Alicias 4/5 class

Art
With Melanie Grimm, Dan
Schlerbe, Lindsey Cremin

Lab School Art Exhibition

Fall 2014

Standards &
GLEs
Standard 1: Observe and Learn to
Comprehend
1. Visual arts connect multiple
characteristics of art. Artists
and viewers determine
artistic intent by comparing
and contrasting the
characteristics and
expressive features of art
and design

Thursday, December 11th all day

Friday, December 12th until 9:30am
Multipurpose room

Building a Humane Zoo

During this unit students had the opportunity to create a
humane zoo to entice the public to explore the zoos creative
habitats and creatures using mixed media. We discussed
proportion, space, perspective, materials and textures to
allow the public to learn about this newly found creature.
In lesson one students went to the library and used
traditional resources to record information in their
sketchbooks that they wanted to incorporate into their
creature or enclosure.

2. Visual arts communicate the

human experience. Works of
art articulate and express
different points of view
3. Visual arts learning involve
analyzing the formal and
sensory qualities of art.
Artists, viewers and patrons
respond to works of art using
inference and empathy

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In lesson two the students explored the clay medium, using

everyday object to create and invent new textures. They
applied their discoveries to the building of their clay creatures
used learned clay building techniques.

Standard 2: Envision and Critique

to Reflect
1. Evaluative criteria are used
when responding to works of
art. The critique process
informs judgments about
artistic and aesthetic merits
in works of art.
2. 2. Specific methods of
planning support the
development of intended
meaning. The processes and
philosophies of art and
design inform interpretations
in works of art

Standard 3: Invent and Discover

to Create
1. Use media to express and
communicate ideas about
an issue of personal
interest. Use artistic media
and expression to
communicate personal and
objective points of view
2. Materials and processes
can be used in traditional,
unique, and inventive
ways. Create art using
technological media

In lesson three students saw their concepts/ideas,

experimentation, and planning come together forming a
sculpture of their creature and enclosure.

3. 3. Apply an
understanding of art
processes and
creative thinking to plan
and create art
Standard 4: Relate and Connect to
Transfer
1. Critical thinking in the arts
transfers to multiple lifelong
endeavors. Artists, viewers,
and patrons assign intended
meaning to works of art
2. 2. Visual arts impact
community, cultural
traditions, and events.
Artists, viewers, and patrons
respond to art from familiar
and unfamiliar cultures

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