Lesson Plan

Over the past few months, our Art for Elementary teacher’s class has reached the peak and now it is time to teach our own section. It has been a bit of a challenge for me coming up with new ideas instead of coping directly off the internet. I first chose to use book by Eric Carle, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” I think thought of different ideas and research lesson plans. I then used our resources from our book and chose one off http://www.crayola.com. It is called The Leaf Café and the materials consume of paper plates, wax paper, white paper, glue, scissors, hole puncher, markers, crayons, colored pencils and pipe wire. My objectives for this assignment are focused on 1st-3rd 1. The students will learn interdisciplinary connections through the science knowledge. 2. The students will understand an insect’s survival in life. After learning a minimum of the Art GLEs Education system, I kept it focusing on interdisciplinary connections connecting art, non-art subjects, visual and performing arts. The Art of Education follows these requirements and for the Kindergarten classes some of these are not assessed so I chose to go up higher in the grade system. The project is using elements such as color, shape and texture followed with a design of balance. I have chose vocabulary known as habitat, abdomen, thorax, head, insect, leaf and antenna although; some of these will be for the higher grades. This is an emphasis on the science terminology and getting them interest in the biology section and understands that different insects eat leaves and fruit to survive, unlike humans eating regular food and drinking water. The step to this lesson plan 1. Cut the paper plate into two sections and then glue into the shape of a leaf. 2. Color all of it green and with the extra paper plate use it for a stem. 3. Chose which two insects that you would like to draw on white paper. 4. Color the desired portion, cut it out and color. 5. If the insect has wings then the student will use pre cut wings out of wax paper and must be colored w/crayons. 6. Then the items must be glued onto the leaf. 7. Once the leaf is all finished the students may use the hole puncher to show that the insects officially ATE THEIR FOOD. After all this is finished hopefully the student will have learned the science and visual art section of this lesson plan and can then relate it into their schemas. I have inserted different aesthetical questions such as “Why do insects eat leaves? What do you think it tastes like? How many legs does a caterpillar use?” In conclusion, at the end of closing the students will think about these questions later on and will know the answers through the guided and independent practices. I hope that all of this goes well seeing how I have it thoroughly planned out. I hope I have the ability to speak to my peers and one day I can use this actual lesson plan in my classroom.