Lesson Plan ltc4240
Lesson Plan ltc4240
Lesson Plan ltc4240
Grade Level*: 3
Class Periods Required:
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Lesson Objectives: (Excellent resource at http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48345.html?for_printing=1&detoured=1): What you want the students to do. *
1. Visual Art: The students will be able to create a painting or drawing that tell a story using watercolor, crayon and/or markers.
2. Literacy: The students will be able to write a short story that connects to their artwork. The story will be a myth, legend, fable, or folktale.
3. Social Studies: The students will be able to explain what is learned about them or the culture they drew and wrote about.
Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) (3-4) (http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)
1. Visual Art:
Strand I: Product/Performance: Layer two or more colors using
crayon, colored pencil, or oil pastel
Strand I: Product/Performance: Create an original artwork that
communicates ideas about: community, group identity
Identify & define common vocabulary that connect the art form with the
other identified content areas:
1. Story
2. Myth
3. Legend
4. Folktale
5. Fable
6. Culture
Review the art piece from yesterday and the fable story and folktale.
Review what characteristics are in a fable?
What characteristics are in a folktale?
Read the South American myth about the jaguar? What makes this a
myth?
What does this myth tell us about the South American culture?
Read Babe and the Blue Ox- what makes this a legend?
Have students return to their seat and pull out paper
Review each kind of story and make a list of characteristics for each
type of story
Have children create the list for themselves to keep
9.
Day 3
1. On an open table set out some different sized white blank paper and
tubs of water colors, colored pencils and crayons
2. Review the stories from the previous days and what characteristics
are unique to each type
3. Review Velaquezs Las Meninas and how the artwork tells a story
4. Introduce the assignment: Students will find or create
myth/legend/folktale/fable that provides information about a
culture. Students will write out a short story and create a
drawing/painting that accompanies the writing and tells the story
5. Give students the rest of the class to work on the assignment and
present their artwork to the class either later in the day or the
following class
Anticipatory Set (Gaining Attention)*:
1. Visual Art: VTS of Diego Velaquezs Las Meninas
2. Literacy: Show students the different types of stories
3. Social Studies: Students find information within the story that
suggests aspects of the culture being discussed in each book
What opportunities/activities will you provide for students to share their learning in this lesson?
1. The students will be able to present their writing and drawing to the class and point out:
The type of story they wrote and what criteria proves it
How their artwork also tells a part of/the whole story
Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
"Babe the Blue Ox: From Paul Bunyan at Americanfolklore.net." Babe the Blue Ox: From Paul Bunyan at Americanfolklore.net.
Minnesota Tall Tales, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.
"Myths from Around the World." Myths from Around the World. Scholastic, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.
"THE ELEPHANT'S NOSE." (a Folk Tale from Assam ). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.