Lesson Plan

Title: Five Little Owls Grade: 1st grade Curricular Goal: The first graders will create a book with four different illustrations that help explains the poem that is read to them in class. Each illustration will show the poem in different stages. They will then create a pocket book to hold each of their illustrations. The front cover of the book has an image of an owl. They will follow each step to create their front covers. National Standards: 1.1 Use art techniques and materials to express original ideas. 1.2 Use materials, techniques, processes, and tools for the creation and exhibition of works of art in a safe and responsible manner. 2.2 Identify and apply lines, shapes, colors, and texture in a work of art. 4.1 tell a story expressed in a work of art. 5.1 Explain how their own art and the work of others tell a story. 5.3 Connect own art and the work of others to self. 5.4 Identify connections between their own art and others art. Iowa Core: Reading- Use information gained form illustrations to demonstrate understanding. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Common Core: Mathematics- Students compose and decompose plane or solid figures and build understanding of partwhole relationships as well as the properties of the original and composite shapes. Targeted Standards: Students will listen to the poem read to them. Students will break the poem down into four pieces of paper and use line, shape, and color to help explain the scene. Students will create a pocket book to hold their illustrations in. Students will create a front cover depicting an owl in its natural environment. (tree)

Notes: Discuss: What types of colors match this poem and have them choose which color they want to create their pocket book from. Show examples of each: o What shapes make up a tree? o What shapes make up an owl? o What shapes make up a mouse? Break down each illustration and discuss what they are reading and what they need to illustrate.

1st Grade: Five little owls

Beginning Progressing Proficient Advanced

5
Project:
The students will create a book with four different pictures that help illustrate a poem that is read to them in class. Each picture will show the poem in different stages.

7
Completed some of the pictures, but did not add detail to their drawings.

9
Completed all of the pictures and added in some detail.

10
Completed the book and the pictures correctly and had outstanding details to add to a wonderful illustration.

Did not create book correctly by following the instructions and did not finish all four pictures.

Identify:
Will be able to identify four different scenes throughout the poem by creating drawings that include: line, shape, and color.

Could not distinguish what scene they were trying to illustrate through line, shape, and color.

Difficult to see what was being drawn in some of the scenes.

Could distinguish what was being illustrated; however details could have been more pronounced by using line, shape, and color. Well folded and all four drawings were well drawn out and included some detail.

Could definitely see the four separate scenes of the poem and the use of line, shape, and color was outstanding. Outstanding book that included four drawings that held wonderful detail.

Create:
Will create a foursided book with four separate illustrated drawings of what is described in the poem.

Did not fold the book correctly as shown in the demonstration and did not complete all four drawings.

Fold was done correctly. All four drawings were complete, but the details are lacking.

Overall: Craftsmanship Their work will was very poor. include an understanding of how to visualize a scene and draw in what they hear. Grading Scale: 5 - 64.5 -74 is an N 7 - 74.5 81.5 is an S 9 - 84.5 89.5 is an S 10 - 91.5 100 is an S

Could have done a better job by including more details and straight folds.

An understanding on how to use the visualizing technique and create a scene from it.

Excellent drawings and good craftsmanship. A well put together book.

These are the following steps they were to follow to create the front cover of their books:

Front cover of a 1st graders book:

All four scenes illustrated by a 1st grader:

Illustration one:

Illustration two:

Illustration three:

Illustration four: