Grade Level: 4th Grade
Lesson Title: Parallelogram Designs
Objectives:
Students will use a parallelogram template to trace at least 20 times. They will add dot in center to form a cube, and color with colored pencils.
(A.1.1) Students will examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art, which shall include the elements and principles.
(A.1.2) Students will explore skills associated with media and processes (color mixing, tearing, folding, gluing, etc).
(A.2.1) Students will use creative problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
Frameworks/Standards:
(A.3.8) Students will analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
Vocabulary:
Tessellation, Ellipse, Area, Perimeter
Materials:
12 x 18 white paper
pencil
ruler
colored pencils
Resources:
Various samples of artwork
Introduction/Set:
Teacher will discuss how to use a template to create a grid.
Procedure:
• Teacher will discuss and demonstrate how to use the parallelogram template to create a design.
• Teacher will discuss using a dot to turn the parallelogram into a cube.
• Teacher will show samples of the process.
• Students will trace template and make a design using at least 20 parallelograms.
• Students will put a dot in middle of parallelograms and turn them into cubes by using a ruler.
• Students will finalize project by adding colorization.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Skill Development, Individual Participation, Reflection for Error Correction
Curriculum Integration:
Mathematics – Geometry, Parts of Group
Reflection/Refinements:
Students’ work will be kept for display in the school and/or to keep in portfolio.
