FACTSHEET

Things To Consider in Preparing a

Lesson Plan
Leizl Abrahan | Archie Claros
 WHAT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN?

An instructional Plan contains valuable instructions that

demonstrate how to act when a sudden event occurs, how to operate
a particular object or device, how to manage a team or
department, how to teach the class, and many more aspects when
it comes to providing fundamental instructions to assess the
needs of the people.

THINGS TO CONSIDER IN PREPARING AN INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN

Teaching Art can be challenging especially if you do not

have your own art room or if you lack resources and materials.
Assessing your student's present level of knowledge, skill,
interests, and work habits is also important to validate whether
your plans can work or not. Many teachers struggle following the
lesson in the curriculum due to limited resources especially
when they have very limited time.

What is ART as a subject?

Art, unlike other academic subjects, is a more experiential

learning activity with messier and time-consuming hands-on tasks

Setting up the tools and packing away the materials involve

a lot of time. Cleaning, proper storage, and filing should also
be planned ahead so that you won't stress about spoiled, ruined,
or misplaced works. All of these are important considerations
to have a more efficient and less stressful execution of your
lesson. Here are some guidelines that you should consider in
planning your art class.

GUIDELINES TO CONSIDER IN PLANNING AN INSTRUCTION

1. Know your students.

Know their strengths, weaknesses, threats, and what makes
them excited.
 ➢ During the first few days of the school year, start
with light but personal activities. Young students can
either be too excited or hesitant.
➢ Open-ended activities but with templates are a good
start to gauge student level and skill. This will
serve as your baseline.
➢ Each student has an individual strengths and struggles
per class.
➢ It is a must to identify what motivates them by knowing
their interests and how they respond to certain
themes. As a teacher, know what makes these young kids
excited.
➢ It is also important to identify triggers for certain
behaviors, especially if you are teaching a mixed-
level class or children with special needs. It is
important that at the beginning, you know who among
your students can get too excited to play with paints,
scissors, pencils, etc. Doing so can prevent
behavioral problems, such as lack of motivation or
aggressive behavior.
➢ If you know your students well, you can be three steps
ahead and prepared for the best- case and worst-case
scenarios.

2. Plan for students' safety.

Always keep this in mind when teaching and make sure
to always consider students' safety.

➢ Young children can get really excited or frustrated

during art class. This is also the stage where they
will be using some of the art materials for the first
time. Make sure you know where all the sharp objects
are and if you are teaching younger kids, make sure
to keep them out of reach.
➢ If there is a kid who has a tendency to use scissors
as a toy or gets too excited when cutting, make sure
to proceed with caution.

Continuum of Choices
What you modify is the amount of choice. And that will
change as you learn about your student population and their
 needs, and it will vary from class to class, and student
to student. At some point, students will be 100% self-
directed, and that’s a beautiful thing.

The continuum of choice from learner-directed art making

(left) and teacher-directed assignments (right)
> More Choice Less Choice <
> Learner-directed Teacher-directed <
> Focus on process Focus on product <
> Emergent Curriculum Explicit Curriculum <
Learner- Theme or Media Skill Builders Teacher-
Directed Focus Directed
No teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher
assignment; assigns open- assigns media, assigns
Teacher as ended theme OR techniques, concept,
facilitator specific quantity, and media, size,
media. duration. duration, and
assessment.
Learner Teacher and Learner Learner has
chooses: learner decides on how minimal input,
negotiate: to incorporate such as size
•Media these skills and color.
•Media in future
•Content work.
•Content
•Size/Format
•Size/Format
•Collaboration
or individual •Collaboration
work or individual
work
•Duration
•Duration
The Continuum of Choice (Jequith, 2015c), Choice is offered
in different amounts with shifts in control teacher to
students, depending upon the goals of instruction (Douglas &
Jaquith 2018).

Give emphasis on teaching the proper usage and storage of

materials in class.
•How to use and store scissors properly
•Do not over sharpen pencils. Make sure to dull the tip.
•Use nontoxic materials only in case of accidental ingestion of
paints and adhesives.
•Beware of choking hazards (beads, pompoms, small items).
•Beware of allergic reactions (skin contact and inhalations of
substances).
•Be careful of wet slippery areas due to spillage of water
containers.

3. Select your materials carefully.

Consider the availability of resources.

➢ Choosing the right media is crucial when planning an

art activity.
➢ Sometimes you have to improvise because materials
might not be available or not be enough for the class.
➢ It is a must to plan your lesson according to the
materials that are available and appropriate. Don't
make the mistake of excitedly preparing for a painting
class only to know that there is no water source
nearby.
➢ As a teacher, you need to know how much materials are
needed and how much are available for you to use. You
may find a very interesting activity online, however,
the materials are not available in your area. Or maybe
the curriculum stated to use acrylic painting on
canvas but you know that your students may find it
difficult to get this due to their location or
economic status.
➢ You have to consider whether you can provide the
materials for your students or if your students can
provide their own materials.

Consider, these questions:

•Is it readily available in your area?
•Do your students have the capacity to buy it?
•Can you improvise? Are alternatives?
•Does it have to be individual or can it be shared by
the group?
4. Proper care for the materials
Art materials do not come by easily so we have to teach how
to respect and take care of the materials so these will last
longer.

