I came across an image of this lesson while on Pinterest one night. The link led me to Monroe Elementary School Artsonia site; http://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=18162652&exhibit=508137&gallery=y I don't know if the art teacher knows her image was pinned but I am very thankful that it was; my students LOVED this lesson!
"Clay Frogs" is a frequent 2nd grade lesson for me to teach; it combines a review of how to make a pinch pot, which they learned in 1st grade, with learning the clay technique for attaching pieces of clay together - scoring with slip.
Adding an introduction the the artist Claude Monet and the book, "Philippe in Monet's Garden" really gave depth to the lesson.
March 27, 2013
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Yowza! The internet is just AMAZING! The day after I posted this, Theresa McGee, the art teacher that created this lesson, left a comment below! Check it out; she also left a link in her comment to her original lesson plan. THANK YOU!
Theresa, your Artsonia lessons are really beautiful! Do you have a blog? I'd sign up to follow it in a heartbeat. :)
Hi - I'm the teacher from Monroe who made the frogs! And no, I didn't know the project was pinned! So fun!
ReplyDeleteI actually created a lesson plan because I had a few teachers say they wanted to try it too! You can find the lesson plan on this page about 1/2 the way down.
Thanks for mentioning it here :)