Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cutlery Wind Chime Lesson Plan

HEADING (1 pt)
Name: James Hoff                                                                                                School: Valley City State University
Room: Eml 378                                                                                                      Content: Art
Time: 9:30 – 10:45                                                                                                Topic: Recycling
Date: November 20th  2012                                                                                  Lesson: Cutlery Wind chimes
CONTENT STANDARDS/COMMON CORE
OBJECTIVES (3 pts)
The learners will to the best of their ability:
  1.      Collect 1 paper plate, 1 pencil, markers, 4 pieces of long ribbon and 7 pieces of short ribbon, and 7 pieces of plastic cutlery to make a cutlery wind chime.
  2.      Color the paper plate with markers.
  3.      Poke 4 holes on the edge of the paper plate with a pencil an equal distance apart.
  4.      Poke 7 holes randomly in the inner circle of the paper plate.
  5.      Tie a knot in the 4 long pieces of ribbon at an end
  6.      Feed the long ribbons through the outer holes in the plate facing one direction.
  7.      Tie the 4 long pieces of yarn together to create a hanging plate.
  8.      Tie a knot in the 7 short pieces of yarn at an end
  9.      Feed the short ribbons through the random holes in the plate facing opposite the long ribbons.
  10.  Tie 1 piece of plastic cutlery to each short ribbon with the handle facing the plate.
  11.  Trim the ribbon to create clean knots.
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT (2 pts)
  1.      1 example cutlery wind chime
  2.      1 paper plate per student
  3.      1 pencil per student
  4.      1 package of markers per student
  5.      4 Pieces of long ribbon (16”) per student
  6.      7 Pieces of short ribbon (10”) per student
  7.      7 pieces of plastic cutlery per student
  8.      1 scissor per 3 students 
INTRODUCTION (3 pts)
Raise hand to get attention. Start after everyone’s hand is in the air.
  1.      How many of you have created art projects out of recycled materials?
a.       Look for raised hands
  2.      What kinds of projects did you make?
a.       Popsicle houses
b.      Popsicle picture frames
c.       Accordion foldout books
d.      Christmas ornaments
e.       Qr code games
  3.      What types of recycled material did you use?
a.       Pop bottle tops
b.      Popsicle sticks
c.       Cardboard boxes
d.      Chop sticks
  4.      Today we are going to add to your recycling art experience by creating cutlery wind chimes.
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES (4 pts)
  1.      Gather all materials and sit quietly at the table
  2.      Color both sides of the paper plate whatever design you so choose with markers.
  3.      Using a pencil, poke 4 holes on the outer edge of the plate so that each hole is evenly spaced.
a.       Another way to think about it is to place the holes in a plus pattern.
  4.      Using a pencil, poke 7 holes in the inner circle of the paper plate at random.
  5.      At each end of the 4 long ribbons tie a knot at the end.
  6.      Take each ribbon and feed it through the 4 hour holes (one string per hole) so that the knot is touching the plate.
  7.      Tie the un-knotted end of the 4 long ribbons together in order to create a way for the plate to hang.
  8.      At each end of the 7 short ribbons tie a knot at the end.
  9.      Take each ribbon and feed it through the random 7 holes in your plate. 
a.       Make sure to have the knots touching the plate, but on the opposite side of the knots from the long ribbons.
  10.  Tie 1 pieces of plastic cutlery to each short ribbon with the handle closest/facing the plate.
  11.  Trim the ribbons to create clean knots.

CLOSING ACTIVITIES (2 pts)
  1.      Clean up
  2.      Markers back in boxes
  3.      Give Scissor back to teacher
  4.      Extra material back to teacher
  5.      Thank the learners, compliment them on well-made wind chimes, and introduce the next teacher
  6.      If last teacher, thank the learners, compliment them on well-made wind chimes, and state that we will now wait for the rest of the groups to finish and then we will join the main class.  
EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING (3 pts)
Rubric Components:
  1.      Plate colored
  2.      7 pieces of cutlery hanging from short ribbons off plate
  3.      4 pieces of long ribbon create a holder
  4.      10 points
  5.      Student will be able to show a completed cutlery wind chime and talk about using recycled materials for art projects.