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Essential Questions:
How do we manipulate clay?
How can I use ceramic techniques I
have learned in the past with new
techniques?
How can I use principles of art to
enhance my projects?
Resources:
Grades K-5 Art Curriculum
NJCCCS Standards
Standards:
( x ) Standard 1.1 The Creative Process: All
students will demonstrate an understanding of
the elements and principles that govern the
creation of works of art in dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
( x ) Standard 1.2 History of the Arts and
Culture: All students will understand the role,
development, and influence of the arts
throughout history and across cultures.
( x ) Standard 1.3 Performing: All students
will synthesize skills, media, methods, and
technologies that are appropriate to creating,
performing, and/or presenting works of art in
dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
Lesson 1
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to utilize proper vocabulary regarding clay and
Hook:
1. Hand out fill in the blank worksheets when students enter the room
2. Discuss each important ceramics tool and vocabulary word with the students,
explain the tools name, pass around the tool, and demonstrate what it is used for,
have students draw tool next to definition on their worksheet
3. Explain what each vocab word means and demonstrate them, have students
write this down on their worksheet
Process:
1. Introduce the lesson by handing out paper and pencils and asking students to
draw their favorite thing to eat for breakfast
2. Students are to sculpt their own idea of the perfect breakfast over the next 5
weeks using different ceramic techniques learned over time. Must have a plate or
bowl to hold the breakfast.
3. Have students come up with three different sketches to solidify their ideas
Closure:
1. Ask students to recall what ceramic techniques they have used in the past that
may be helpful on this project
2. Write responses on the board for the class to see and have some dialogue about
each technique they come up with
Questioning:
Level 1- Remembering
Having students recall different techniques they have used in the past
Level 2- Understanding
How could these techniques be used on this assignment?
Accommodations:
Explanation and demonstration for auditory and visual learners
Sketching and passing around the tools for kinesthetic learners
Assessment:
Direct Observation: Asking students to recall what ceramic techniques they have used in
the past and how they may be helpful on this project
Name:
Date:
Ceramic Tools & Vocab Fill in the Blank
Read the following vocabulary words.
Bisque Fire: Preliminary firing prior to glazing and subsequent firing at a higher temperature.
Ceramics: The art of pottery making.
Clay: A modeling material which is essentially a decomposed granite-type rock. It was formed by a process
which took millions of years, during which time this breakdown occurred.
Elements of Art: Color, line, shape, form, space and texture used to create a work of art.
Sketch: A quickly rendered rough drawing or painting, usually preliminary to the finished product.
Wedging: Kneading and cutting of the plastic clay, forcibly throwing down one piece upon the other in
order to obtain a uniform texture, free from air pockets.
Slip: A mixture of clay and water in the consistency of mush, that acts like a glue when it is put between
two pieces of clay.
Glaze: A mixture of ground minerals and fluxes, that is applied to fired clay. It results in a glassy coating
and forms a water-tight surface.
Read the following vocabulary words. Next to each definition draw your best
example of the vocab word.
Coiling: A hand method of forming pottery by building up the walls with rope-like rolls of clay and then
smoothing over the joints.
Texture. The nature of a surface (rough, smooth, etc.), either actual (tactual texture) or illusory (visual
texture)
Pin tool: A sharp instrument used to cut, pierce,and incise designs on clay.
Score: The scratching of the clay surface, prior to applying slip, so that the slip penetrates the clay and
bonds the two pieces better.
Pinch pot : A clay form created by manually pinching and manipulating a mass of clay into a desired shape.
Coil Pot: Creating the walls of ceramic forms by melding together ropes of clay.
Slab: Creating a ceramic form by hand-building walls using flat rolled-out pieces of clay.
Kiln: The device used in ceramics to fire (bake) our ceramic art work.
Rolling pin: A wooden instrument used to roll out slabs of clay to an even thickness.
Sponge: A device used with water to moisten the surface of the clay and smooth surface.
Spray Bottle: A bottle with spray attachment, filled with water, which is used to keep clay moist while
working the clay.
Lesson 2
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to create their own ceramic project by utilizing different techniques
Hook:
1. Have students raise their hands and name the cermic techniques they are using
in their perfect breakfast project
Process:
1. Hand out materials: clay, clay tools
2. Students are to sculpt their own idea of the perfect breakfast over the next 3
weeks using different ceramic techniques learned over time. Must have a plate or
bowl to hold the breakfast.
3. Help students one on one as needed
Closure:
1. Have students clean up: wash tables, tools, put away projects
Questioning:
Level 1- Remembering
Having students recall different techniques they have used in the past
Level 2- Understanding
How could these techniques be used on this assignment?
Level 3- Apply
Having students apply previously learned knowledge to new assignments
Level 6- Create
Having students make their own idea of the perfect breakfast
Accommodations:
Explanation and demonstration for auditory and visual learners
Hands on working with clay for kinesthetic learners
Assessment:
Direct Observation: watching students work and properly utilize ceramic techniques
Lesson 3
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to create their own ceramic project by utilizing different techniques
Hook:
1. Have students get right to work on their project, if there is a common question
throughout the class demonstrate it
Process:
1. Hand out materials: clay, clay tools
2. Students are to sculpt their own idea of the perfect breakfast over the next 4
weeks using different ceramic techniques learned over time. Must have a plate or
bowl to hold the breakfast.
3. Help students one on one as needed
Closure:
1. Have students clean up: wash tables, tools, put away projects
Questioning:
Level 1- Remembering
Having students recall different techniques they have used in the past
Level 2- Understanding
How could these techniques be used on this assignment?
Level 3- Apply
Having students apply previously learned knowledge to new assignments
Level 6- Create
Having students make their own idea of the perfect breakfast
Accommodations:
Explanation and demonstration for auditory and visual learners
Hands on working with clay for kinesthetic learners
Assessment:
Direct Observation: watching students work and properly utilize ceramic techniques
Lesson 4
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to create their own ceramic project by utilizing different techniques
and tools, make choices for surface decoration, and combine ceramic techniques in one
form.
Essential Questions:
Hook:
1. Discuss the element of design, texture, and demonstrate how it can be used in
this assignment
2. Remind students this is the last day of work time for wet clay
Process:
1. Hand out materials: clay, clay tools
2. Students are to sculpt their own idea of the perfect breakfast over the next 4
weeks using different ceramic techniques learned over time. Must have a plate or
bowl to hold the breakfast.
3. Help students one on one as needed
Closure:
1. Have students clean up: wash tables, tools, put finished projects on the drying
racks
Questioning:
Level 1- Remembering
Having students recall different techniques they have used in the past
Level 2- Understanding
How could these techniques be used on this assignment?
Level 3- Apply
Having students apply previously learned knowledge to new assignments
Level 6- Create
Having students make their own idea of the perfect breakfast
Accommodations:
Explanation and demonstration for auditory and visual learners
Hands on working with clay for kinesthetic learners
Assessment:
Direct Observation: watching students work and properly utilize ceramic techniques
Lesson 5
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to make choices for surface decoration, utilize proper vocabulary
regarding clay and glaze, and demonstrate knowledge of attaching pieces of clay and
using more than one kind of glaze.
Essential Questions:
Hook:
1. Discuss glazing with the students
2. Have students watch a short video on brush glazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWIJP0mnrg
Process:
1. Hand out materials: glaze, brushes
2. Students are to glaze their the perfect breakfast projects.
3. Help students one on one as needed
Closure:
1. Have students clean up: wash tables, brushes, put glazed pieces on drying rack
Questioning:
Level 1- Remembering
Having students recall different techniques they have used in the past
Level 2- Understanding
How could these techniques be used on this assignment?
Level 3- Apply
Having students apply previously learned knowledge to new assignments
Level 6- Create
Having students make their own idea of the perfect breakfast
Accommodations:
Explanation and demonstration for auditory and visual learners
Hands on working with glazing for kinesthetic learners
Assessment:
Direct Observation: watching students work and properly utilize ceramic glazing
techniques
Lesson 6
Subject: Grade 5 Art
Ceramics
Topic:
Objective:
Students will be able to make choices for surface decoration, utilize proper vocabulary
regarding clay and glaze, and demonstrate knowledge of attaching pieces of clay and
using more than one kind of glaze.
Essential Questions:
Content Standards: