Second Grade Lesson Plan: A Starry Night in my Neighborhood Designed by Nan Quinlan

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1 Second Grade Lesson Plan: A Starry Night in my Neighborhood Designed by Nan Quinlan

2 Goals: The observing, drawing, collaging and storytelling in this lesson plan provides students the opportunity to explore connections between the way artist s lived and created art in the past to their lives as second grade students living in Colorado. Students will discover how to create a work of art that is symbolic of who they are and what they see when they look out the window. I hope this lesson will relate and connect to transfer when students share their work of art in small group critiques. Objectives: Instructional Students will be able to use art media and tools to construct a collage that represents their house or neighborhood. Students will be able to use lines, shapes and colors to illustrate a starry night sky inspired by Vincent Van Gogh s painting, Starry Night. Students will be able to contribute to class discussions aesthetically scanning the work of Vincent Van Gogh in order to better understand the stories of his life. Problem Solving Students will be able to design, analyze, revise in order to create a unique and finely crafted illustration their house and neighborhood. Students will be able to explain and interpret the artistic process they used to create their collage during class critique. Expressive Students will be able to create a work of art that communicates a unique and personal expression of their house, school and neighborhood. Students will be able to create connections between their art today and the art that Van Gogh created in the year Discovery Students will be able to discover how artists communicate narrative in their work. Students will be able to explore and describe how narrative stories and art communicates thoughts and ideas. Second Grade Standards: CAS, VA Standard: 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend GLE 1. Artists make choices that communicate ideas in works of art a. Express an idea in multiple ways b. Identify and compare ideas and artistic choices found in a work of art c. Make artistic choices to communicate ideas GLE 2. Characteristics and expressive features of art and design are used to identify and discuss works of art a. Recognize and describe the differences between characteristics and expressive features of art and design using age appropriate art vocabulary b. Describe variations of sensory qualities using age appropriate art vocabulary c. Use correct art vocabulary when talking about art CAS, VA Standard: 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect GLE 1. Visual arts use various literacies to convey intended meaning a. Identify, distinguish and interpret the basic characteristics of art. b. Generate and discuss personal interpretations about works of art based on observation. c. Recognize and respect cultural differences in works of art 2

3 CAS, VA Standard: 3. Invent and Discover to Create GLE 1. Use familiar symbols to identify and demonstrate characteristics and expressive features of art and design a. Create works of art using familiar and commercial symbols such as hearts, suns, and logos b. Create presentation-ready works of art c. Choose appropriate materials to make art d. Create works of art using various modalities GLE CAS, VA Standard: 4. Relate and Connect to Transfer 1. Visual arts respond to human experience by relating art to the community a. Communicate observational responses to works of art from a variety of social, emotional, and historical contexts b. Discuss and describe personal artistic experiences c. Discuss community-based and public art. English Language Arts Standards» Speaking & Listening» Grade 2 Comprehension and Collaboration CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. o CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). o CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1b Build on others talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. o CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1c Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.) Mathematics» Grade 2» Geometry, Reason with shapes and their attributes. CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.1 Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.1 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. Interdisciplinary Integration: This lesson integrates math and literacy in the art classroom. Students recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes and cut and paste geometric shapes including square, triangle circle and rectangles together to create houses, cars, streets, mountains, etc. in order to represent their story visually. In addition this lesson integrates English language arts speaking and listening literacy skills when students share their visual story with their classmates, explaining what is represented in the picture and why it is there. Students will use speaking and listening skills when we look at art by Vincent Van Gogh in class discussion. 3

4 Vocabulary: 1. Narrative (noun) 1 : something that is narrated, a story or account. 2: the representation in art of an event or story. 2. Representation (noun) an artistic likeness or image a dramatic production or performance. 3. Illustration (noun) a picture or diagram that helps make something clear or attractive. 4. Collage (noun) an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface 5. Shape (noun) outward appearance, form or the outline of a body, figure: 6. Line (noun) something (as a ridge, seam, or wrinkle) that is long and narrow b : the direction followed by something in motion Differentiation: This lesson was created to accommodate learners of all types and includes written and oral instruction along with visual aides to support all types of learning. I will work with students as individuals with diverse learning needs, accommodating the art making experience to the greatest benefit to students. The following are specific adaptations to address students who are identified as less independent learners or special needs. In addition, extensions in the lesson have been developed to accommodate gifted and independent learners. Accommodations: Flexibility will allow alternative interpretation of the assignment after a conversation between instructor and student. Teacher will group students together in table groups to facilitate peer mentoring when possible. Modifications: Grading rubric measures different standards based on individual IEP goals. Specialized lessons will be written and prepared in advance for para educators to increase instructional benefit to individual students. Reduction of materials used to create the project. Collage shapes will be prepared in advance. Larger sized and specialized drawing tools scissors and glue tools. Extensions: More mediums will be made available. Scale may be adjusted to challenge fine motor skills Students may create a series, including other special places in their lives in a starry night sky. 4

5 Inquiry Questions: 1. What do you see in Van Gogh s Paintings? 2. How does it make you feel? 3. What story could he be telling in his paintings? 4. What shape, colors and lines does he use to represent his life? 5. How do artists choose their materials to make works of art? 6. How did you use shapes and lines to tell your story? 7. Why is it important to tell your story through art? 8. How does creating art differ from viewing the arts? 9. How do artists know when they are finished making a work of art? 10. How do you convey meaning without using words? Second Grade Starry Night Collage Rubric 1. Students can draw lines to symbolize a starry night sky 2. Students can cut shapes including triangle, circle, square and rectangle 3. Student can arrange pieces on paper to create a narrative collage 4. Students can arrange shapes to communicate imagery from the real world. 5. Student can glue pieces to construction paper 6. Students can communicate how they made their work of art and what it is symbolic of through class discussion No Evidence 0 points Some Evidence 1 point Convincing Evidence 2 points 5