Neil Armstrong PreK - Color Mixing
Lesson focus: Mix It Up! - Book by Hervé Tullet
​
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to learn to identify primary and secondary colors.
2 - Students will be able to explore color mixing using paint in plastic baggies.
3 - Students will be able to name their favorite color and draw a picture representing that color.
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | |  |
|  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |
Neil Armstrong PreK - A Color of His Own
Lesson focus: A Color of His Own - Book by Leo Lionni
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to learn about colors by reading A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni.
2 - Students will be able to explore color by layering colored tissue paper.
3 - Students will be able to color their own iguana.
Neil Armstrong K - Zoo Shapes
Lesson focus: Zoo Shapes - Book by Lois Ehlert
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to learn about shapes with the book Zoo Shapes.
2 - Students will be able to correctly name several geometric shapes.
3 - Students will be able to practice cutting geometric shapes.
4 - Students will be able to create an animal out of geometric shapes.
Neil Armstrong - 2nd Grade -
Imaginary Creatures
Big Idea: Imagination
Essential Question: How can we create an imaginary animal that exists in an appropriate imaginary environment?
Focus Artists: Dr. Seuss, mythology from many cultures, “Inside Out”
Technology Use: Interactive SMART Board presentation.
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to find similarities of creatures that allow them to fit appropriately into different environments.
2 - Students will be able to draw their imaginary creature and place it into an appropriate setting.
3 - Students will be able to use color to show emotion
Neil Armstrong - 3rd Grade -
Finding Neverland
Collaboration with the Rochester Broadway Theater League (RBTL).
Project based learning in general classroom, music, and art.
Big Idea: Transformation
Essential Question: How can we represent our own Neverland using our own personal symbols from our own imaginary place?
Focus Artists: Ed Fairburn, Juan Downey, Grayson Perry
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to design a map of their personal “Neverland.”
2 - Students will be able to use map elements (key, compass rose).
3 - Students will be able to learn about how artists create personal maps.
4 - Students will be able to experiment with painting techniques to antique their map.
Neil Armstrong - 3rd Grade - Animation
Big Idea: Transformation
Essential Questions: How do the differences between what we see, perceive, and know transform our experiences?
How has animation changed how we see the world?
Focus Artists: Edward Muybridge, BLU animation, Pixar, John Edmark, Alexandre Dubosc
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to generate a list of the dos and don’ts of creating successful zoetrope strips.
2 - Students will be able to create and successfully animate one 12-frame zoetrope strip
3 - Students will be able to self-assess their work.
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
Nazareth College -
Saturday Art School - 4th and 5th
Big Idea: Place
Essential Question: How does place affect who we are?
Focus Artists: Dr. Seuss, Popular imaginary worlds (Avitar, Star Wars, Harry Potter…), Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide, “Inside Out,” Will Kurtz, David Farrer, mythological creatures
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to collaborate to design creatures who live in different imaginary worlds.
2 - Students will be able sketch appropriate creatures in the settings provided and give evidence for their choices.
3 - Students will be able to create their own 3D sculpture.