This one hour lesson will help your Foundation students explore the art elements of line and colour, by decorating a turtle shell using these elements. 

Don't have an hour? That's ok. Simply adjust the time frame according to your schedule and students' needs.

This is part 1 in a series of 4 lessons that will end in creating a book about the art elements.

Designed to make your art teacher life easier, the included lesson plans, assessment and slides to use during the lesson are aligned to the Australian Visual Arts Curriculum 9.0.  

Easily navigate this product with the following:

Pages 2-6

• The terms of use, credits and resources used

• How to navigate this product

• A contents page with clickable links to each slide

• Instructions on how to use this product before and during the lesson.

Pages 7-11

No research or planning required. It’s all been done for you, including:

• An overview of the lesson with links to 3 Australian Visual Arts Curriculum Strands

• Learning goals, Success Criteria and the plans for your Tuning in, Explicit teaching and Reflection Sessions, using the Australian Visual Arts Curriculum 9.0.
• The Tools and Materials required
• Enabling and Extending Ideas and
• Extra Tips and Tricks

• An assessment checklist

• The Art Elements: Line and Colour black-line master of the turtle to print for your students.

Pages 12-16

Easily implement the lesson plan, with these ready to go slides to use in the art room, including:

• An introduction to art student characters that give information and pose the questions for you to ask

• Your tuning in session

• Your explicit teaching session with a video of me modelling the lesson included (stop, start and add your own suggestions as you please) and the written process for students to follow

• Your reflection session

• A celebration of your student’s achievements as you recap what they have learned.

*IMPORTANT: Before purchasing, please note that in order to make full use of the video and slides for the art room, a smartboard or TV and the internet - specifically access to YouTube is required.

This lesson is part of a 5 week Foundation beginning of year unit/bundle including:

Introduction to Art - Lesson 1 - Welcome to the Art Room (FREE)

Introduction to Art - Lesson 2 - The Art Elements: Line and Colour

Introduction to Art - Lesson 3 - The Art Elements: Shape and Texture

Introduction to Art - Lesson 4 - The Art Elements: Space and Form

Introduction to Art - Lesson 5 - Combining The Art Elements

The first lesson in this bundle is FREE and the 5th lesson comes with 2 bonuses:

1: An assessment checklist covering the whole unit (rather than having one page a week) 

2: Cross-curriculum links. 

Buy the bundle and save $5.00!

My goal is to make primary school art teacher’s lives easier and I truly hope this product does that for you. Any questions, queries or constructive feedback are welcome. Your suggestions will help me continue to create products that will save you time in your busy art teacher life, while enriching the art experiences of your students. Have fun creating!