistic whimsical abstract pattern
line space Elements of Art Principles of Art variety unity
Assessment:
Did student correctly create a value scale using paint?
Did student use various Art Elements and Principles to create a finished artwork?
Assess work based on the Craftsmanship Rubric.