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Third Grade Lessons

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Fall Unit-Art Elements

Week 1-Welcome/unit overview/first art class drawing

 

The first week we go over procedures and safety in the art classroom. View the video below through the link.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmGFxAqqF_Q

 

The first activity is to view the following video below about the art elements. This is the large unit that we go through each fall semester. Each art lesson will be focused on one of the art elements.

 

 

 

The hands on activity is a free draw that is timed. This helps me see the drawing developmental level the student is on and some insight on their attention span. A simple template is provided below, but you can use a piece of paper. Give the student a pencil and some crayons. They can draw whatever they like and color it. They only need to draw and color for the time allotted. It seems simple but most students try to stop before the time is complete. Below are the times for each of the grades. You do not need to turn in this drawing.

K-1-10 minutes 

2-3-18 minutes 

4-5-24 minutes

My First Art Class Drawing 2020.pdf  

 

 

Week 2-Line, reviewing line types and what is line quality? 

The students create an image using their hands that shows various line types and line qualities. The students review line types. The students learn that the same line can be varied by changing the line quality, by making the line thick, thin, dotted, dark, etc. Snap a picture of the final drawing and email or Dojo message me.

 

Watch the line introduction video below.

 

 

Studio lesson is in the video below 

 

 

 

Voc. Words 

Line Types

Line Quality 

 

 

 

Week 3-What are geometric and organic shapes? Shape Monsters Integration: Math 

The students will review the differences between geometric and organic shapes. Cutting their own shapes out of scrap paper they will create a shape monster. 

Geometric/Organic Shape Intro.

 

 

Studio Assignment-Shape Creature 

 

 

Example

Voc. Words 

Compare & Contrast Shape Groups

 

 

Week 4-Horizon Line-Big/Little

The students learn that space in art is not outer space but how an artist using the area of the image. The review lesson focuses on the use of horizon line. The students create an image using cut paper that is a mountain scene with a horizon line. The students learn through examining the work of Andrew Wyeth that an artist can create depth in an image by manipulating the size of the objects in the image and their placement. If things are drawn larger and are in the foreground they appear closer to the viewer. Things drawn smaller appear further away. They draw a forest using this concept . 

 

Horizon line introduction video:

 

Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth

Studio assignment, horizon line mountain video:  

 

 

Student Example

Voc. Words

Large/Small

Depth 

Foreground

Horizon Line 

 

 

 

Week 5 What is value? Value Pumpkin 

The students learn to view value on an object from real life. They review value scale, then they look for the light and dark shadows on a pumpkin. They complete an activity sheet using colored pencils.

 

 

 

Pumpkin Activity Sheet for print out

3rd Grade Pumpkin.pdf

 

 

 

Student example 

Voc. Words 

Value 

Shadows 

Light/Medium/Dark shades 

Cast Shadow 

 

 

Week 7-Apply value to create form 

The students will used the concept of  value learned with our pumpkins to shade a circle to become a sphere. A pdf instruction sheet is below and a student example.

 

First, watch the video below 

 

Reference print out for the assignment

Value Shading Sheets.pdf

 

Studio Video 

 

 

Student Example

Voc. Words 

Sphere 

Shading 

Light to Dark 

Blending 

 

 

Week 8-Actual Texture versus Visual Texture 

The students will review texture. They learn there are two types in art actual and visual. Actual texture is felt by touch and is mostly used in sculpture. Visual texture is the illusion of texture. It is primarily in 2-dimensional works. Ways of creating visual texture is using lines, lines, shapes and dots. The students will do rubbings from texture sheets and then they will draw what they see in the rubbing, looking for the lines, shapes, and dots. 

 

 

Intro. Video 

 

 

Studio Assignment:

 

 

 

Texture print out:

3rd Grade Rubbings Sheet.pdf 

 

Student Example

Voc. Words

Actual Texture 

Visual Texture 

 

 

 

Week 9-Color Origin Review-Integration Science

The students review the origin of color which is reflected light and create a drawing called Willie MacGurkle 

 

First watch the video below 

 

Watch the video going over the origin of color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read through the poem and create a Willie MacGurkle

Willie MacGurkle

Did you ever hear of Willie MacGurkle,
Who limped around town with his nose painted purple?
He was the ugliest man I have ever seen,
One eye orange, the other one green.
Yellow hair hung down like straw on his head,
He was dressed all in brown with patches of red.
Out of his beat up shoes his poor toes stuck through,
In very cold weather his toes turned blue.
One day in the rain neath an umbrella of black
Willie left town and he never came back.

