Grade Level or Age of Participant: 2nd Grade
School, Teacher, and Classroom: Expo Elementary, Ulla Tervo-Desnick,
MCAD Teaching Artist: Shaelynn Waseka
Number of Students: 24
VISUAL ARTS CONTENT OR STANDARDS
Grade 2
1. Artistic Foundations
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area
3. Visual Arts
4. 0.1.1.5.1
5. Identify the elements of visual arts including color, line, shape, texture, and space.
OVERVIEW OF PROJECT
This project is based on the classroom theme of giving/caring. The project will be a Valentine’s Day card that will be sent to older adults in independent housing. The card will have a hidden message inside that will be revealed by a wheel that spins. This project is designed to be reciprocal. The adults receiving the cards will return a card.
“BIG IDEAS”/ ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)
Why is giving to others important?
How does it make someone feel when they receive kindness?
How do we feel when we give?
STUDENT OUTCOME OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Participate in the act of giving by creating a card for older adults.
2. Construct a handmade hidden message card with brass spinners and paper.
3. Produce handmade Valentine Day Cards with high-quality paper.
4. Understand the benefit of giving
5. Work together and collaborated on different creative decisions
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
How to use scissors, glue sticks, markers, etc.
How to write words
Come up with a nice/caring message
LESSON PREPARATION TIMELINE
Meeting with Lynda week of February 3rd. Collect supplies from Lynda
Create pre-cutouts of wheel and a couple of examples
February 10th teaching date
Deliver letters to the older artists
EXAMPLES OF ARTWORK
Create a couple of different examples that will be shown in class and passed around
ASSESSMENT
They allow their cards to be sent to the older artist. The goal of the project is to create something for someone else to receive. It is based on the theme of giving/caring.
MATERIALS
Cardstock/Construction Paper (All different colors)
Paint markers
Colored Pencils
Brass Spinners
Stickers
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Extra paper for prewriting
Pencils
Erasers
Envelopes
LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TIMING.
1. Introduction (Ask what Valentine’s day means to each student) 5 minutes
2. What does giving mean to them?
3. Introduce who we will be creating the cards for (3 minutes)
4. Have them sit in seats. Pass out scratch paper to come up with a message (10 minutes)
5. Bring them back to the carpet
6. Demonstration of how to assemble card (10 minutes)
7. Have them go back to seats
8. Pass out materials
9. Assemble cards
10. Collect all the cards (5 minutes)
11. Deliver cards to adults.
TEACHING ARTIST REFLECTION
Students unwilling to participate
Students who find it too challenging
Students will use their skills of handwriting and spelling for the hidden message inside. They will also reflect on the class theme of giving/caring when creating the card.
The completed letters will then be passed onto the older artists within the community. The cards will have a message specialized for the older artists.
I will receive feedback from both the students in the classroom and Lynda from her review. I also will receive feedback from Ulla in the end.
Questions for Ulla
How she would you like the students to write and think about their messages?
How do you celebrate Valentine’s day in your classroom?
