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Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow

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Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow

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Overview:

Through multimodal activities, students will explore key elements of design such as color, shape, size, texture, density, and layout to understand and appreciate how these elements combine to convey meaning in Little Blue and Little Yellow, by Leo Lionni. Using art and digital media, they will then create their own designs to express meaning for setting, character relationships, and plot. Students will realize how to use design elements to read images and how meaning in picture books is equally conveyed in both words and images.

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Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: K Visual Arts	6) Share and talk about the art they are creating. a. Use art vocabulary: line, shape, color, and pattern. Example: Use the book Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Creating Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. Process Components: Reflect, Refine, Continue Essential Questions: EU: Artists and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time. EQ: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely? Concepts & Vocabulary: Art Artwork Collaboratively Collage Cool colors Warm colors Elements of Art Color Line Shape Imaginative play Play Portfolio Primary colors Principles of design Pattern Printmaking Skill Examples: Create two-dimensional artworks using finger painting, watercolors, paper collage, and rubbings. Create three-dimensional artworks using techniques such as rolling, folding, cutting, molding, pinching, and pulling clay. Work with a partner to create works of art. Working in small groups, use recycled materials to create artworks. Explore the books Why is Blue Dog Blue? by G. Rodrigue and My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss to understand color meanings and moods. Read the book Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman to explore different styles of line. Safely use and share scissors, pencils, crayons, markers, glue, paints, paintbrushes, and clay. Use symbols to help tell a personal or make-believe story. Manipulate art media to create textures and patterns. Identify and use organic and geometric shapes to create works of art. Show respect for self and others while making and viewing art. Use the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) to create a free-style painting while singing the names of the colors. Use patterns in designing colored stripes on the shirt of a person you know. Collect found objects such as paper tubes, forks, and pieces of cardboard. Press them in shallow tempera paint, and stamp them on paper to show printmaking. Create a T-chart that separates cool (blue, green, and purple) and warm (red, yellow, and orange) colors in different columns. Use the symbols of water waves for the cool column header and the sun for the warm column header. Work with a partner to find colors, lines, and shapes in art and tell each other what you see.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 1 Visual Arts	6) Use art vocabulary while creating art. a. Apply primary and secondary colors in a work of art. Example: Use Mouse Paint book by Helen Walsh to teach color mixing of primary to achieve secondary colors. b. Apply line, shape, texture in a work of art. Line: Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, dotted, broken, or thick/thin. Shape: Geometric and organic. Texture: Smooth or rough. Example: Create a painting inspired by Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Creating Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. Process Components: Reflect, Refine, Continue Essential Questions: EU: Artists and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time. EQ: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely? Concepts & Vocabulary: Complementary colors Contrast Curator Elements of Art Texture Landscapes Portrait Positive/ negative space and shape Principles of design Repetition Variety Secondary colors Still life Technique Venue Skill Examples: Work with a partner or small group to create an artwork. Use the book Perfect Square by Michael Hall to help "thinking outside the box" skills. Create two-dimensional artworks using a variety of gadgets for printmaking. Use paint media to create paintings of family portraits or a favorite memory. Create three-dimensional artworks such as clay pinch pots or found-object sculptures. View a step-by-step demonstration of an artistic technique. Properly clean and store art materials. Use Mouse Paint book by Helen Walsh to teach color mixing of primary to achieve secondary colors. Create a painting inspired by Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie. Create a "Pop Art" inspired artwork of positive and negative spaces and shapes by using colored paper cut-outs and gluing to different background squares. Make a color wheel and identify the complimentary colors (red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple). Draw different forms in the school environment: cones in the gym, cubes in math center, and sphere used for a globe. Create texture rubbings by placing paper over different surfaces and rubbing with a crayon or oil pastel. Use a rough brick wall, a smooth table, bumpy bubble wrap, or soft felt shapes. Use repetition in art by looking at the designs on a shell or the stripes of a zebra for inspiration.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 2 Visual Arts	6) Integrate art vocabulary while planning and creating art. a. Elements of art: line, shape, neutral colors, value, texture. b. Picture compositions: overlapping, background, horizontal, vertical orientation. c. Colors in the color wheel: primary, secondary, warm and cool. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Creating Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. Process Components: Reflect, Refine, Continue Essential Questions: EU: Artists and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time. EQ: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely? Concepts & Vocabulary: Principles of design Balance Brainstorming Composition Concepts Characteristic Elements of art Space Value Expressive properties Foreground Middle ground Neutral colors Resist Skill Examples: Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media. Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link to learn about weaving. Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures. Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project. Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions. Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques. Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media. Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops. Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc. to create artworks. Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values. Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R3. Background knowledge Vocabulary Discussion Knowledge: R3. Students know: Relating experiences through discussions, reading, and writing will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary. Skills: R3. Students are able to: Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing. Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing. Understanding: R3. Students understand that: Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing. Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 2. Actively engage Teacher-led reading experiences Collaborative discussions Background knowledge Peers Knowledge: 2. Students know: How to engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge. Skills: 2. Students are able to: Build background knowledge by actively engaging in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers. Understanding: 2. Students understand that: They need to build background knowledge to be successful as they learn to read and read to learn. They need to actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and discussions with peers to build their background knowledge.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	3. Actively participate in teacher-led choral and shared reading experiences. Examples: reciting nursery rhymes, songs, poems, stories Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Actively participate Choral reading Shared reading Knowledge: 3. Students know: How to actively participate in teacher-led choral and shared reading experiences. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Actively participate in teacher-led choral and shared reading experiences. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Actively participating in choral and shared reading activities helps them build their background knowledge and improve their reading fluency, so they can become fluent readers.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	22. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing or writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Content knowledge Read-alouds Informational text Participating Content-specific discussions Peers Drawing Writing Knowledge: 22. Students know: Content knowledge gained from read-alouds of informational texts. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing or writing. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Their understanding of and appreciation for informational text grows through discussions and active collaboration with others.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	33. Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 33. Express Ideas Orally Connect Drawing Emergent writing Knowledge: 33. Students know: Techniques for using discussion, drawing, and basic writing to express their thoughts. Skills: 33. Students are able to: Express ideas orally. Connect ideas through drawing and emergent writing to express their thoughts. Understanding: 33. Students understand that: They can express ideas through discussion, drawing, and basic writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R3. Background knowledge Vocabulary Discussion Knowledge: R3. Students know: Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary. Skills: R3. Students are able to: Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing. Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing. Understanding: R3. Students understand that: Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing. Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	2. Actively participate in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions to build background knowledge and learn how oral reading should sound. Examples: read-alouds, oral dramatic activities Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 2. Participate Shared reading Background knowledge Oral reading Knowledge: 2. Students know: The process of shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions. Shared reading and collaborative discussions can increase their background knowledge. How fluent oral reading sounds. Skills: 2. Students are able to: Participate in shared reading and discussions to build background knowledge and learn new information. Describe how oral reading should sound. Understanding: 2. Students understand that: Actively participating in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions can build their background knowledge. Listening to others read aloud can help improve their oral reading skills.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	17. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 17. Content knowledge Read-alouds Informational text Literary text Participating Content-specific discussions Peers Drawing Writing Knowledge: 17. Students know: Content knowledge can be learned from read-alouds of informational and literary texts. Content knowledge can be shared with others through discussions, drawing, or writing. Skills: 17. Students are able to: Gain new content knowledge by engaging in read-alouds of informational and literary texts. Participate in discussions with their peers demonstrating their knowledge of content-specific topics. Produce drawings or writing that displays content knowledge learned through read-alouds. Understanding: 17. Students understand that: They can learn new information by engaging in read-alouds of informational and literary texts. They can demonstrate their understanding of content-specific knowledge through discussions, drawing, or writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	40. Describe ideas, thoughts, and feelings, using adjectives, drawings, or other visual displays to clarify. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 40. Describe Ideas Thoughts Feelings Adjectives Drawings Visual displays Clarify Knowledge: 40. Students know: How to describe ideas, thoughts, and feelings using adjectives or drawings. Adjectives are words that describe attributes of nouns. Skills: 40. Students are able to: Use adjectives to describe ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Add illustrations or other visual displays to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Understanding: 40. Students understand that: Adjectives may be used to describe thoughts, ideas, or feelings. Adding drawings or other visuals to descriptions help to express thoughts, clarify ideas, and share feelings.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R3. Background knowledge Vocabulary Discussion Knowledge: R3. Students know: Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary. Skills: R3. Students are able to: Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing. Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing. Understanding: R3. Students understand that: Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing. Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	22. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Content knowledge Read-alouds Independent reading Informational text Literary Text Content-specific discussions Writing Knowledge: 22. Students know: Content knowledge is information learned about a specific subject. Content knowledge can be learned by listening to read-alouds or independently reading. Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Build content knowledge from listening to text read aloud and from independently reading. Use content knowledge learned from read-alouds and independent reading in content-specific discussions with peers. Use content knowledge learned from read-alouds and independent reading in writing. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Content-specific discussions with peers can demonstrate the content knowledge they learned through read-alouds or independent reading. They can produce writings that demonstrate knowledge of content-specific information.

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character, color, density, Doodle Splash, elements of design, layout, Leo Lionni, Little Blue and Little Yellow, multimodal, plot, relationships, setting, shape, size, texture

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Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow