Elementary Visual School Arts

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

1. How can you safely use clay
   and clay tools to create a slab
   vessel?


2. What is the difference between
   functional and decorative art?


3. What are the basic art making
   processes involved in working
   with clay?


4. How can you use the Art
   Elements and Principles of
   Design while working with clay
   to develop your own style as an
   artist?

Students develop skills to work safely

in the art studio.

Students will discover every day uses

of pottery and understand the

differences.

Students gain the knowledge of the

processes and steps involved in

creating a coil pot.

Students learn to apply the Art

Elements and Principles in original art.

Standardized Assessment Correlations
(State, Province, College, and Career)
N/A

Unit Assessments

Pre-Assessment Informal Progress Monitoring Checks

Review Essential Questions
Monitor individuals while working on
tasks
Observation during an activity at each
stage in process

1. Planning


2. Creating


3. Glazing

Individual conferencing

Guided questions

Post Assessment

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