RUNNING HEAD: Lesson Plan 1

Lesson Plan
Megan Waddell
Raritan Valley Community College
Professor Kimberly Schirner
April 17, 2019

EDUC 230 03 Field Experience

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I. Subject, Grade Level, Topic of Lesson:

Visual and Performing Arts, Grade 2, Basic art with oral story
II. Curriculum Standard:
“1.3.2.D.2 Use symbols to create personal works of art based on selected age-appropriate
themes, using oral stories as a basis for pictorial representation.”
(Visual and Performing Arts Standards, 2014)
III. Learning Objectives and Assessments:

Learning Objectives Assessments

Students will be able to adapt ideas seen
in a book and outside and create a unique
garden using ideas retained from the oral
story and the world around them.
The teacher will be able to assess
students’ knowledge by collecting their
finished paintings and assessing their
quality of work by the elements include
and techniques used.

IV. Materials
○ The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
○ Leaves. The students can either bring it leaves from home, or we can take class
time to go outside and find leaves that they would like to use.
○ 8 ½ x 11 paper. It should be thicker than normal paper, such as construction
paper.
○ Acrylic paint in various colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white.
○ Paint brushes
○ Plastic cups filled with water
○ Disposable cups
○ Paper towels
V. Pre-lesson assignments knowledge and/ or skills:
Students will be reminded prior to this lesson to look outside at the environment around
them. They should look at garden variables such as grass, flowers, leaves, bugs or other
animals. Most of the students will already have a general idea of what elements make up
outside but specifically looking can have them notice unique element. Coming in with an
understanding of what an outside plant scene looks like will help them brainstorm ideas
of what to paint.
VI. Lesson Beginning/ Hook:
The instructor will ask the class to share some outside elements that they notice at their
own homes or at school too. Even plants or bugs they see when playing outside will give
a good start to introduce the lesson. The oral story also includes many plants that could
exist in a garden.
VII. Instructional Plan:
1. Welcome the students and read The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
2. Then ask them to raise their hand in order to share different items they
noticed in the book and any extra that they observed outside.
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3. As the students share what they noticed in the oral story, the teacher will
write their ideas on the board for the whole class to see. The students can
refer to the board later if they get stuck when trying to think of ideas.
4. We will then take a short trip outside to collect leaves only. They will be
encouraged to find leaves that are smaller so they look more like grass.
The leaves should also be small enough so they can fit multiple on their
piece of paper.
5. Once back inside, the instructor will do a demonstration on how to stamp
the leaves onto the paper by painting one side and laying it flat on the
paper without moving it too much.
6. Then the students will sit down and pick what color paper they would like.
7. The different paint colors will be poured into cups and each table will
receive the colors. Ideally there will be 4 to 5 students per table.
8. Next they will pick paint color to paint their first leaf. They will be
instructed to not put too much paint on the leaf, otherwise the veins of the
leaf will not show up. They also should pick a paint color different than
their paper. They will take a paintbrush and paint it on one side of their
leaf.
9. They will then take the painted side of the leaf and press it down on their
paper, making sure not to move it or else the stamp will get too messy.
10. After a few seconds, they will peel their leaf up to reveal a stamp of the
leaf’s shape including the veins.
11. They will repeat this process until they fill the bottom half of their paper.
They can choose different colors for each physical leaf they have but
should not paint a single leaf different colors. They should only need
about 4-7 leaf stamps depending on the size and shape.
12. After they are done stamping leaves, they should start adding other
elements to their garden. They can refer to the list that is written on the
board.
13. They can choose to paint their other items or draw them with
crayon/marker. The instructor should remind them to not touch the painted
leaves. Flipping the paper upside down would be a good way to avoid
messing up their work.
14. About 10 min before class ends, clean up will begin. The paintbrushes and
water cups should go into the sink. The paint cups and paper towel can be
thrown away. The garden painting can be placed on the drying rack with
one piece per shelf.

VIII. Lesson Wrap Up:

The teacher will have the class sit down and ask them what items from the story they
included in their paintings. They can also share how many elements they included and what
colors they chose to use. The instructor can ask the students to compare the colors in their
paintings to the color of it in real life. This will also help the students differentiate abstract art
from realistic art.

IX. Cultimilating or Follow Up Activity:

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The following class, the students will retrieve their paintings from the shelves and finish
up or add any elements forgotten in the previous class. The instructor will begin to hang
up the paintings in the classroom. As each student gives the instructor their piece, they
will be asked to state their favorite element in their garden and why. This will remind
them of their outside environment and ensure that they actually did retain information
from the previous class.
X. References:
New Jersey Student Learning Standards Visual and Performing Arts. (2014). Retrieved from
https://www.nj.gov/education/cccs/2014/arts/