Description
1. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop a unit focusing on a specific concept or theme that is appropriate for early childhood. This unit will contain several activities for early childhood addressing the following content areas: language and literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies. The unit will use a variety of creative arts approaches in the procedures. Lastly, this unit will be developed in a group setting.
2. Directions: You will create a presentation with a voice-over for this group assignment. Find help for creating a power point presentation with voice-over below. For each of your content areas, you will create a detailed activity (introduction/ art-skills builder, primary activity, follow-up, assessment/evaluation) that integrates a creative arts approach. Create one lesson for EACH of the content areas (language/literacy, math, science,& social studies). You will use the format for the arts-based lesson presented in your text p. 410-415. For each of your activities, you will address the following:
- Title of lesson
- Learning Objective
- Grade level (infants-2nd grade)
- Content area and art forms addressed
- Standards addressed CCSS or Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards (Links to an external site.)
- Developmental skills addressed
- Materials used
- Classroom setup
- Arts skills builder (warm-up/introductory activity)
- Procedures
- Follow-up activity
- Assessment and evaluation
- Differentiating instruction (accommodations for ELL, ESE, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners-CLD)
- Habits of Mind that assisted you with this activity
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Title: Pictures
Learning objective: To enable children’s minds
become more open and adventures, and to
enable then to create imagination and interest
in pictorial literature.
Grade: 1st grade
Content areas and art forms: Different types of
pictures and their interpretation by use of
pictorial story books.
Standards: Common Core State Standards
Development skills: Use of common body
language, facial cues and emotions presented
in pictorial books.
Materials: Picture books, different images
representing facial cues and body language
and a list of emotions that can be illustrated
using a reaction
Classroom setup: two children to share one
book/chart per session and the classroom should
be big enough to accommodate at least 30 children
Arts skill builder: Narration of different facial cues
Procedures: Test if the children can recognize body
language and facial cues by asking them to
interpret the available pictures, teach them the
common types of body gestures and express t...