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Build Positive Classroom Culture From the Start of a New School Year. When we as teachers take the time to build a positive classroom culture from the very first week of school we, along with our students, have a much better outlook for a successful school year. A strong and supportive learning environment helps to foster student engagement, academic achievement, and overall well-being. The start of a new school year provides a unique opportunity to establish the foundation of a successful classroom culture. In today's diverse and inclusive classrooms, it is important to adopt approaches that respect and celebrate these differences among students. By:
All About Me Portraits art project video lesson plan grades 1-3
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All About Me Portraits is a comprehensive art lesson plan to guide your next art project in grades 1-3, using oil pastels and water paints. Includes a PDF teaching support document and the instructional video that demonstrates every step, supporting students with drawing their self-portraits, using the element of SHAPE and the principle of PROPORTION. 2 portrait versions are demonstrated. Students also learn about the elements of COLOR (colour) and LINE while they create their shirts and backgrounds. Created with students aged 5, this lesson plan is aimed at grade 1 and grade 2 students. Use with early elementary learners in a series of consecutive lessons. Encourage students to follow choice options and create their unique portraits, while being guided by the demonstrations in the video. This lesson plan focuses on:
Printable and presentation drawing guides have been included in this PDF. Teaching this lesson can be a meaningful art project for students returning to school at the start of the year, exploring inquiries into Who We Are - IB PYP. Students can express their unique identities through personal choices and modifications, while working through the project. Also makes a great extension for shared picture books. Extend further writing Friendship Poetry or Bio Poems (LINK HERE) This is a fully narrated video tutorial that demonstrates all drawing steps in real time. Benefits of using a video lesson:
Stream the video lesson on your large screen and free yourself up to roam your classroom and support your students. Let your students follow along, pausing in places for them to complete the steps at their own pace, or rewind and rewatch when needed. This method can also offer time for opportunities to explore student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. Addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork concepts. Suits: most early primary/ elementary grades and homeschooling families. Children will: learn to create self-portraits, use line patterns and shapes, work with oil and water resist techniques and make color (colour) selections Learning intentions include: Draw with tutorials, Apply personal choices or modifications, Drawing, colouring and painting with accuracy (fine-motor development), Use colour with purpose (warm & cool contrast), Make artistic choices within context limits, Respond to art created by artists and by my friends, Reflect on my own artwork, skills and progress. Media demonstrated: water colored (coloured) paint and oil pastels Materials used: A3* art paper, drawing pencil, water colored (coloured) paints in liquid or pan form & paint brushes, scissors & glue *A4 = 8.5 by 11 inches (215.9 by 279.4 mm) A3 = double A4 The video preview is a very short clip from the actual resource to give you an idea of my teaching style. I am both a general ed classroom teacher and currently practicing as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. Also included in the support documents are:
Want more? Find comprehensive visual art PDF lesson plans in the following sub-categories: And view my growing collection of video art tutorials I would love for you to leave a rating and review to let me know what you think of this video lesson, either here or on Youtube. TERMS OF USE Review these TOUs prior to purchasing. In downloading this item, you agree that you are purchasing a single user license to use this resource in your classroom or home, but this does not give you copyright. All teaching materials sold by Help Me Learn and One Teacher's Journey are for personal and use only and may not be adapted, re-sold, distributed, or translated into any other language for re-sale. You may not remove the credit in any of my teaching materials. Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn ABOUT VIDEO STREAMING “Video” is a new product type on Help Me Learn where I aim to share best strategies, tips, and instructional practices through an unlisted video that can only be viewed from my YouTube channel, accessed only through the link in the PDF Download. Video resources cannot be downloaded to your computer or device. Instead, you can view them on-line, so you don’t have to download a large video file. You will have access to the file as long as you retain the link you receive in the downloadable resource PDF. Art Lesson LITERATURE - Goldilocks Self-Portraits - Fairy Tales (paper collage)
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Techniques are teacher guided and includes extensive student choice opportunities. Suitable for primary / elementary school. This visual art lesson plan will help you to create fun self-portrait artwork with your students, in collage. Examples made with students aged 5+. All steps are clearly explained and photographed, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons to your students. Includes opportunities for student choice. Introduces students to shapes, stencils and layering techniques.
