Leaf Lesson Plan
Leaf Lesson Plan
Leaf Lesson Plan
Grade or Class:
1st Grade
Prior Knowledge:
Some experience with cutting, some experience with watercolor and oil pastel.
Day 1: Intro/ Motivation/Engage/Research: Introduce lesson on leaves, play story read aloud of
“Leif and the Fall,” (6 min) recap video/talk about why leaves change, begin working on project –
Have students draw, with pencil, stem of leaf, then “ ngers” around the stem, creating a leaf
shape. Then students will trace over pencil with sharpie, and then cut out leaf shape.
Time needed: 45 min
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Key Materials I will be using my powerpoint lesson plan full of examples, standards, and vocabulary. We will be
paper, sharpie, oil pastel, and watercolor to create the leaves. I will show an example of Tony Stubbing’s work, as well
as a read aloud video about the book “Lief and the Fall.”
Lesson I of 4 (2 of 4 etc.) Each lesson is a step to teaching the Big Idea of L. Segmen
Standard Objective Formative Assessment
The focus of this lesso Same as overvie Formative for this lesson is… Not
I can use some Students will be able to create sure yet :)
materials, techniques, a two dimensional work of art
and tools to create using a wax resist method.
artwork.
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Re ection (Internship I only) What went well? Not so well? Next time I will do this differently…
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