Create a sub plan so that you are good to go in the event of needing a substitute teacher as an art teacher or music teacher can make your life easier. There are many tips on putting together a sub plan and here are a few to get your started.
Middle School Art Sub Plans and Lessons
Are you required to leave emergency sub plans? If so, you may want to use a choice board! My art colleague Sharon had the idea to make a choice board that can be used multiple times if there is a s…
Art Sub Plans Worksheets
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This art sub plan idea has a large range of grades it would work for. Based on amusement parks.
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The UK artist India Lawton explores the family album through a unique and intriguing way. Below the presentation of her photo series Scars: ‘Looking back at family photographs, now with the l…
Sometimes our plans go awry, and we just need a list of go-to ideas for unexpected sick days. So, here are my top two easy sub plans.
Do you need a fun thing for your students who finish early? Here is comic that they can color and use their creativity to finish it how ever they want. This could also spark some inspiration for the kiddos who are struggling with ideas. Or...Are you looking for easy sub plans? This would only requir...
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Art sub plans for back to school.
This easy lesson is designed to allow students to explore their creative skills by taking a fun test.
The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
I don't like to use up much time in class explaining things. I just don't. I would rather a mad frenzy than a bunch of yawns. I find it tricky to gets kids warmed up to the art classroom at the beginning of the year. At the grand opening of the Painting Center this year, we began work on a 100 Color Challenge. My hope is that by working with a partner in this color exploration my students will discover new ways to create colors and use these in their paintings throughout the year. So far they are having a blast!
Try DOODLING!!!!! Get inspiration from Mr. Doodle; Sometimes, the solution to your problem just won’t come into your head, yet your thoughts are spinning at a 100 kilometres an …
Imagination Workout Printable Click the link above to download Attalie’s Imagination Workout free printable art worksheet.
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The first day of school is full of so many things: anticipation, wide-eyes, school supplies, new faces, maybe a few butterflies. And I...
Lesson idea from Art. Paper. Scissors. Glue! 3rd graders started a conversation about what textile arts are by reading the book "Tar Beach" by author and artist Faith Ringgold. We talked about how the book and its illustrations were actually inspired by a story quilt that Ringgold created (the original work is pictured in the back of the book I had). The story in the book brought up the themes of both inequality (which works well since February is Black History Month) and imagination. The book's main character 3rd grader Cassie Louise Lightfoot discovers she has the ability to fly and in doing so, finds a sense of power and ownership over whatever she flies. She flies over the George Washington Bridge (a structure her father helped to build), an ice cream factory, and the Union Building (a building which housed an organization her father was not allowed to join because of his skin color). After reading and discussing the themes in the book, I asked my 3rd graders "Where would you go if you could fly (real or imaginary) and why?" This question was the inspiration for our very own patches on our 3rd grade story quilt. Students created their own "story patches" by creating a border using squares of 1.5"x1.5" decorative paper along the edge of a 12" x 12" piece of white drawing paper. Students then attached a strip of grey paper to the bottom of their picture squares and wrote about where they would go and why. Then in the remaining space, they used colored pencils to illustrate their ideas. I got a huge range of responses from Candyland (naturally to eat a ton of candy), to Columbia (to visit friends and family), to the Twin Towers in New York City (which prompted an entirely difference conversation). Students really enjoyed working on this project (which took between 4-5 class periods -- including one day for sketching ideas). I really love the finished product - and even more so when they are all hung together to make a giant story quilt! :)
The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
Several years ago SchoolArts sent out packets of Ande Cook pages to subscribers. The delightfully illustrated "Mapping your Neighborhood" was one of them. This handout asks student to think carefully about the details in their neighborhood and try to draw a map of everything they can remember. I wrote out a mini-lesson plan suitable to leave the handout with sub. It is also great for early finishers and to supplement another lesson. I have used this in 3rd grade and up with good results. Here is Ande Cook's book Art Starters that a lot of these worksheets from SchoolArts are originally from.
Try DOODLING!!!!! Get inspiration from Mr. Doodle; Sometimes, the solution to your problem just won’t come into your head, yet your thoughts are spinning at a 100 kilometres an …
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The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless exp…
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16 art activities/prompts to engage kids in creative, tactile and interdisciplinary learning! Kids can choose challenges by closing their eyes and landing their finger on a random box, checking off the ones they complete as they go! ...
