Visual Art
The visual art lesson plan will involve the students creating a specific art piece using flower petals. This will be related to outcomes CP1.7 which is to “investigate a variety of formal and informal patterns in art works and the environment, and apply observations to own work” and CP1.8 which is to “create art works that express own ideas and explore different forms (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking) and media (paint, found objects)” (Ministry of Education, 2011, p. 21-22). Since flowers come in a variety of colours, the students will be given the chance to explore the three primary colours through their creation with flower petals. To do this activity, there will be five tables throughout the classroom and four students will sit at each table. Using red, blue, and yellow petals, the students will glue them onto their paper in a specific shape that is already outlined on the paper. While glueing these petals on, the students will be creating patterns with the colours. Additionally, the teacher will be walking around to each table to ensure that each student knows what they should be doing and assisting if the students ask for any help in creating a pattern. After the students have created their pattern, they will get to cut out their shape that was already outlined on the paper before glueing any petals down. Once it is cut out, the students will glue their shape filled with flower petals onto a piece of construction paper. Additionally, it is important to note that there will be extra papers from the outlined shapes which can be used in the future for another activity to reduce waste. There are many different learning resources being used throughout this activity. First of all, the students will be given the chance to watch a demonstration first of what the activity will look like. They are also given the opportunity for lots of hands-on work and practicing their fine motor skills. As well, the students are participating in scaffolding if they allow for the teacher’s assistance in coming up with pattern ideas.