Welcome to the Teaching Palette lesson plan collaborative page!

Thank you to all the fantastic art teachers who have shared their favorite lessons and resources! Do you have a favorite lesson plan to share? Just email your lesson and image of student work to tplessonplan@gmail.com

 

ELEMENTARY LESSONS

Kristen Peck - Painted Ice Cream Cones

Grade Level: 2nd

Susan Tiemstra - LANTERN- A DIRECTED DRAWING

Grade Level: 3rd-5th

Lantern Step-By-Step Directions Youtube Video

 

Jackie Cassidy - Warhol Soup Can

Grade Level(s): 4th-5th

LeAnne Poindexter - Miro Monoprints

Grade Level(s): 2nd-3rd


Kathryn Hillyer - Digital Collage Names

Grade Level: 5th

Cindy Walker - Fall Leaves

Grade Level:  3rd

Kathryn HillyerNon-Objective Mixed Media Monotypes

Grade Level: 4th

Tricia Fuglestad - Wild Things with Visual Texture

Grade Level(s): 1st-2nd

Wild Things Presentation
Wild Things Practice Sheet
Wild Things YouTube Video
Wild Things Artsonia Gallery
Visual Texture Video

Marcia Beckett - What Can You Do With A Dot?

Grade Level: K

Scott Russell - Micrography Self Portraits

Grade Level(s): 4th-5th

Kristen Marra Marek - Holton Rower Tall Paintings aka Pour Paintings

Grade Level(s): 1st-6th

Suzanne Tiedemann - Poppy Field Paintings Inspired by the Wizard of OZ

Grade Level: 2nd

Theresa McGee - Matisse Apples

Grade Level(s): K-2nd

Susan Bivona - Patriotic Portrait

Grade Level(s): 1st-3rd

 

Lisa Ricciardelli - 3-D Imaginary Cityscapes

Grade Level(s): 4th-5th

Kathryn Hillyer - Picture Frame Weavings

Grade Level: 3rd

 

 

Denise Pannell - Shaving Cream Marbled Starry Nights

Grade Level: 2nd

LeAnne Poindexter - Beautiful Butterlies

Grade Level: 2nd

Angie Golden - Magritte Eyes

Grade Level(s): 4th-6th

Kathryn Hillyer - Jazz Collage

Grade Level: 2nd

Theresa Gillespie - Grant Wood Inspired Landscape Collage

Grade Level(s): 3rd-4th

Hillary Andrlik – Sunflowers

Grade Level(s): K-2nd

Van Gogh Still Life “Detail Detective” for Smartboard

Hillary Andrlik - Chicago Sculpture Relief Skyline

Grade Level(s): 3rd-5th

Susan Tiemstra - THE CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Grade Level(s): K-5th

The Creative Activity Youtube Video

 

Middle School

Andrea Slusarski - Nature Abstractions

Grade Level: 6th

Ellen Reynolds - Egyptian Sarcophagus

Grade Level(s): 6th-12th

Mary Kulas - Sculptural Tetrahedron Book

Grade Level(s): 6th – 8th

Kristen Marra Marek -Holton Rower Tall Paintings aka Pour Paintings

Grade Level(s): 1st-6th

Theresa McGee - 2-Point Perspective Tree House

Grade Level(s): 5th and up

Lauri Thorley and Adrienne Lessard - Styrofoam Cup Design

Grade Level(s): 6th – 12th

Styrofoam Cup Design Gallery

Tina Moultan - Living on the Edge

Grade Level(s): 6th – 8th

Amy Kratochvil - Whoooo Sees Pattern

Grade Level(s): 6th

Smartboard File

Stacy Lord - Pinch, Poke & Prod -Creating Clay Faces

Grade Level(s): 6th – 8th

View Slideshow

Clare Butler - Cornell Boxes “Chambers of Time”

Grade Level(s): 6th – 12th

Lauri Thorley - Get Outside and Play Posters

Grade Level: 7th

Get Outside and Play Poster Gallery

Lauri Thorley - Tonal Drawing with Nature

Grade Level: 8th

Tonal Drawing with Nature Gallery

Janine Campbell - Surreal Animation

Grade Level: 7th

Surreal Animation on Vimeo

High School

Ellen Reynolds - Egyptian Sarcophagus

Grade Level(s): 6th-12th

Andrea Slusarski - Representational Teapot

Grade Level(s): 9th-12th

Joan Hansen - “ New Spin on Color”

Grade Level(s): 9th

Clare Butler - Cornell Boxes “Chambers of Time”

Grade Level(s): 6th – 12th

Lauri Thorley and Adrienne Lessard - Styrofoam Cup Design

Grade Level(s): 6th – 12th

Styrofoam Cup Design Gallery

One Response to “Lesson Plans”

  1. Nancy Walkup 8 October 2011 at 7:20 pm #

    As the editor of SchoolArts Magazine, I would like to invite all the featured art teachers here to adapt their lessons as articles for SchoolArt. You can look at our writer’s guidelines at http://www.schoolartsonline.com and then let me know if you have any questions. Congratulations!
    nwalkup@davisart.com


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