Flying Eagle Handout
Follow the directions on the handout to have colorful wings and fly! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Category: Curriculum
Watercolor Techniques
Materials: Paper Pads, blocks, or single sheets- pads are sketchbooks of sheets, blocks are high-quality pads that are less likely to warp Tooth (texture)- more textured paper can hold more paint- hot press is smoothest, rough has most “tooth,” cold press (recommended) is in the middle Deckle edge- uneven and …
Connecting Art and Literacy: Bugs and Books Project
Duration: 1 hour Level: K-3rd grade Materials: Pencils, erasers, and crayons Procedures: We started the books by folding and cutting them because we had limited time and wanted to offer most of it to encouraging our students’ creativity. We did the same for the bookmarks, cutting them so that our …
Bird Puppets and ESL Practice
Level: K-8 ESL students Duration: 1-1.5 hour(s) Educational overview: Birds’ migration patterns, speaking techniques, and ESL practice. Goals and Objectives: To express creativity and diversity, learn about birds’ migration patterns, practice speaking techniques and ESL, and celebrate the diversity in our classroom. This project was tailored to a group of …
Writing Activities for ESL Students
For many ESL students, writing in English can be stressful. Every writer experiences a fear of writing something bad, and that fear is made so much worse when the writer isn’t confident with the language. To make ESL students feel more comfortable expressing themselves through writing, build their confidence with …
Go Green Coloring Handout
Color in this handout to show your fish friend help make Fishtown clean! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Free Lesson Plan: Sculpture and Human Anatomy
Human Anatomy Sculpture Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin (1840-1917) and France Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: Clay, wire, wood, nails, armature, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, …
Free Lesson Plan: Relief Printmaking
The Downtrodden by Kathe Kollowitz Night Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige Relief Printmaking Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Kathe Kollwitz, German Expressionism, and the history of Japanese wood block printing Goals and Objectives: To introduce printmaking techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, relief printmaking, brayer, press, …