TEACHERS SUPPORTING TEACHERS ❤️ Connect with Help MeLearn by following this store on Instagram and Facebook. Be the first to learn about new products added to the store Please preview before you buy. If you have any questions, contact me BEFORE you purchase. ⭐️ If you value more of this resource type, please consider leaving a rating and recommending to other teachers. Every care is taken with publishing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. Rather than leaving a negative rating, first contact me directly and be specific in your feedback so that I can make those improvement, giving you and others the best quality resource. TERMS OF USE Review the TOUs prior to purchasing. In downloading this item, you agree that you are purchasing a single user license to use this resource in your classroom, but this does not give you copyright. All teaching materials sold by Help Me Learn and One Teacher's Journey are for personal classroom use only and may not be adapted, re-sold, distributed, or translated into any other language for re-sale. You may not remove the credit in any of my teaching materials. Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn One terrific way to honour each student is by ensuring that they are reflected on the classroom wall. What better way than guiding them through a successful self portrait lesson in the first few weeks. However many of us are nervous about teaching art as we ourselves may not have had positive experiences with this subject during our own school years. Art Lesson PORTRAITS - This is Me (paint and markers)
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THIS IS ME back to school portraits is a comprehensive visual art lesson plan inspired by US contemporary artist, Eden Gasior. A great way to create portrait art at the start or end of the year for getting to know each other. Exploring the uniqueness of self with motivational quotes and favourite personal subject matter. Combine with a unit on New beginnings at the start of a new year. Alternatively, as a wrap-up of personal development at the end of the school year. A popular and bold option for Calendar Art fundraising as well. All steps are clearly explained and photographed, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons to your students. Includes opportunities for student choice and work produced by each students will be unique and personal. Students will build skills in :
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View a short video excerpt below. FEEDBACK "Thank you, all the hard work is done. Can't wait to use this in my class" "Excellent, easy to follow instructions with beautiful examples to inspire." "This was comprehensive and easy to use. Thank you!" "Great activity for calendar art. My students are very excited and have already taken a pile of photos to choose from. Could also do a bit of a focus on photography - camera angles etc Thanks for the inspiration" Use in conjunction with this poetry lesson: WRITING POETRY: WRITE THIS IS ME POEMS IN 3 EASY STEPS FOR MORE VISUAL ART RESOURCES CLICK HERE TEACHERS SUPPORTING TEACHERS ❤️ Connect with Help MeLearn by following this store on Instagram and Facebook. Be the first to learn about new products added to the store Please preview before you buy. If you have any questions, please contact me BEFORE you purchase. ⭐️If you value more of this resource type, please consider leaving a rating. Every care is taken with publishing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. Rather than leaving a negative rating, first contact me directly and be specific in your feedback so that I can make those improvement, giving you and others the best quality resource. TERMS OF USE Review the TOUs prior to purchasing. In downloading this item, you agree that you are purchasing a single user license to use this resource in your classroom, but this does not give you copyright. All teaching materials sold by Help Me Learn and One Teacher's Journey are for personal classroom use only and may not be adapted, re-sold, distributed, or translated into any other language for re-sale. You may not remove the credit in any of my teaching materials. Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn Art Lesson PORTRAITS - Portraits in 2 Styles - Pop and Expressionism (draw, paint, oil pastels)
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Techniques are teacher guided and includes extensive student choice opportunities. Suitable for upper primary / elementary and middle school. Portrait art is a perennial favourite lesson in classrooms around the world. Here is a lesson plan with a twist. Two art styles are referenced that help to distract students from fussing over resemblance and instead have fun with unusual techniques. Option 1 explores POP art styles including Lichtenstein and benday dot patterns, option 2 explores Expressionism with Modigliani. A range of media are covered - marker pens, water colour paint and oil pastels - regular supplies in most classrooms. Many opportunities are build into the lesson where students can add originality to their work and distinguish from others. Learn more about this resource by watching the 1 min Product Video. Click VIDEOS at the top of the page. Customer Feedback: Very complete. Can't wait to use it! I love this product and can't wait to use it next school year! TEACHERS SUPPORTING TEACHERS ❤️ Connect with Help MeLearn by following this store on Instagram and Facebook. Be the first to learn about new products added to the store Please preview before you buy. If you have any questions, contact me BEFORE you purchase. ⭐️ If you value more of this resource type, please consider leaving a rating and recommending to other teachers. Every care is taken with publishing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. Rather than leaving a negative rating, first contact me directly and be specific in your feedback so that I can make those improvement, giving you and others the best quality resource. TERMS OF USE Review the TOUs prior to purchasing. In downloading this item, you agree that you are purchasing a single user license to use this resource in your classroom, but this does not give you copyright. All teaching materials sold by Help Me Learn and One Teacher's Journey are for personal classroom use only and may not be adapted, re-sold, distributed, or translated into any other language for re-sale. You may not remove the credit in any of my teaching materials. Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn ❤️ So take the guesswork out of teaching art, avoid the epic fails that result from not having the time to trial the lesson or media yourself before teaching it. Don't be held back by past experiences. I’ve done it all for you and trailed all these lesson with my own students. While I may ideate many teaching resources, I only make them available to you once they have been classroom tested. I am both a general ed classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. ❤️ How will these portrait themed art resources help busy teachers, who are nervous about teaching art? No worries - I’ve got you covered. Some lesson come either as full colour PDF teacher guides, where all steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver a series of quality visual art lessons to your students. While others are a a fully narrated video demonstration, that in most cases also come with a bonus PDF teacher guide.  ❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom. The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students as a presentation on your large screen. This extra visual support will prove useful to you and your students, particularly diverse learners, and will also save your from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again. Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :) Encourage students along the way, to follow choice options and create their unique artwork, while being guided, in skills and techniques, by the information on the slides.  Thank you for stopping by, If you have any questions or are looking for anything specific, please get in touch. Click the ABOUT link above and choose the CONTACT link to reach out by email.
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