I must confess, the majority of the lessons I teach have either been prescribed by my district and come straight out of a teacher guide (e.g., Treasures, EnVision Math), or have been borrowed or, as I like to put it, "legally stolen" from other teachers. I can honestly say that this particular lesson, however, is 100% my own. (Other teachers out there who are reading this, if you fancy this project, are welcome to go ahead and steal this from me!) I think foldables are one of the most engaging instructional strategies in a teacher's arsenal. Connect it with art, and I believe one has a winning combination. Students didn't even complain about the extensive note taking that was involved while creating this foldable. Before we made them, I showed my students a PowerPoint about the elements of art I found online. It's an excellent, child-friendly presentation that uses masterworks by famous artists as examples to introduce these elements. It also covers the principles of art, too, but I save these for another time. I give each student a sheet of manila cardstock on which the elements of art are preprinted on one side and the sections for writing notes have been appear on the other: I guided the students through plenty of paperfolding, as you can tell by the creases on the sheet above. Once these creases were made, we began copying notes that I write on the Smartboard. Although this step can be laborious for the kids, they worked meticulously at writing things down. Below is a video that shows how the finished foldable works. Each panel on the front corresponds to a section of notes underneath.
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april pinales
9/4/2016 12:28:20 pm
awesome... thanks for sharing going to use this with art 1 kiddos in middle school to help them remember.
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Kathryn Long
9/4/2016 02:25:24 pm
You're very welcome. So glad to hear this is helpful!
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