Monday, July 17, 2017

Silly Sandwich Art Lesson

Silly Sandwich Art Sub Lesson


Student drawing of a silly sandwich
This lesson idea has been around for a while and it is still as good as ever. Kids love "silly" and fun anything and this is no exception.  You can load anything you want on a silly sandwich. Food, toys, the kitchen sink. It's all good. 
If you have time, cutting 12” x 18” paper into 6” x 9” makes for a fun size.  This size really exaggerates how silly and big this sandwich is.
Student drawing of a silly sandwich

If you want to save yourself some time, I have this lesson fully formed in a PowerPoint in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  There are photos of real silly sandwiches and student samples.

It works great as a lesson to leave with your substitute teachers. All your sub needs to do is read the script and follow the directions. Classroom teachers and art teachers can teach it too, but subs love this one. The kids stay engaged doing it.

Cover art for art sub lesson plan: Silly Sandwich
Oh! And I added a word find puzzle about sandwiches for those early finishers.  
You can check it out here:  Art Sub Lesson - Silly Sandwich

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

5 Back to School Art Sub Lessons

Art Sub Lessons that Anyone Can Teach


photo announcing the title of this post
Back to school time must be the hardest time to think up art Sub lessons. Here Are 5 Art lessons that are easy enough for art subs and classroom teachers but can be used by art teachers as well.
Child's drawing of a variety of lines
Lines, Lines, and More Lines by Jan Johnson at Art Sub Lessons


Middle School student drawings of Minions
Minions by Miriam at Arte a Scuola

student radial design on a paper plate
Dot Day by Ms. O'Hanley at Tales from the Traveling Art Teacher
Collaborative Creatures by Katie Weymouth at Briargrove Elementary Art Page




Sunday, July 9, 2017

Art Sub Plans - Collaborative Creatures

Collaborative Creatures - Back to School Art Sub Plans


This open-ended, creative lesson can double as an art sub-plan and a back-to-school lesson. Katie Weymouth has posted it over on her blog, Briargrove Elementary Art Page. 


Children’s collaborative drawing of a creature

Katie has given detailed instructions on how to teach this lesson and has provided tons of student created artwork. That’s one of the reasons this is such a nice sub plan. It is so ready for you to print out and hand to a sub.

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Back to School Art Sub Plans - Dot Day

Dot Day for Back to School Art 


Teachers love to integrate Dot Day into their Back to School lessons since, for many, they happen around the same time. (September)

 

Here are Dot Day lessons from Ms. O’Hanley, Tales from the Traveling Art Teacher  She’s got a video link and multiple lesson ideas that a sub could do.  

 

One of my favorites is this radial symmetry design done on a paper plate.  Check it out! 


art sub plan, art sub lesson, Dot Day

Friday, July 7, 2017

Art Sub Plan for Back to School - Emoji

Back to School Art Idea


***Note: The original post that I linked to here no longer exists. Actually, so far as I can tell, the whole blog is gone.  But here is my original post.***

Kids would love to do this if they had a sub in art.  You could print out samples of emoji and have the students create new ones.  This plan could easily be adapted to crayon.  Check this idea out over at:  Room (: Art!






Friday, June 9, 2017

Create a Block Character - Art Worksheets Printables

Create a Character - Art Sub Plan and Early Finishers 



Art Sub Plans Worksheets with Legos This drawing worksheet includes directions; sample details; and a lightly drawn in character. All you need to do is print and distribute. Great for centers, early finishers, and art sub plans worksheets too!

Here is feedback from a middle school teacher: "My Middle School Art students enjoyed this assignment. It allows for a range of art supplies at home- so they all felt successful !"

Worksheets for Early Finishers are the perfect tools to engage students with time on their hands. Your art subs will adore you for leaving worksheets for those empty minutes, but you will appreciate them just as much.This is a quick art project for early finishers. There are three worksheets included. One worksheet has a figure lightly drawn in and students create their own characteristics over it. Another is the same worksheet but the character is drawn darkly. The last worksheet is a full page character with nothing else. Students may create characters from stories, movies, sports, hobbies or their own imaginations. There are sample body features that they may use or they may invent those too. There are teacher samples included so that you don't have to spend the time to do it yourself! 

This may also be an inspiration for a writing assignment.

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Disguise a Turkey - Art Worksheets Printables

Draw a Turkey in Disguise - Art Worksheets Printables





Need a Thanksgiving art sub plan, art lesson or early finishers worksheet? This is a fun and creative worksheet for kindergarten, elementary, and middle school. This drawing lesson is based on a classic lesson in which students alter the appearance of a turkey to help him escape Thanksgiving dinner. This could be a great lead in for a Writers' Workshop lesson. The supplies needed for this worksheet are pencils and crayons or markers. CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO PREVIEW OF THE WORKSHEET

Here’s where you can find that worksheet:  TPT Shop: Art Sub Lessons

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Silly Monkey - Art Worksheets Printables

Art Worksheet - Silly Monkey

 

  Mini Art Project - Early Finishers Worksheet Whew! This time of year you definitely have to keep those kiddies on their toes. You need to occupy their every minute. Here is a fun worksheet you can give them that is engaging and creative. It is a great way to have them fill in those moments when they need activity. There is a lightly drawn outline of a monkey and boxes of possible details. The student will choose their own details and add whatever they like. They then may draw a background and color in. Your kids will love this! You will too.


Thursday, May 11, 2017

Easy Art Plans for Subs

Easy Art Sub Plans


Here is a free art sub PowerPoint plan for you at my  Teachers Pay Teachers shop: Art Sub Lessons.  This lesson is one I use with kindergarten.  We do lots of moving around making the shapes of lines as we look at the slides. TeachersPayTeachers requests that you make your free PowerPoints smaller than your "for pay" ones, but this is still full of good images and information for your students and subs.





Here are a couple of "easy sub lessons" from Dali's Moustache.  One is a third grade lesson about Jackson Pollack's action paintings.  The other is a fourth grade lesson called "crayon fireworks."


Another easy way to prepare for an art sub is to go to my shop, Art Sub Plans. I have created complete lessons in which all your sub has to do is read the slides and follow the directions.  They are full of visuals and are created to be used with the most simple supplies.  Pencils, paper and crayons are all your students will need to create imaginative works of art.

These are perfect for those emergency absences when you do not have the time to write detailed plans but want to leave quality plans for your subs.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Art Sub Plan Idea - Easy Shape Tracing

Art Sub Plan Idea - Easy Shape Tracing


This lesson would be great for an art sub with just a small bit of tweaking. I can't imagine leaving a lesson that includes black tempera paint, but there are work arounds.




From experience, I know that kids love tracing. Cans. Coffee lids. Flat tools. The more diverse, the better. Crayons are a perfect medium here and great to leave with subs.

Get inspiration from this gorgeous lesson from The Moffatt Girls.