ECE TPA Lesson Plan

1. Teacher
Candidate
Ashley Bond Date taught 10/6/14
Cooperating
Teacher
School/District
2. Subject Art Field
Supervisor
3. Lesson
Title/Focus
Watercolor
Painting
. Length o!
Lesson
3"
#inutes
$. %rade Le&el 1
st
%rade
'. Acade#ic (
Content Standards
)%LEs/EA*Ls/+ation
al,
%LE- 2.1.1 Applies a creative process to the
visual arts.
.. Learning
/bjecti&e)s,
The student ill create a painting o! a !a"iliar
setting using atercolors.
0. Acade#ic
Language
/bjecti&e)s,
The student ill understand the "eaning o! the
ords watercolors, painting, familiar, and
setting.
1. Assess#ent
#lan
The assess"ent !or this lesson ill
$e a ru$ric. The ru$ric ill include
things such as proo! o! creativity%
use o! at least three colors% use o!
the entire paper% and hether or
not the setting is clearly
illustrated.
&ationale
The reason !or using a ru$ric is
that not every student ill produce
the sa"e thing. There is no
speci'c ay to "easure creativity%
so a ru$ric allos the teacher to
deter"ine hether or not the
students "et the o$(ective.
1". Lesson *ationale
Upon what assessment data or previous lessons are you building?
Anser) This lesson ill $e $uilt o* o! previous lessons in hich
students learned ho to use atercolors. This lesson ill allos
students to !urther sho their s+ills o! using atercolors and
e,pressing creativity.
WHAT requisite skills do students need in order to access the lesson & participate
fully?
Anser) The students ill need to +no ho to use atercolors% $ut
the teacher ill revie this s+ill at the $eginning o! the lesson to
ensure that all students +no ho to use the".
How does the content build on what the students already know and are able to do?
Anser) Students should already +no ho to use atercolors. This
activity allos students to !urther develop their s+ills o! using
atercolors $y having to paint so"ething speci'c and really e,press
their creativity.
HW does this lesson fit in the curriculum?
Anser) The curriculu" re-uires students to apply a creative process.
This can $e done in "any ays% $ut this lesson allos students to
apply a creative process using atercolors.
!y teaching this lesson" how will this add to student learning?
Anser) This lesson ill add to student learning $y teaching the"
another area o! visual arts. .sing atercolors is one o! "any art s+ills
that young children should +no ho to do.
How will the learning in this lesson be further developed in subsequent lessons?
Anser) /n the !uture% students ill need to +no other ays o!
e,pressing creativity. .sing atercolors helps the" learn ho to
e,press creativity in one ay so that they can learn other ays in the
!uture. Students ill also eventually need to develop "ore s+ills
involving painting. .sing atercolors ill give students so"e $asic
+noledge to help the" enhance their painting s+ills in su$se-uent
lessons.
11. 2nstructional Strategies/Learning Tas3s to Su44ort
Learning
0earning Tas+s and Strategies
Sequenced Instruction
Teacher1s &ole
1. The teacher ill
e,plain and
de"onstrate ho
to use
atercolors.
2. The teacher ill
hand out "aterials.
3. The teacher ill
Students1 &ole
1. The students ill listen and pay attention to the
teacher as they de"onstrate ho to use
atercolors. They ill as+ -uestions i! they have
any.
2. The students ill sit patiently and ait until the
teacher has handed out "aterials to everyone.
3. The students ill $egin to paint a !a"iliar
tell the students
hat to paint and
the criteria !or
their paintings.
4. The teacher ill
al+ around and
o$serve students
and as+ the"
-uestions a$out
their paintings.
4. The teacher ill
as+ !or 354
students to share
their paintings
ith the class.
6. The teacher ill
de"onstrate ho
to clean up
atercolor
"aterials.
setting to the"% using atercolors% !olloing the
criteria they ere given $y the teacher.
4. The students ill continue to paint and as+ the
teacher -uestions hen they have the". 6hen
they are 'nished painting% they ill re"ain seated
until everyone is 'nished.
4. 354 students ill share their paintings ith the
class $y shoing their painting and e,plaining
hat they painted and hy.
6. The students ill clean up their "aterials and
prepare to ta+e their paintings ho"e to share ith
so"eone.
12. 5i6erentiated 2nstruction
#lan
The students ho struggle ith painting ith atercolors ill (ust paint
any i"age they choose. They ill not $e re-uired to use "ore than one
color or to cover the "a(ority o! the piece o! paper. They ill only $e
as+ed to (ust atte"pt painting an i"age ith atercolors. This allos
the" to still participate in the lesson and to or+ on i"proving their
atercolor painting s+ills.
The students ho are "ore advanced ill $e as+ed to use as "any
colors as they can and to atte"pt to cover as "uch o! the paper as
they can ith atercolors. This allos these students to $e challenged
"ore and to still have opportunity to i"prove their s+ills.
13. *esources and 7aterials
#lan
The "aterials needed are watercolors, paintbrushes, water, white
paper, and the rubric.
1$. 7anage#ent and Sa!et8 2ssues
#lan
The "anage"ent and sa!ety issues ill $e +eeping students on tas+.
The teacher ill need to ensure that the students are doing as they are
supposed to and only using the atercolors on the paper provided.
1. Parent ( Co##unit8 Connections
#lan
/n order to involve the students1 !a"ily% they ill ta+e their atercolor
paintings ho"e at the end o! the day and tell so"eone a$out it. They
ill e,plain hat they painted and hy.
6atercolor #ainting &u$ric
0 7 #oor 1 7 Fair 2 7 8ood 3 7 9,cellent
The student uses as least 3 colors 0 1 2 3
in their painting.
The student uses "ost o! the paper 0 1 2 3
!or their painting.
The setting o! the painting is clearly 0 1 2 3
illustrated.
The student e,presses creativity in 0 1 2 3
their painting.