Thursday, November 28th 2019 

Title   Rice Christmas Wreaths  Grade Level  Grade 1 
 
Subject  Art   Time Frame  November 28th 2019 
1:25-2:25pm 
Developed By  Paige Belisle  
 
Learning Outcomes 
What relevant goals will this unit address?  
(include all relevant GLO(s) & SLO(s) 
 
Art GLO’s:  
● An Individual Experience 
● A Visual Experience 
● A Learning Experience  
● A Communication Experience 
● A Creative Experience 
Art SLO’s: 
● 1.C- Natural forms have different surface qualities in colour, texture and 
tone. 
● 2.A- Designed objects serve specific purposes 
● 2.B- Designed objects serve people. 
● 2.D- Designed objects must function well to be valuable. 
● 3.A- Art takes different forms depending on the materials and techniques 
used. 
● 3.C- An artwork tells something about its subject matter and the artist who 
made it 
● 3.F- An artwork tells something about its subject matter and the artist who 
made it 
● 4.A- All shapes can be reduced to basic shapes; i.e., circular, triangular, 
rectangular 
● 4.C- Shapes can be made using different procedures; e.g., cutting, drawing, 
tearing, stitching. 
● 6.A- Texture is a surface quality that can be captured by rubbings or 
markings. 
● 6.F- Details enrich forms. 
● 7.A- An active, interesting part of a theme can become the main part of a 
composition. 
● 7.B- The main part of a composition can be treated thoroughly before adding 
related parts. 
● 8.A- Families of shapes, and shapes inside or beside shapes, create harmony. 
 ● 8.D- A composition should develop the setting or supporting forms, as well 
as the subject matter. 
● 10.B.1- Special events, such as field trips, visits and festive occasions can be 
recorded visually 
● 10.B.3- Details, patterns or textures can be added to the surface of 
three-dimensional works. 
Essential Questions 
What provocative questions will foster inquiry into the content?​ ​(open-ended 
questions that stimulate thought and inquiry linked to the content of the enduring 
understanding) 
- How will students respond to a more messy activity? 
- Will the students enjoy the activity as much as I did when I was their age? 
- Will the instructions be clear enough? 

Knowledge:  Skills 
What knowledge will students acquire as a  What skills will students acquire as a 
result of this unit? This content knowledge  result of this unit? List the skills 
may come from the indicators, or might  and/or behaviours that students will 
also address prerequisite knowledge that  be able to exhibit as a result of their 
students will need for this unit.  work in this unit. These will come 
  from the indicators. 
Students will know...  Students will be able to… 
- That wreaths are a Christmas  - Understand what happens 
decoration  when you mix different 
- The basic idea of what a Christmas  textures together such as glue, 
ornament is  food colouring and rice 
  - How to personalize something 
  to their own taste 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Rice Christmas Wreaths 
1: Desired Results 
Art GLO’s: ​An Individual Experience, A Visual Experience, A 
General Learning 
Outcome(s) 
Learning Experience, A Communication Experience, A Creative 
Experience 
Specific Learning  Art SLO’s: ​1.C, 2.A, 2.B, 2.D, 3.A, 3.C, 3.F, 4.A, 4.C, 6.A, 6.F, 
Outcome(s)  7.A, 7.B, 8.A, 8.D, 10.B.1, 10.B.3 
Learning 
Objective(s) 
I can create my own rice wreath and decorate them accurately 
 
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence 
Students will create their own 
No Summative 
Summative  Formative  rice wreath, decorate it, and put 
Assessment 
Assessment  Assessment  their pictures in the middle of the 
Required 
wreath 
 
Stage 3: Learning Experience 
White rice, white glue, 
The picture of  green food colouring, 
Tech  the Christmas  Resources to  popsicle sticks, jingle bells, 
 
to Do  wreath for  Bring  pom poms, string, paper 
reference  clips, ribbon, cups, printed 
off pictures of the kids 
Time  Content/Description  Notes 
Set Up:  
● Every student gets one piece of parchment 
paper and a popsicle stick. In the middle of 
the table there will be a bowl filled with 
rice, glue and food colouring.  
● “So today we will be making Christmas 
1:25 pm 
10 minutes 
ornaments to put on your Christmas tree, and   
they are going to have your pictures in 
them!”  
● “Remember that in art you are allowed to 
get messy so do not worry if your hands get a 
little sticky or even green” 
 
Doing the Craft:  
● Everyone will get a lump of the rice mixture 
1:35pm 
that they must shape into the shape of a 
45 minutes    
  wreath.  
● “Does anyone know what a christmas wreath 
looks like?” 
 ● *Put up picture of a wreath on the smart 
board for the students to reference* 
● Students will create a wreath out of the rice 
by making a flat circle and then making a 
hole in the center (donut shape) 
● Put paper clips into the wreath before it 
dries to make them into ornaments 
● While the wreaths are drying, students can 
pick out their jingle bells, bows and cutting 
their pictures out of paper.  
● Once the wreaths dry we will glue in our 
pictures, glue on our decorations, and put 
string through the paper clips.  
 
Clean up: 
● Put your finished wreath on the back wall to 
2:20 pm  dry  
 
5 minutes  ● Clean up the work spaces and put away the 
string, bells and bows  
 
 
 
 
 
Reflections   
and Follow Up