Community Helpers My final art integrated lesson was based upon community helpers. I’m not too sure if I mentioned this earlier, but my field's kindergarten level is very structured, and everyone in the grade level does the same work. I have also noticed that it is a very worksheet friendly school, and students are used to having at least 3-6 worksheets a day. Also, based upon my last art lesson, I notice that if I give too much “Freedom” by giving students a project with no template, the students get very flustered and have a hard time completing the project. So for this lesson I did it on Community Helpers and we first read a book called “ABC Jobs. Jobs that make America work.”
After reading the book, the class compiled a list of A-Z jobs. For a few, we had to go over their job descriptions. Then I asked students, “When they grow up, what kind of community helper would like to be.” So then I modeled that I want to be a teacher and drew in a teacher and some “tools” that she uses. During this part, some students were confused and thought the word “tools” were actual tools to fix things instead of instruments being used. From that section I had to explain to the students about tools. Then students had to write down their community helper and tools that they use to help the community. This lesson went way smoother than the last art lesson, and students were able to finish their work really fast. Since we had extra time when all students completed their work, I had students practice sharing in front of the class. Students came up to present what they wanted to be when they grow up, and some tools that that community helper uses. I feel that this lesson went very smoothly, compared to my other lesson, and I was very pleased with the outcome of the students work. |