Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

Art Integration Lesson Plan

LTC 4240: Art for Children
Nicole Nemechek

Lesson Title & Big Idea*:

Kids Advocating For Kids: The Gift of Books
The need of caring for the next generation is an essential part of a humans life.
Lesson Overview/Summary*:
This lesson will be a part of a whole unit where kids are creating their own children picture
books. The students will be donating their books to the kindergarteners at their own school to
promote reading. The students will be researching a well-known children book author that
also illustrates the pictures and will base their book off of that style of illustration. This lesson
plan is the second day of the mini-unit. The first day would consist of the students learning
about the project and researching their preferred author/illustrator. The third and forth days
would be to continue to work on their books and the fifth day would to read their books to the
kindergarteners.
Key Concepts (3-4): What you want the students to know.*
1. Visual Art:
Students will learn how to use another artists work to inspire
their own art.
Students will learn to use create a book
2. Literacy:
Students will learn and practice how to write a childrens book
that includes a plot, characters, and a theme.
Students will read their books to kindergarteners.
3. Social Studies:
Students will learn how to research authors/illustrators through
using physical materials and technology.
Students will learn about the importance of books in the
classroom.

Grade Level*: 2nd/3rd

Grade
Class Periods Required:
(please circle)
1

Essential Questions (3-4)*:

1. How can you use other peoples art to inspire
your own personal art?
2. How can you help future generation readers?
3. How can you share a story that helps others?

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. *

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1. Visual Art:
The students
The students
2. Literacy:
The students
3. Social Studies:
The students
The students

will create a childrens book with illustrations inspired by their preferred author/illustrator.
will construct a book out of materials they seem fit.
write a book that involves characters, a plot and a theme.
will interact with the kindergarteners in a kind and caring manner.
will read the book to kindergarteners in a way that the kindergarteners will understand.

Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

(3-4)
(http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)

1. Visual Art:
Strand 1: Product/Performance
o 3. Communicate ideas about subject matter and
themes in artworks created for various purposes
C. Create an original artwork that
communicates ideas about the following
themes:
Community
Group Identity (e.g. family, classroom,
groups, scouts, sports teams)
Strand 2: Elements and Principles
o 1. Select and use elements of art for their effect in
communicating ideas through artwork
G. Identify and use middle ground,
overlapping, and change of size to create
illusion of space.
2. Literacy:
1. Develop and apply skills to the reading process.
o A. Development and demonstrate reading skills in
response to text by:
Explain how specific aspects of a texts
illustrations contribute to what is conveyed

Identify & define common vocabulary that connect

the art form with the other identified content areas:

Author: A person who writes a story or book

Illustrator: A person who draws and illustrates a story
Generation: A group of people who are born around
the same social era

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by the words in a story

3. Social Studies:
6. Knowledge of relationships of the individual and groups
to institutions and cultural traditions
o D. Cultural heritage and preservation
Describe how regions commemorate cultural
heritage
Content Areas Integrated*:
1. Visual Art (Inspiration Artist: _Whoever the child chooses/ Mo
Willems___): The students will create and illustrate a childrens book.
2. Literacy: The students will write a story using a plot, characters, and
a theme.
3. Social Studies: The students will be able to interacting with another
generation (kindergarteners).

Lesson Activities & Procedure(s) (please be very

specific):
Day 1
1. Read Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
2. Talk about what an author and an illustrator is.
3. Introduce the entire project.
4. Give instructions for the day. Today we will be
working on researching author/illustrators on
the IPads. Once you have found one that you
like enough to recreate, do some research
about the person and any information you can
find on their art.
5. Allow students to do research on their IPads.
Day 2
1. Today we will be taking the information you
learned about your artist and apply it to your
own book. I have checked out some books with
most of your authors that you can use as
references.
2. Have the students start to write a story that
kindergarteners will be able to understand.
3. Once the student feels confident in their first
draft, have the student work with a peer to
edit.
4. Try and finish writing the story.
Day 3

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Anticipatory Set (Gaining Attention)*:

We will read Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo
Willems and talk about how he is my personal favorite
author/illustrator.

