Amy Rowes Grade 1 Art Lesson on Winter

Lesson
Title/Focus

Winter Forrest Proportion

Date

Nov 12, 2014

Subject/Gra
de Level

Grade 1/2

Time
Duratio
n

1 hour

Unit

Art Seasonal changes

Teacher

Amy Rowes

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

MAIN FORMS AND PROPORTIONS: Students will learn the shapes of things as well as develop
decorative styles.
A. All shapes can be reduced to basic shapes; i.e., circular, triangular, rectangular.
B. Shapes can be depicted as organic or geometric.
C. Shapes can be made using different procedures; e.g., cutting, drawing, tearing, stitching.
D. Animals and plants can be represented in terms of their proportions.
E. A horizontal line can be used to divide a picture plane into interesting and varied proportions of
sky and ground.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:
1. Cut or tear out fir tree shapes in order to build a forest (see example page at bottom)
2. Students will use shapes to depict objects (many triangles piled up on one another = a fir
tree, rectangle = trunk)
3. Students will use larger or smaller shapes to represent proportion in their pictures

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:

Key Questions:

Products/Performan
ces:

Teacher will observe students to ensure that they are on task

Teacher will observe students to ensure that they are using their scissors
properly
Teacher will observe students to ensure they can manage all steps of this
project
what do I want to put at the front of my picture?
what do I want to put at the back of my picture?
how large/small do I have to make my trees to show
proportion?
Students will finish with a winter scene that depicts proportion

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

adayinthelifeofthisartteacherblogspot.ca
Alberta Education Program of Studies

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Blue Construction Paper (for
background_
Black Construction Paper (for
background)
Brown Construction Paper (for stems)
2.5 pieces of Green/blue/grey
construction paper per child (24 pieces
x 2.5)
White paint and brushes

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and

Teacher will have all construction paper organized

Introduction
Have pictures up on screen and show students what they will
be creating

Time

Ask students to look at the picture and tell me what they see.
Students will use proper scissor safety
Students will be respectful with the paint

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Amy Rowes Grade 1 Art Lesson on Winter

Behaviour
Advance
Organizer/Agenda

Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#2

Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students

will
will
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listen to instructions
be shown the project they will be doing
be asked to describe what they see
be given material to work with
cut out all trees before gluing
place trees before gluing
glue trees in place
use white pencil crayons to make snow
use white paint to create snow that pops out
be given their own material
Body
Students will cut out trees
Students will trace out their trees before cutting
Students will cut out one large tree
Students will cut out two medium trees
Students will cut out one small tree
Students will cut out brown stems for each tree
Teacher will move around and trace out trees for those students
who cannot do it themselves
Teacher will help cut out trees for those students who cannot do
it themselves
Teacher will help connect advanced students with weaker
students to help them cut
Students will glue their trees
**Students will be reminded to only glue down the
center of their trees so that we can curl up the edges to
give some perspective
Students will glue large trees in the middle of the paper first
Students will glue medium trees next
Students will glue small tree next

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Teacher will help connect advanced students with weaker

students to help them glue

Learning Activity
#3

Adding snow
Students will take white pencil crayon to draw snow and
snowflakes onto their pictures
Students will take white paint and lightly drip paint around to
look like swirling snow
Sparkles if there are sparkles, we will add them here

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Teacher will help connect advanced students with weaker

students to help them paint

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities
Reflections from the
lesson

Closure
Students will look at their pictures and be asked if their picture
looks like a forest with different sized trees

Time

Time

Students can make a snowman see worksheet

This lesson was great. It was good that I had broken the steps down so
much so that the students could manage each phase. All of the students
were able to complete the project in the allotted time. The one thing that I

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Amy Rowes Grade 1 Art Lesson on Winter

had underestimated was the students ability to use scissors. I should have
checked on this prior to teaching the lesson. While many of them could use
scissors, there were many who could not. Those students needed to be
helped quite a bit.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Amy Rowes Grade 1 Art Lesson on Winter

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe