Elementary School Arts & Music Assessment

This resource contains 11 different Native American Feather art projects that let students explore a variety of media while learning about Native American culture.  Perfect for Native American Heritage Month (November), this resource is designed for 2nd-5th grades but may be adapted for middle school or even younger students. 

Looking to engage your students? This resource is highly engaging and cross-curricular.   With 11 feather projects, there is something for every student. Facts about feathers and their significance in Native American culture are included.  

Need to assess student knowledge or skills? Many of the projects are short, one-day projects ideal for experimenting with new media or assessing skills.  Ideas for assessment are included. 

What about differentiating for my students?  With a variety of projects using many different media, you have many project choices to allow you to differentiate the project and/or the process of creating the project.  

Can I use it with centers? This resource may be used with or without centers. Using centers allows students to work at different rates while all students are still working and creating but projects may easily be done without centers.   

What about art content? National Arts Standards and TEKS (standards for Texas) are included for 2nd - 5th grades. Each project also includes relevant art vocabulary to use with the lesson. 

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS SAID

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “We did some of these projects during Native American Heritage Month. Students loved creating different feathers with different art materials. They turned out beautifully!”

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 24 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 11 projects - 10 feather art projects & 1 student-created feather stencil
• Suggestions for project variations
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Ideas for assessment
• Feather facts and the information on the importance of feathers in Native American culture
• 2 coloring pages with 2 feathers each (total of 4 feathers)
• Student practice sheet with rachis already drawn
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades
• Group project ideas

Get yours to create an amazing display for Native American Heritage Month. This resource is also part of 2 Native American Art Project bundles listed here and here.

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Down in the Art Room

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Looking for the ultimate back-to-school art lesson with your elementary students? This is it!! This unique cross-curricular lesson has assessments & SEL (social-emotional learning) built-in, editable choice boards, and variations so even your Kinder students will be successful.

This lesson is highly customizable & allows you to include which & how many assessments to include plus the option of choosing what SEL to use in the lesson from the 10 choices provided. It includes an assessment data tracker (if your administration is interested in that) that is editable. National Core Art Standards & TEKS (Texas) are also included. It is designed for K-5th grade students.

This lesson is in a PDF file that contains 17 pages. The assessment trackers and choice boards are available in the PDF file and also in PowerPoint where they can be edited. It includes:

• Detailed step-by-step instructions with photos for 2 project variations
• Over 10 assessment choices to include in the lesson (use as many or as few as you wish)
• 2 PDF choice boards for SEL
• 2 editable PowerPoint choice boards for SEL
• 10 choices of SEL to include in the lesson (use as many or as few as you wish)
• 2 Assessment trackers
• National Art Standards for K-5
• TEKS (Texas) for K-5
• Suggestion for data tracking in Art using the assessment tracker
• Cross-curricular connections

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I specialize in cross-curricular lessons and resources. More lessons and resources may be found at my TeachShare store.

https://www.TeachShare.com/Store/Down-In-The-Art-Room

To be notified of new products and resources in my store, click here.

Thank you!

Deborah

Down in the Art Room

This includes a weekly lesson plan for the school year, options for assessments, prompts, warm-ups and activities. All you need to homeschool dance. It would be helpful to use YouTube videos as well if you aren't a dancer.

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This is a non-traditional Frida Kahlo cross-curricular lesson that elementary students love. Perfect for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15, this engaging lesson combines information about Frida Kahlo and her love for animals and combines it with one of her famous self-portraits (The Frame, 1938) while bringing social-emotional learning into your classroom.

This resource includes 3 cross-curricular projects - the Frida Kahlo portrait, a spider monkey, and a macaw drawing project, plus 2 different frame projects to use with the projects.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 17 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson for drawing spider monkey and macaw with detailed instructions and photos
• Cross-curricular lesson for Frida Kahlo portrait with detailed instructions and photos
• 2 frame projects with clear instructions and photos
• 3 reference photos of parrots & 2 of monkeys (reproducible)
• Cross-curricular, social-emotional learning, and literacy connections
• Hispanic Heritage month facts and resources
• TEKS and National Core Arts Standards for grades 2-5
• Assessment ideas

This lesson is designed and has been used with 2-5th grades but is adaptable for middle school.

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Thank you!

Deborah

Down in the Art Room

This includes a weekly lesson plan for the school year, options for assessments, prompts, warm-ups and activities. All you need to homeschool dance. It would be helpful to use YouTube videos as well if you aren't a dancer.

You May Also Like:
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