 

 

Student Example

Voc. Words 

Reflected light 

Color Spectrum 

ROY G BIV 

 

 

Week 10-Color Wheel

The students will complete a color wheel with primary, secondary, neutral. They will also include  a couple of tertiary colors 

 

Studio Demo Video 

 

Color Wheel print out. If you do not have paints to complete the assignment, color with crayons.

3rd-5th Color Wheel.pdf

 

Voc. Words 

Primary 

Secondary 

Neutral 

Tertiary 

Intermediate  

 

 

Week 11-Tempera-Pizza, Pizza 

The students will create a color wheel pizza. In this assignment they will be reviewing the primary, secondary, and neutral colors. They will also learn about tint, shades, and tones to create their pizza and toppings. 

 

 

Part 1 of Assignment-The Pizza

 

The students will use a square sheet of paper. They will draw a circle that touches each corner of the sheet. Then they will draw a smaller circle just inside the prior circle to represent the crust. Inside the circle the students need to draw three lines. This will give them six slices that will be painted.

 

 

The students will then mix paint to complete each slice. The slices must include the three primary colors and the three secondary colors. The crust will be painted brown.

 

 

 

Week 12-Part 2-The toppings-Tints, Shades, Tones 

 

 

 

 

 

Student example of completed painting with toppings done in tints, shades and tones 

 

 

 

 

Week 13 and 14-Watercolor Winter-Integration Weather

 


The students develop their own winter scenes. We discuss what things do we see in winter to include in their images. The first day the students draw out their image and mask out their white areas. Second day the students learn basic watercolor techniques and paint their image using cool colors.

 

Part One Video Link:

https://youtu.be/x7s1FSEJl8o  

 

Explaining Warm and Cool Colors link:

https://youtu.be/w6K08wrI9dA

 

Part Two Video Link:

https://youtu.be/jt8qcWyC--A  

 

 

 

 

Student Example

 

Voc. Words 

Landscape

Salt

Mask Out 

Opaque 

Transparent 

Cool Colors 

 

 

Week 15 and 16-Radial Snowflakes-Integration Math/Science

The students will create a snowflake using coffee filters. In this two lesson assignment, the students will learn about wax resist and watercolor review. In lesson two the students will cut their coffee filter into a 6 point snowflake.

Voc. Words 

Wax resist 

Symmetry

Radial Symmetry

Cool Colors   

 

Lesson 1

Lesson One Video

 

Lesson 2

 

 

 

 

 

Week 17-18-Worry Dolls from Guatemala

The students learn about the legend of worry people. They examine real ones that are passed around. They also learn the location of Guatemala. On day one the students create a tin foil doll. On day 2, the students will dress the doll using yarn.  

Voc. Words

2-D vs. 3-D

Forming 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 19-Clay Intro.

In this class the students will be introduced to natural clay. They learn clay is a natural material that has been used to create utilitarian and art pottery for 1000's of years. They will look at some work from my personal collection. They will go over the procedures for handling clay including kneading/wedging and hand washing. This will prepare the students for the main project.

Voc. Words 

Ceramics 

Pottery 

Clay 

Kneading 

Wedging 

Utilitarian 

 

Week 20-Pinch Pot 

The students will create a pinch pot and press design patterns onto the surface. They will learn Native Americans used and still use these techniques in their pottery. 

Voc. Words 

pinch pot

hand built 

pattern 

clay tool 

thickness 

 

 

 

 

Week 21-Painting/Glazing, Bone Dry, and Kiln Firing

 

During this class, the students will paint their pottery projects. We will discuss different ways to add color to and protect pottery. We will also discuss what bone dry is and looks like. The students will then watch a time lapse of pottery being created from start to finish. When the students have completed their projects, they will turn them back in to be sealed. They will be able to take their projects home next week.

 

Voc. Words 

Bone Dry 

Glaze

Kiln 

Fire 

Wheel Throwing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 22-Art Games on the computer 

 

The following links are fun art games that the students will play on their laptops

 

https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

 

https://pbskids.org/donkeyhodie/games/art-pals

 

https://coloritbynumbers.com/online 

 

https://thisissand.com/  

 

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