In this hour long lesson, help your Foundation students revise the art elements they’ve learned about over the last three weeks, by combining them to decorate a turtle shell that will be the cover of their art elements book.

IMPORTANT: This is part 4 in a series of 4 lessons about the art elements. If you haven’t done the other 3 lessons then this one won’t make much sense. I would only recommend purchasing it if you have completed the other 3 lessons.

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 7-14

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
• *BONUS: In this lesson, you also get Cross Curriculum Links to Maths, Literacy and the General Capabilities that cover the whole unit.

• 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 
• *BONUS: Alternatively, you can print the Unit Assessment sheets (Slides 11, 12 & 13), so you have all the assessments for each lesson from the Unit in one place).

• ‘Exploring The Art Elements With Turtles’ black line master cover of the turtle to print for your students.

Pages 15-19

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 (2 Bonuses included)

The first lesson in this bundle is FREE.

Buy the bundle and save a further $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!