Lesson Plan Template

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Candidate Christina Carr
Date
10-30-16

Field Supervisor Mrs. Snead

Mentor Teacher

Unit/Lesson Sequence title: Color Theory

Grade level: intro art
Number of Students: 40
Lesson __1___ of ___3__
Lesson title: The Color Wheel
Enduring Understanding / Central Focus
Students will analyze the different colors that can be created by mixing the three primary colors, while
also examining the tints, shade, and tones that can be created as well.
In

Lesson Rationale and Summary

Rationale:
This lesson is important because students need to be able to understand color theory in its entirety in
order to achieve a unified work of art when painting, drawing, printing, etc. Being able to mix colors
correctly helps students build upon their craft, while also aid in helping the students be able to
understand the art world.
Summary: In 3-5 sentences, answer the following questions:
1. Students will analyze the color wheel and be able to recreate it by mixing the primary colors.
2. Students will create a completed color wheel and other worksheets by mixing colors with white and
black to create tints shades and tones.
3. Students can relate this to their world by being able to look at a work of art or a real life object and be
able to understand the colors that sit well together.

Lesson Objectives with connections to State Standards / Learning Targets

The students will (number these):
1.
Students will create a color wheel by mixing the three primary colors. 2PR apply the elements and
principles of art and design using a variety of media to solve specific visual art problems.
2.

3.

Students will create a work of art based on impressionist artists by using colors they
have create from the three primaries. 1PR demonstrate basic technical skill and
craftsmanship with various art media when creating images from observation, memory,
and imagination.
Students will show craftsmanship with their color wheel and worksheets by creating a
solid mixed colors. 3PR explore multiple solutions to visual art problems through
prepatory work.

Content vocabulary:
Color theory: In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color
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mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. There are also definitions
(or categories) of colors based on the color wheel: primary color, secondary color and
tertiary color.
Color mixing: taking two colors such as red and yellow and mixing them with a brush
until they are the correct color orange.
Primary colors: red, yellow, blue
Secondary colors: orange, green, violet
Tertiary colors: yellow-orange, blue-green, blue-purple, etc.
Complementary colors: red and green, yellow and purple
Impressionism: an art movement that has a lot to do with fat brushstrokes and famous
artists like Monet.

General vocabulary:
ROYGBIV:( red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet) can be used in a science or design
class as well
Instructional terms:
Mixing: to take two or more colors and use a brush to mix them together.

Planned Assessments
Attach copies of any handouts that you will provide to students.
Pre-Assessment:
For a pre assessment, a class survey will be distributed.
Next, the color wheel blending with paint is used as a reassessment for the actual impressionist painting
that the students will actually do.
Formative Assessment/Informal Assessment: students will be doing multiple worksheets and be
able to respond to how they have mixed their colors.
Summative Assessment/Formal Assessment: students will be evaluated by a class critique at
the end to see what went well with the color mixing and also how the students responded to
the original work of art.

Differentiated Instructional Strategies

Use bullet points.
Write out how your lessons will support different types of learners. Include:

English language learners: talk slowly, give handouts of images for new vocabulary words.
Visual learners offer demonstration/teacher samples for students
Verbal learners have students repeat step by step instruction out loud.
Aural learners: present step by step demonstrations.
Kinesthetic learners: have samples of texture for students to touch.
Students with physical disabilities: provide hand over hand instruction, wear a lapel microphone.

Students with gifted exceptionalities: students can create the work of art in a different color group.
Possibly have students create the work with monochromatic painting instead of full range of values.

Lesson Resources
Equipment:
PowerPoint
Smartboard
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Demo tools: paintbrush, worksheet, water, paper towel

Health & Safely:

First aid kit
Supplies:
50 worksheets of color wheel practice
25 paint brushes
Water cups
Paper towels
10 cups of red paint
10 cups of blue paint
10 cups of yellow paint
Newspaper for the tables
Instructional support materials:
Reassessment survey
PowerPoint of color theory
Example of my color wheel

LESSON PROCEDURES

Lesson Part
Assessment
of Prior
Learning or
PreAssessment

Teacher actions

Lesson
Opening/
Introduction

Allotted Time
Formative
Assessment/
Informal
assessment

Student actions

(What will you be doing?)

(What will students be doing?)
The first day students were handed a survey
Students take the pre
to get to know them better and what they can
assessment and listen to
paint and what they like to paint.
PowerPoint
Students took the survey as a reassessment
and now students can build upon these skills

To help students become ready for the lesson, I gave

a PowerPoint about myself and had different
examples of my colored work.
Students were also warmed up to color by using
colored pencils to color their last projects.

Students will observe

as the PowerPoint is
being given.
Students will take
notes on the color
wheel and the different
color combinations and
their definitions

Approximate. 10 min
After the PowerPoint, do a call and response such as who
know what warm and cool colors are?
What is a tertiary color?
What are complementary colors?

Students will answer

questions

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Body of
Lesson
(studio activity)

Begin by doing a demonstration on how to mix

colors properly after all of the paints have been set
out on the tables.
Have another plate or something on the tables to be
used for mixing the colors.
Show the students a way to begin is to by first
coloring in the primary color boxes with red, blue
and yellow.
Another way to begin is to start with one color and
add a little bit of the next primary until you get the
next primary. For example, start with red. Next add
a little yellow to get red-yellow. Next you add more
yellow to have orange, and so on.
Next show students how to mix the secondary
colors, orange, and green, purple.
After show students how to mix the tertiary colors,
while also highlighting the complementary colors on
the wheel.
Dismiss the students back to their seats
Have a helper pass out the paint trays (if not
already on the table)
Pass out worksheet for students
Walk around and help students with their questions.

Allotted Time Approximate. 3 class periods.

Formative Walk around and help students with their mixing and color
Assessment/ theory.
Informal
assessment
Lesson
Closure

Allotted Time

Talk to students about how learning these color

theories are important to every artist and show
them different artist on how they use tints shades
and tones and how we will be learning about artists
next week.

Students will watch the

demo from the
instructor.
Students will pay
attention to primary,
secondary, and
tertiary.
Students will assist
with helping and
passing out supplies.
Students will begin to
mix the colors for their
color wheel.

Students will ask questions

when they need help.

Students will make

connections and talk about

Approximate. 5 min

Formative Assess each color wheel to see how closely students

Assessment/ followed directions.
Informal
assessment

Summative
Assessment
Formal
Assessment

At the end of the unit review if the students have learned

about color theory.

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Add up to 10 separate attachments at the end of your lesson. These may include
handouts, rubrics (min. of 4 categories), power-point notes, teaching support materials,
etc.

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