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Teacher: Ms. Howell
Subject: Visual Arts
Title of Lesson: Jelly Fish

Date:
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Lesson Length: 40 min

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:
The students will practice their paper folding skills to create tentacles of a
jellyfish body they watercolor.
Massachusetts Framework Standards:
1.1Variety of media
1.2 2-D and 3-D work
1.3 Appropriate vocabulary
1.5 transparent media
2.1 Color in dry and wet media
3.3 3D artwork that explores abstraction
Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to..
Practice three different types of paper folds
Explore the watercolor media
Show independence by assembling their jellyfish
Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:
Paper plate, strips of paper, watercolor, water, brushes, glue sticks, string,
hole puncher
Enduring Understandings:
Big Ideas: The students will understand that
You can make paper look different by changing it in a way to make it 3-D
Liquid watercolor is a fluid medium that is much harder and different to control
than paint
Concepts:
Watercolor
Transparent
scupture
Fold
Curl
Crumple
Essential Questions:
When might someone use paper folding techniques?
Content
Factual Content:
Accordian style folds are the process of going back and forth to create a zigzag
looking paper

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Curling (can be done with a pencil or crayon) is the process of rolling the
paper until it makes a swirl
Crumpling creates a texture on the paper
Vocabulary:
Tier 1: crumple, watercolor, fold
Tier 2:
Curling, scultpture
Tier 3:
Accordion fold
transparent
Critical Thinking Skills (Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening)
Students will explore the different folding styles and the medium to produce a
jellyfish
Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative,
Informal/Formal)
Did the student include 3 pieces of accordion, curled, and crumpled papers for
their jelly fish?
Did the student glue the tentacles on successfully?
Did the student use watercolor to cover both sides of their plate?

Action/Instructional Procedures
Day 1
1. Talk about jellyfish
2. Pass out plates/watercolors
3. Watercolor our plates (front and back)
If time left over:
4. Practice and talk about folding techniques

Day 2
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Talk about what we did last week

Review folding techniques
Allow students to select 9 strips of colored paper
Each student needs 3 tentacles of each folding technique
Hole punch plates
Glue tentacles onto plates

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Reflection on Lesson
a. The Lesson Plan:
Age appropriate tasks for students, good pacing.

b. Teaching Skills:
Prepare room a bit better! Access to drying rack, pre-write names on plates

c. The Students:

Swift! Engaged.