Placement: Brook Thompson
Location: Lake Country School
Grade(s)/ Year(s): 1-3
Wednesday, February 26 (3 Hours)
On Wednesday, students learned about the new art form of printmaking. With spare cardboard pieces, they created their own stamps and patterns. Dipping their cardboard cutouts into their choice of tempera paint, they then printed their own patterns onto a sheet of paper. Many of the students were frustrated at first when it came to cutting out the cardboard pieces because of how thick the material is. After a while, they did grow a liking towards the printmaking process. In fact, many students started trading stamps with each other to test out the others’ stamps themselves. The more popular shapes that the students used for their creations were mostly circles and squares. Some of the designs that they came up with actually took advantage of the shapes and created their own subject matters and landscapes rather than patterns. Students were able to create flowers, people, houses, and an open field with help of the shapes that they have cut out. After the first class was finished with their designs, many of the students from the second class were inspired by their creations that they decided to mimic them as inspiration. As a result, there were many Star Wars TIE Fighters, cats, and flowers amongst the two classes.
Next Lesson Plan:
For each placement we must teach and record our own lesson to the class that we have been helping out in. As of now, I do have my rough draft for my lesson plan typed out and finished. I am currently working on the examples of the lesson to help guide the class to how to approach the lesson. My second lesson plan focuses on the process of drawing a successful animation frame by frame. Since the class that I will be touching is made up of first-third years, the animation that the students will be trying to draw is a good beginner’s level. Spring is the season of growth and it is just around the corner, so I think it would be a good opportunity for students to capture this aspect of growth through their own flipbook animations. By growing a simple shape through a series of frames, students will be able to test out a new artform that they may have never tried out before. If students wish for a more advanced project, I will also provide the option for them to grow their own flowers or trees.