Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

The Day the Crayons Quit

Date

March 13th, 2015

Subject/Grad
e Level

Grade 1

Time
Duration

60 mins

Unit

Art

Teacher

Miss. Walker

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

Representation of colour
Natural forms have different surface qualities in colour
An art form dictates the way it is experienced

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Reflect on their art choice
2. Express themselves through creativity.
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Are students able to think of a different way to use their favorite colour?
Are students able to manipulate natural colour into something else
Key Questions:

Products/Performance
s:
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
Alberta Program of Studies
Crayons
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
6 X 9 blank pieces of paper
PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
Have the book ready to read and the paper out on standby
Introduction
Time
Attention Grabber
Ask the students what their favorite colour is and how what is
something that they colour it with.
Assessment of Prior
Students will know what the names of the colours
Knowledge
Expectations for
When Miss Walker is reading they are to be sitting quietly and listening
Learning and
to the story.
Behaviour
When they are working on their picture they may quietly talk with their
neighbor.
Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body
Students will come in and will sit in the rocking chair area.
Body
Time
Learning Activity #1

Read to the students the book The Day the Crayons Quit

Pause after each crayon and ask how each of the crayons
might be feeling? Are they mad? Sad? Frustrated?

Tell the students that they will create a piece of artwork that
reflects their favorite colour being used in a way that it is not
20 mins
normally usual.

Tell them that they may colour with their favorite colour, but
like the crayons in the book need to be used for something
different.

Miss Walkers favorite colour is blue, but if I was going to draw

the ocean, I could use green.
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation
Learning Activity #2
20 mins

Students will return to their desk and the helpers will pass out
the 6 X 9 worksheet

Students will then use this remaining time to work of their

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

artwork.
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation
Learning Activity #3

We will then perform an art viewing. Each student will come to

the front of the room, and they will describe their picture.
What is the favorite colour, how did they use it differently?

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation
Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

To do a cross curricular activity, we could do a poll of the class

and see what the ratio to colours are/add up the amount to
multiples of 10 until we reach the students who are in the
class.
If students are nervous to speak, Miss Walker will go up with them and
they can whisper to her what they want to say.
The student will be encouraged to speak and participate but they do
not have to if they do not want to.
Closure
Does colour always have to be used in one way? Will some things
always be one colour in nature? (Grass is green in summer and brown
in winter, snow is white, but the sky is not always blue!)

20 mins

Time
3 mins

Crayons will be put away and Miss Walker will collect all of the artwork
when they are presenting. Transition into science when students are
sitting in their desks with their heads down.

Sponge
Activity/Activities
Reflections from the
lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe