Build Positive Classroom Culture From the Start of a New School Year

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:

1. offering a variety of choices where possible, and
2. allowing students to exercise agency over their learning,

teachers can create an environment that is inclusive, empowering, and engaging.

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All About Me Portraits art project video lesson plan grades 1-3

$9.95 $5.95

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:

1. Use the element of SHAPE to structure the face and its features
2. Use the principle of proportion to locate facial features
3. Explore warm and cool color (colour) families
4. Explore oil pastels & water paint media (liquid or pan)

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:

• The lesson has already been tested
• All steps are viewable from start to finish
• Techniques are demonstrated
• Rewind and rewatch as many times as needed
• Narrated explanation adds depth to understanding art theories
• Its like having an art specialist in your classroom or home
• Encourages independence in learners and self management
• Allows for students to work at their individual pace
• Hosted on YouTube (unlisted) and accessed from the link in the PDF support document
• Not cluttering up your hard drive
• Added benefit of PL in Visual Art teaching for the purchasing classroom teacher
• Includes a PDF lesson companion with support information
• Lockdown Remote Teaching: Limited permission is granted for the purchasing teacher only, to live stream through screen sharing with their class, strictly limited for remote teaching during a government mandated lockdown

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:

• Learning Intentions for the IB PYP and NZC at level 1 / Phase 1 but these will closely match LO's from other art curriculums.
• Student Voice reflection/ assessment guides

Want more?

Find comprehensive visual art PDF lesson plans in the following sub-categories:

Visual Art K-2

Visual Art 3-5

Visual Art 6-8

And view my growing collection of video art tutorials

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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.

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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

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“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.

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Art Lesson LITERATURE - Goldilocks Self-Portraits - Fairy Tales (paper collage)

$8.95 $5.95

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.

• Students will create Portraits or Self-portraits using the art making technique of Collage
• Strengthens ‘Self-to-Text’ conceptual understandings for Reading by creating a ‘Goldilocks’ portrait in their own image, e.g. ‘Ebonylocks’, Crimsonlocks or ‘Amberlocks, Curlylocks’, etc.
• Some creative elements are teacher guided and others are left to the student to determine
• Skill building includes: fine motor development, drawing with stencils, cutting, gluing, paper folding & curling
• See art lesson resource ‘The Three Bears’ for extension on this Fairy Tale lesson
• Includes Student voice reflection guide and Visual Art learning intensions for assessment (IB PYP and New Zealand Standards)

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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.

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Art Lesson PORTRAITS - This is Me (paint and markers)

$9.95 $5.95

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 :

• self portrait photography,
• drawing,
• painting with liquid water colour (dye),
• patterning and colour schemes.

The Lesson plan includes:

• Background information about artist model Eden Gosier.
• Detailed instructions to create the artwork
• Photographs of every step
• Teacher example
• Student examples from upper primary/elementary
• Guidance for teacher assessment and student reflection options
• Curriculum links to Level 3 New Zealand Visual Art Curriculum
• Curriculum Links to Phase 3 Responding & Creating for IB PYP
• Student Voice guidance for reflections
• Note-taking template for research & response
• PDF teaching guide consists of 50 slides (pages).

Materials you will need include:

• Wet grade art paper
• Liquid water colours (artist dye)
• Student photographs
• Access to inspiration materials like patterns, quotes, colour schemes, etc

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

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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.

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SELF PORTRAITS Art Lesson in 2 Styles - Pop Art and Expressionism - BUNDLE

$12.95

Portrait art is a favourite annual Back to School lesson in classrooms around the world. This visual art lesson BUNDLE teaches 2 styles - POP ART and EXPRESSIONIST. Introduce your students to the art styles of

1. Pop Art with Roy Lichtenstein,

2. Expressionism as represented by Amedeo Modigliani.

By adding these non-realistic, exaggerated lenses to a lesson type that many teachers dread teaching because students are seldom satisfied with realistic results, you help to distract students from fussing over realism.

