Elementary Visual School Arts

Unit Assessments

Pre-Assessment Informal Progress Monitoring Checks

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

Preliminary discussion of specific
vocabulary:

Collage

Romare Bearden

Inspiration

How place and time influence ideas,
issues, and themes found in art.

Art room safety

Basic drawing and collage skills

Elements of Art:
Line
Shape
Color
Space
Texture
Value

Principles of Design:
Unity
Balance
Repetition

Monitor individuals while working on tasks

Observation during an activity during each

stage in process

1. sketching scene from everyday life


2. Using collage techniques
   (magazine and construction paper)
   Teacher MUST not let student use
   whole images from magazines as
   this is copyright infringement.
   Students MUST alter the image or
   use pieces of an image in this
   technique.)


3. craftsmanship

Individual conferencing

Guided questions

Post Assessment
Students’ work

Oral critique

Teacher/student conferencing: address these four questions...

1. Did the student understand the concept of how Bearden used the technique of
   collage to tell a story?