ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (2) 1 :

1) Brainstorm collaboratively to create a work of art.

[ARTS] VISA (2) 2 :

2) Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.

a. Create two-dimensional art.

Examples: Paper-weaving, drawing, and resist painting.

Use book about weaving, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link.

b. Create three-dimensional art.

Examples: Clay animals and pipe cleaner sculptures.

Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor.

[ARTS] VISA (2) 7 :

7) Collaborate on ways to publicly display artwork based on a theme or concept.

Students will identify positive and negative space.  They will create a paper sculpture.  Groups of four will display their sculptures and discuss the positive and negative spaces created.  Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.