Elementary Visual School Arts

Unit Assessments

Pre-Assessment Informal Progress Monitoring

Checks

Questioning:
Ask what clay is?
What is clay used for?

Monitor individuals while working on

task

Observation during an activity

Individual conferencing

Guided questions

Post Assessment

Performance based (Teacher documents students who did or did not understand
how to make a successful pinch pot using clay)

Reflect on essential questions (Teacher documents students who were and who
were not able to answer the essential questions)

Scoring Guides and Answer Keys

N/A

Engaging Learning Experiences

Learning Activities Using Text or Program Authentic Performance Tasks

Explorations in Art, pp. 38-39 Clay
Discoveries

Explorations in Art, pp. 42-43 Textured
Pottery

Demonstration of hand building
technique to make a pinch pot

Demonstration of adding texture to
pinch pot using clay tools

Students will manipulate clay in order

to create a 3-D form (snail).