Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Lesson Title: Sunset Over the Mountains
Objectives:
Students will paint colorful strips on a 12 x 18 white paper and cut out landscape in construction paper for hills. There is no drawing.
Frameworks/Standards:
(A.1.4) Students will discover how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
(A.1.2) Students will explore skills associated with media and processes (color mixing, tearing, folding, gluing, etc).
(A.2.5) Students will exercise responsible use of tools, technology, and materials to produce artworks.
(A.3.1) Students will understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
Vocabulary:
Southwest, Sunset, Sunrise, Mountains, Landforms
Materials:
12 x 18 white paper
6 x 18 black paper
watercolors
glue
Resources:
Various samples of artwork
Introduction/Set:
Teacher will discuss landforms and what the sky looks like at sunrise or sunset.
Procedure:
• Teacher will discuss and demonstrate how to paint stripes of color across page, blending colors.
• Teacher will demonstrate how to use paint and brushes.
• Teacher will show samples of the process.
• Students will follow teacher’s lead to cut brown paper into series of mountains.
• Students will use glue mountains to sunset/sunrise painting.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Skill Development, Individual Participation, Reflection for Error Correction
Curriculum Integration:
Math – Landforms, Science – Sunsets/Sunrise
Reflection/Refinements:
Students’ work will be kept for portfolio and/ordisplay in the school.
