BULLETIN FOR UNIT 2

GRADE 1

WEEK 1	Prior knowledge assessment – Paper homes. Student ability to move small objects with relative ease, to fold and crease paper horizontally and tear paper as a precursor to cutting.
WEEK 2	Fine Motor skill activity – Students will apply (paint) colors to areas of work and use fingers, thumbs and hands to produce work of an interesting nature.
WEEK 3	Elements of Art- form, shape and line – Students will learn the mentioned art elements while creating different types of homes.
WEEK 4	Elements of Art- texture and color– students to apply color and learn how to create texture with paints.
WEEK 5	Summative Assessment – Elements of Art. Part 1 - Mixed Media. Drawing and painting backgrounds. Students will draw and then apply (paint) colors to their background.
WEEK 6	Summative Assessment –Fine motor skill development. Part 2 - Paper is used to create homes by folding, tearing, cutting and sticking on the previously painted background.

GRADE 2

WEEK 1	Prior Knowledge Assessment – Moods- how different experiences influence the development of art.
WEEK 2	Expressions - Students will learn to show differences between the visual characteristics and how to use visual structures to communicate ideas
WEEK 3	Body Movement – Students will learn to use different elements and organizational principles to cause different responses in the viewer by drawing people in different movements and emotions. Medium– pencil and pen
WEEK 4	Body Movement – Students will learn to use different elements and organizational principles to cause different responses in the viewer by drawing people in different movements and emotions. Medium – pencil and pen
WEEK 5	Summative Assessment-  Elements of Art -Different parts of me-  students will draw  a view into their inner me
WEEK 6	Summative Assessment- Applying color – Pencil and pen  to previous art

GRADE 3

WEEK 1	Prior Knowledge Assessment – School snack box. Students will apply (paint) colors to areas of work and use fingers, thumbs and fold and crease paper horizontally and tear and cut paper.
WEEK 2	Recognizing different art elements and principles while drawing from imagination.
WEEK 3	Principle of Art- Pattern – Designer plates- Students will learn about patterns and how to create patterns and  will apply) colors to areas of work to make a design of a plate.
WEEK 4	Elements of Art – Form, Principle of Art – Proportion. Fine motor skills – cutting. Students will focus on proportion and shape and draw their favorite foods on colored paper and cut and stick on their plate.
WEEK 5	Summative Assessment – Part 1 – Skills – imagination, listening, observation, E and P of Art – form, line, shape, pattern, proportion. Students will use the above skills to create a picture on a given topic.
WEEK 6	Summative Assessment – Part 2 – Color application. Students will be allowed to choose their color medium to color the drawing.

GRADE 4

WEEK 1	Prior Knowledge Assessment –student ability to draw people with distinctive heads and limbs
WEEK 2	10 minute sketches – How to draw quick sketches, understanding spatial relationships in both two and three dimensional work. And how overlapping is important in life drawing
WEEK 3	Life drawing – Relationships between space and proportions
WEEK 4	Life drawing – Relationships between space and proportions
WEEK 5	Summative assessment – combining space, proportion and life drawing skills.
WEEK 6	Summative assessment –combining space, proportion and life drawing skills.

GRADE 5

WEEK 1	Drawing good VS bad decisions. Students will focus on the principles of art and how subject matter, symbols and ideas are used to convey particular meaning.
WEEK 2	Drawing good VS bad decisions. Students will focus on the principles of art and how subject matter, symbols and ideas are used to convey particular meaning.
WEEK 3	Poster and Logo design – using symbols and colors to communicate.
WEEK 4	Poster and Logo design – using symbols and colors to communicate.
WEEK 5	Summative Assessment – T shirt design –Part 1- Sketches, Composition, Color scheme.
WEEK 6	Summative Assessment – T shirt design – Part 2- Application of color – Fabric markers on t shirts