Elementary Visual School Arts

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

Where does clay come from?

What is clay used for?

How can clay be hardened?

How can we “show” texture in the clay?

What is a sculpture?
How is sculpting a figure different from
drawing one? How is a form different
from a shape?

Why is glaze shiny?

Many artworks have people as a

theme.

A sculpture can be a portrait, just like

a drawing or painting. A sculpture

can show a person alone or with

another person.

Thinking and working as artists, we

can investigate the look and feelings

of people in action.

Silicon in the clay compound make-

up becomes shiny when heated to

high temperatures in the kiln.

Standardized Assessment Correlations

(State, Province, College, and Career)

N/A

Unit Assessments

Pre-Assessment Informal Progress Monitoring

Checks

KWL Chart (What do you KNOW?
What Do You WANT to know? What
Did You LEARN?)

Questioning:

What is clay and where does it come
from?

What is clay used for?

What is a sculpture? Kiln?

Monitor individuals while working on

tasks

Observation during an activity at each

stage in process

1. making a figure


2. attaching pieces correctly


3. adding details/textures

Individual conferencing

Guided questions

Post Assessment
Performance based checklist to make sure each step is completed correctly.
Reflect on essential questions (Teacher documents students who were and who
were not able to answer the essential questions).
Self-assessment