Lesson Plans

Reading strategies & integrated lesson plans

Create a lesson where students need to think literally, inferentially, and critically about art, art history, art materials, and/or art techniques. This can happen sequentially, as in the questions build-up or completely independent of one another, content-wise.
Create art projects that are also inquiry-based. This includes reading about artists and their processes - having groups of students work together to read about an artist and come up with a series of‘questions about the artist. Students can also research an art history movement and identify “hot topics” within their research related to the movement.

Create exit slips that can be a written response where students answer questions about the elements and principles of art - student can respond to written guide where we reference page about the elements and principles of art.
Develop a routine where students write a vocabulary word or words of the day.
Creating a reading guide where students fill in the blank after referencing the assigned page numbers from select reading material.

Create opportunities for students to share and present work.
Allow students to engage regularly in "Turn & Talk" time during lesson presentations, inquiry-based learning, and when looking at art.

Listening happens throughout the learning process, including when the teacher introduces the lesson, when students share with each other, and when listening to online videos.
Listening happens during 1:1 formative and summative assessments where students listen to the teacher and teacher listens to the student.
Listening happens when we have guest presenters.

Create lessons where students interact with each other through group work. Groups can be large or small.
Inquiry-based leaning projects invites students to interact with those outside of their immediate comfort zone.

Critical thinking skills can be fostered through collaborative work where students have to think together to find a solution.
Thinking skills are required when giving open-ended assignments where students have to develop a concept, be able to explain their concept, then plan and sequence how they will create their project, and finally, present their finished piece.