A partnership with Arts for Learning NW (ALNW) and the Oregon Department of Education
Students will explore abstract art by reflecting on their emotions and recent experiences. They will consider how abstract artists use line, color, and shape to convey feelings and create their own abstract representations of an exciting moment in their lives
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will learnto create a simple puppet and use it to express emotions in different settings.
Medium: Theatre | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will use traditional Indigenous art forms to explore and express their thoughts, emotions, and identity through the creation of a personal Codex book. They will reflect on how their intersectional identity shapes their perspectives and create visual representations of these reflections through storytelling and art.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 4th Grade
Students will observe and discuss meaning and mark making in Joan Miró's work and collaboratively create their own connections between emotions, lines and shapes. Then, students will individually create Miró inspired drawings.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
Students collaborate to create a large mural using ripped paper, applying various elements and principles of art.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
Students will learn how to use body percussion and chants to create short rhythmic patterns that express how they feel and who they are.
Medium: Music | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will learn about abstract art as they create an impermanent art piece representing a story that shares something true about themselves.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will find shapes in their environment. Students will transform their bodies from a growing fiddlehead fern to a mature frond. Students will draw and design an art piece incorporating a fern.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 2nd Grade
They will choose safe ways to use materials and choose materials to make art that best communicate their ideas. Their work will be informed by the place they are from, which holds many stories, cultures and histories.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
The focus of this lesson is to teach students Observational Thinking as a way to give feedback in an open-minded, curious, and non-judgmental manner. Students will create short dances based on a personal emotion, watch each other perform, then share observations and feedback to help each other see how their moves are understood by an audience.
In this module, students will explore the connection between their emotions and the world around them through movement. They will learn to identify various emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, and calmness, and express these feelings by associating them with the waves of an ocean—gentle ripples, crashing waves, and calm seas.
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythmic voice, and compose a rhythm beat.
Medium: Music | Grade: Kindergarten
Students will create dioramas of reused materials to showcase one of their sacred spaces. Students will develop, explain, and investigate opportunities to be curious, open-minded, and think critically across situations and environments. They will identify a feeling or emotion associated with a place that is sacred to them or a larger community they are a part of. Students will then identify, define, and recognize the choices and contributions in promoting personal, family, and community well-being.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 4th Grade
Students will learn to express their thoughts and emotions creatively by writing and performing their spoken word poetry. They will explore the art of rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling, using their voices and words to communicate their ideas confidently. The focus will be on self-expression, creativity, and collaboration, helping students connect with their peers through the vulnerability of sharing personal poetry.
Students will learn techniques for observational drawing of simple, still-life objects. Students will be introduced to the value continuum/grayscale. Students will learn the techniques for simple shading.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 1st Grade
Students will learn how to make their own sketchbooks from everyday items. Students will learn foundational art concepts.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: Kindergarten