Formative Assessment strategy:

Take anecdotal notes while the students are working on their
projects.
Using a self-evaluation form at the end of the project about how
they thought how it went.
Group discussion about what is going well, what isnt going so
well and allow peers to give feedback.
Teacher-student conferences.

1. Today and tomorrow we will be working on

illustrating our books. Remember that you are
using the artist you have chosen for
inspiration, it does not need to look exactly like
theirs. Make this book yours!
2. Provide ample amounts of material so students
can use the materials that they seem suitable
for their artwork.
Day 4
1. Continue to work on books and finish
illustrating.
2. Final peer edit to make sure all grammar is
accounted for.
3. Teacher will make sure they all get finished.
Day 5
1. Meet up with a kindergarten class.
2. Have students read their books to several
kindergarten students.
3. Leave books in classroom for the
kindergarteners to use.
Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set):
The students will read their book to a
kindergartener and leave the books in
the kindergarten classroom for those
students to read whenever they may like.
Summative Assessment strategy*:
The summative assessment is evaluating the
final draft of the book. Asking questions such
as:
Were they able to use an author/illustrator as
inspiration for their own book?
Did their story make sense?
Rubric

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What

student prior knowledge will this lesson require/draw upon?

How to create a book.
Writing books.
Illustrating writing.
The students will know how to write their own stories in a way that kindergartener will understand.

How will you engage students in imagining, exploring, and/or experimenting in this lesson?
I will encourage my students to explore all the different authors/illustrators so they feel like they can make an educated
decision on the artist they are going to represent.
The students will have to use their imagination to come up with a story that has a plot, characters, and a theme. They
will also need to be imaginative when they are ready to illustrate their book.
How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
This lesson will allow students to create their own artwork in the way that they seem fit.
They will need to be able to improvise with materials if the materials that they wanted to use are not readily available.
They will have to ask themselves questions like: Are the materials that I want available to have? If not, what else can I
use that will still help me express what I am trying to say through my artwork?
How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning?
Each day, before we begin this project again, I will have my students close their eyes and picture what they want to
accomplish that day. Once they have imagined that, I will have them blow their answer in their hand and on the count
of three, they will all release what they said.
I will also be constantly walking around the room asking questions that are thought provoking. These questions will
allow the students to reflect on what they have already done while also thinking ahead to their final product.
How will you adapt the various aspects of the lesson to differently-abled students?
This lesson could be adjusted for any ability.
The teacher could suggest some well-known books that students may find interesting and also provide some physical
books and resources to help out.
For a child that may not be up to the 2nd or 3rd grade literacy benchmark, the teacher can have the child tell her the
story as the teacher records it for them. This way the student still has full ownership over the final product.

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What opportunities/activities will students be given to revise and improve their understandings and their work?
Since this will be a full week project, the students will have ample time to work on their stories, have a peer edit their
writing, and then change what needs to be changed
This also gives enough time for the student to fully envelop into the mind of their inspiring artist, work hard at
interpreting the work and making their book their own.
What opportunities/activities will you provide for students to share their learning in this lesson?
One opportunity to share their thoughts on this project is with the kindergartener they are reading to. Having the
student explain to the kindergartener why they chose that particular artist and how they created their own book will
allow them to truly process why they did each step of the assignment.
It would also be beneficial for everyone in the class to have a discussion on what they thought went well, what they
thought they could have done differently, and what they would change if they were the ones assigning this project.
These grades are old enough to start thinking about questions like these.
Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
DESE Grade Level Expections. Retrieved on December 4 th, 2016. https://dese.mo.gov/college-careerreadiness/curriculum/missouri-learning-standards
Silverstein, L. B. & Layne, S. (n.d.). Defining arts integration. Retrieved from
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/arts_education/publications/special_publications/Defining%20Arts
%20Integration.pdf
Willems, M. (2003) Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Disney Publishing Worldwide.