Here, with these art project, students will have fun with unusual techniques in a stylistic way that they will love. All steps are clearly explained and photographed, giving you the confidence to deliver a quality visual art lesson to your students. Includes opportunities for student choice.

This self portrait art tutorial is inspired by the paintings and sculptures of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein and Expressionist artist, Modigliani

Media used includes: coloured marker pens, water colour paint, black markers, chalk and oil pastels (regular supplies in most classrooms).

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Includes a PDF teaching support document that demonstrates every step. Support students with drawing their self-portraits, using the art elements of SHAPES, LINES and COLOR / COLOUR. Created with students aged 9-11, this lesson plan is aimed at 4th grade, 5th grade and Middle School students.

❤️ Take the guesswork out of teaching art,

❤️ Avoid endless hours of research,

❤️ No more epic fails that result from not having the time to trial the lesson or medium yourself before teaching it.

I’ve done it all for you and trailed this lesson with my own students, in 5th grade.

❤️ Why should you trust my lessons?

I am both a general ed. classroom teacher and currently teaching as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, working with students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you!

❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?

No worries - I’ve got you covered.

This lesson comes as 2 full colour PDF teacher guides, with a bumper 36+ and 29+ slide decks, respectively, to share on your large screen with your students.

Plus a further 6 slides to support reflection and assessments, for each lesson.

All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver a quality visual art lesson to your students.

Use 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 slideshows.

❤️ 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. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly for young 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 :)

No printing required

Encourage students along the way, to follow choice options and create their unique artwork, while being guided by the information on the slides.

⏰ How long will this project take to finish? 

Each art project can be completed in 3-6 lessons, depending on the age and stage of students and the size of paper /media/ style you or your students choose. 

Chunk into smaller manageable lessons, as needed.

View the Previews & Video, then add to cart and smile, knowing you will soon have beautiful artwork on the walls and students glowing with pride!

❤️ So what is special about this resource?

This Expressionist Art lesson for Portraits, is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:

• a drawing tutorial that includes the concepts of proportion & shapes (Math),
• explores the concept of design principles (Visual Language),
• makes link to art history and contemporary artist - Roy Lichtenstein
• makes cross-curricular links to the start of the year and building community (Who We Are - IB).

Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications (suggestions offered in the guide), while working through the guided project. Pause the presentation in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way. 

• ✅ This PDF includes step-by-step support & teaching instructions for:Suggested Literature links - recommended Books to support the theme
• Artist model teaching slides
• Links to examples of artist's works for discussion
• Expressionist art slide
• Detailed instructions to create a student response
• Photographs of every step
• Examples of work in progress and completed
• Printable sheet for recording Student Voice reflection/ assessment of learning (2/pg. to save printing, print on B&W setting)
• ✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this art tutorial?Gain knowledge about art theories, styles and movements
• Gain knowledge about art history
• Become familiar with artists and their work
• Follow a tutorial for guidance - listening skills, visual discrimination, sequencing
• Develop fine-motor & technical skills for using a range of art tools and media
• Respond to art created by artists and by other students
• Reflect on own knowledge, skills, progress and artwork - using the included student sheets

1. ✅ That sounds great! So what about the Visual Art focus in this lesson?Introduced to the art elements of SHAPES & COLOR / COLOUR
2. Explore the work of a Artists
3. Observe & understand the Art World (Studio Habits)
4. Build skills for observational & guided drawing
5. Explore art making that expresses new learning
6. Build skills for using art media
7. Create a self portrait design in an expressionist Art style
8. Stretch & Explore (Studio Habits)
9. PLAN - compose line designs using patterns to create an original background
10. Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Express (Studio Habits)
11. Reflect on personal development as an artist
12. Reflect (Studio Habits)

View the Previews & Video, then add to cart and smile, knowing you have just saved yourself heaps of time and effort!

✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one?

There are many other PORTRAIT RESOURCES in my store.

For early elementary art lessons - Click HERE.

For upper elementary art lessons - click HERE:

✅ Is this product available on TPT?

Yes - you can find this product in my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey - HERE

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❤️ 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.

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Mea