Rainbow Crow Art lesson 1

Subject: Art Grade: 5 Date: March 9, 2017

Lesson: rainbow crow Time: (multiple classes)
SLOs: From the Program of Studies

6 QUALITIES AND DETAILS: Students will employ surface qualities

for specific effects
B - Tonal interchanges enhance a work
8 UNITY: Students will create unity by integrating the parts of a
composition into the whole.
C- Transitions of colour, texture or tone relate the
parts of a composition to a unified whole.
F - Pervasive colour, texture or tone can unify a
composition, as from an overall wash of paint, a glaze, a textural
additive, a surface treatment, or the like.
9 CRAFTSMANSHIP: Students will perfect images through
economical use of material and efficiency of effort.
B. Skill in getting the most from the least

Cross curricular:
Social Studies
Students will appreciate how First nations stories connect people to the land
students will have appreciation of oral stories

Materials:

Rainbow Crow - David Bouchard

Rainbow Crow CD (in book)
CD player
Large piece of white paper / student
multiple pieces construction paper/ student
pipe cleaners
tissue paper
pipe cleaner
googly eyes
stapler
stapers
glue sticks (students)
scissors (students)

Preparation:

Exemplar created
agenda on pwrpnt crow feather power powerpoint ready to go
Adaptations:

I dont know what adaptations are needed for this lesson.

Perhaps allow some students use scissors if they insist

Lesson Procedure:
(Use numbered or bulleted steps. Indicate lesson introduction, development and
conclusion to clarify the flow of the lesson. Write it with enough detail that a
substitute teacher could teach the lesson.)
Introduction
Go over agenda
Students move desks so there is enough space for a circle
Students sit in circle on ground

Rainbow Crow Story

Play Rainbow Crow on radio
Pause point: mother earth gives us everything we
need - water, food, and shelter. All things are born of her. All things
return to her. Crawlers, flyers, swimmers, two - and four- leggeds
we are all her children. We are all related.
Ask: What does this teach us about traditional
aboriginal beliefs about how humans and nature is connected?
Listen to story
How did the animals act in the council?
humble, took turns talking, etc
Who did the animals need to see?
The creator
where did the creator live
the sky
What did Rainbow Crow do when she had to wait?
she sang
Why couldnt the creator stop the snow?
because he couldnt undo something he
had done already
What gift did the Creator give rainbow crow?
fire
Why was rainbow crow hurt
she wouldnt let go of the fire
what gifts did the creator give Rainbow crow?
flesh taste burned, no one want to eat
no music, not caged
black feathers still have some beauty
Art lesson
1) students fold large white paper in half
 2) next to fold, follow drawing directions in power point

----- probably stop point for class, below are future directions

3) cut crow out (outline only)

4) fill in lines on opposite side
5) use ROYGBV to determine coloring on crow
[Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet)
a) Use letter to create guide for construction paper
6) students get permission to start when finished guide
7) students tear construction paper into feathers and glue on crow
8) students cut and glue beak
9) students add details with oil pastels
10)Students glue on googly eyes
11) students create burning stick with pipe cleaner and tissue paper
12)students add fire details to wings and talk with tissue paper
13)fold wings back so flying
14)students punch holes in crow
15)students add string
16)hang in room for all to enjoy

Assessment:

How will you know if students met your lesson objectives? What assessment tool
or strategy are you using? What are you looking for in this formative
assessment?

observe student progress, frustration

check students letter guide to make sure follows ROYGBV for
creation of end product

Lesson Reflection:

This is a space for notes after youve taught the lesson.