Make sure to plan how to teach proper care and storage.

For example, when painting make sure to clean art brushes

thoroughly right away especially if you are using acrylic. If
you do not have access to a sink, put buckets of water inside
the classroom as water source. Take note that prolonged soaking
on water can permanently damage the brush. Palettes should be
cleaned regularly. But if you still have a lot of leftover paint,
you can put a hard plastic cover on top then leave it to dry.
Dampen it with drops of water to soften the paint. Then you are
ready to use it again. Keep these tips in mind and prepare to
teach it as part of your lesson.

5. Maximize workspace, venue, and water supply.

Workplace, venue and the water supply shoul be considered
when planning your lessons.
Make sure that all of these are addressed no matter how fun
the activity might seem or you will end up in chaos. That is why
a lot of teachers do not do fun activities because most of them
require a lot of preparations and considerations to keep the
room clean.

When deciding to push through with an activity, you have

to consider these questions:
•Are you working on the desk tables, long tables, or the floor?
•Can the tables get painted or should you cover them with plastic
or newspaper? Are you allowed to mess up the floor or should you
be very careful for paint drips?
•If you are using paints, do you have water supply, like a sink,
buckets of water or dump in your room?
•Where are you going to throw your dirty clay water to prevent
clogged sink?
•Does your room have ample lighting? Big windows with natural
light (drawing and painting) or lamps?
•If you are using acrylic, oil or spray paint, does your room
have proper ventilation? Can you work outdoors?
•Do you have proper waste disposal bins for messy paint or big
stuff?
•Will you be having your own room? Or are you an Art-in-the-cart
where you will be traveling room to room?

6. Manage TIME wisely.

Be prepared. Set a routine. Create a system.

➢ One factor that all teachers are struggling with is

time management.
➢ In preschool, art classes on average only last for 30
minutes, while elementary classes last up to 45
minutes. This is a problem especially for those who
do not have their own room because they have to set
up an "atelier" for every session.
➢ Another important thing is the time to clean up which
takes around 5-10 minutes if not planned properly.
➢ Being an Art-in-the-cart teacher is very challenging
because you really have to make sure everything is
organized. Sometimes we tend to forget something from
the storage or from the previous room and it takes a
lot of time to get it.
➢ This is a challenge because some kids take time to be
"in the zone" where one is focused and so engrossed
with their work but when the time comes that they are
at the peak of their creation, it is time for the next
subject. However, for us teachers, time allotment is
out of our control so we have to make the most out of
it.
➢ Routine and delegation are key factors.

7. Begin with the end in mind.

Afterworks: Postproduction.
Logistics is a very important consideration in teaching
art. In the art world, postproduction is a major part of the
creation process.
Artworks, just like materials should be stored properly.
This is one of the parts struggled the most as an art teacher.
If you do not have a teacher assistant and proper storage for
the artworks, these would pile up and you will have a hard time
keeping track of which class do these belong to.
In planning your class, you have to consider these
questions:
•How will the artwork be stored? What about unfinished artworks?
•Is it going to be posted on the wall, inserted in students'
folios, framed, shared to everyone online, or brought home?
•Is there a safe drying area in your room to dry the students'
works flat? Can you store them vertically?
•How will you document works for assessment?

EXAMPLE OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN

Source of information:
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/aklan-state-
university/bachelor-of-secondary-education/complete-detailed-
lesson-plan-in-arts-1/20864492

SUMMARY

Conducting an art class is like preparing for a battle:

getting information about your students, assessing available
materials, and learning how to maneuver the space to your
advantage. These are all important considerations in
instructional planning in order to have a more efficient, fun,
engaging, and stress-free art class.
ASSESSMENT
Things To Consider in Preparing a
Lesson Plan
Leizl Abrahan | Archie Claros
 PART I. ENUMERATION
Instruction: Enumerate the following;

1. Write down the seven(7) guidelines to consider in planning

an instruction.

PART II. ESSAY

Instruction:
Read the question carefully. In a 4-5 sentences, answer
the question in substantive manner.

Why is it important to consider those seven (7) guidelines in

planning an instructional plan?

ANSWER KEY
PART I.
Seven (7) guidelines to consider in planning an Instruction
1. Know your students.
2. Plan for students' safety.
3. Select your materials carefully.
4. Care for the materials.
5. Maximize workspace, venue, and water supply.
6. Manage TIME wisely.
7. Begin with the end in mind.

PART II.
Why is it important to consider those seven (7) guidelines in
planning an instructional plan?
Possible Answer:
An instructional plan very essential in an instruction as
it serves as a guide to the teacher on what to teach, how to
teach and when to teach. It just mean that an instructional plan
is the backbone of an instruction thus, it is necessary to know
the seven guidelines in order to create an instructional that
will ensure that the quality of education has been served to
students in a manner where students will be able to enjoy
learning while securing their safety and well-being as well as
considering the students capacity to provide the materials that
will be utilizing in an instruction. It also ensures that the
time alloted as well as the output of the students are well-
managed. With all of these, learning will become fun, accurate,
safe and do provide quality education.