Curriculum Description:

Unit 1 – Cutting and Pasting includes activities: Painting with Paper and Milk Glue, Connecting to Our Puzzle, Scissors Snipping, Pop-Up Pizzazz, Books Tell a Story.

Unit 2 – Drawing includes Mural Madness; Smokey, Spooky Shadows; Ordinary Object, Extraordinary Creatures; Great New Invention, Assembly Required; & Go, Drawing Go.

Unit 3 – Painting includes Musical Fingers, Spinning the Color Wheel of Fortune, Brushing Up, Marbling Swirls, and Art on the Go: Visiting a Museum.

Unit 4 – Sculpting includes Sculptor and Clay; Pass the Sculpture, Please; Pots Potpourri; Papier Mache; Exploring Flex Power and Art to Jewelry.

Unit 5 – Printing includes All Fingers, Thumbs, and Hands; Sponge Fun; Prints from the Garden; Stencil Fun; Block Printing and Screen Printing.

Unit 6 – Fiber includes Hand Made Paper, Batik, Nine Patch Quilt, Warp and Weft of Life and What a Twilling Weave.

Unit 7 – 3-D Construction includes Balloon Train; Mirror, Mirror Now and Later; Scrap Sculpturing; States-A-Float and Window on My World.

Instructional Materials:

Materials include a teacher's guide. The book includes seven units. Most activities in this curriculum indicate a wide range. Teachers may need to adapt to specific grade levels. At the beginning of each unit, information connects children to the larger community. The seven art topics are connected to eight other learning experiences: careers, technology, showcasing, communicating, community ties, science and sensing.

Illinois State Goals & Learning Standards:

1A: Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections

1C: Comprehend a broad range of reading materials

3A: Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and structure

3B: Compose well-organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences

4A: Listen effectively in formal and informal situations

4B: Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience

5A: Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas

5B: Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources

11A:Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry

25A: Understand the sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities of the arts

25B: Understand the similarities, distinctions and connections in and among the arts

26A: Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts

26B: Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts

27A: Analyze how the arts function in history, society and everyday life

27B: Understand how the arts shape and reflect history, society and everyday life