In the Home
Looking At The Elements of Art Through The Rooms of A House A second grade curriculum for an entire school year based on Pennsylvania standards of education base on cross-curricular study. The project consists of a series of lesson plans that were influenced by each room of a home. (Click on image for a larger view)
Paper Sculpture Lesson
This lesson plan was taught to the 9th grade class in the fall of 2009 during a rotation of student teaching at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). Brief History: The 9th grade students at CAPA have just finished @-D value scales using a variety of shading techniques. The next project in this sequence of the CAPA curriculum →
Canyon Ranch
In the summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008 Melissa Calder taught art to groups of teenagers at the Canyon Ranch summer program. The following is a sample of student work under her teaching. (Click on image for a larger view)
3-D Letter Sculpture
This lesson’s purpose is to expand upon my mentor teacher Colleen Hammond’s crayon resist illumination letter lesson for the Saturday Arts Lab at UARTS. Lesson Plan-3-D letter sculpture Grade 4 Mrs. Calder October 13, 2008 Brief History: This lesson’s purpose is to expand upon my mentor teacher Colleen Hammond’s crayon resist illumination letter lesson for the Saturday Arts Lab at UARTS. This lesson is a sequential →
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
This lesson plan was created based on a children's book titled Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. It was taught to the third grade class at Boothwyn Elementary School. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Mrs. Calder September 19th 2009 Lesson Plan based on Children’s Book Grade 3 Brief History: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf is a great book to read to 3rd graders. The book is about a young child →
Haring Figures
A lesson plan created and taught based on Artist Keth Haring's work. This was taught at Boothwyn Elementary School in the Fall of 2009. Lesson: Haring Model Magic Figures →