ArtCubed seeks to work cooperatively with Volusia County School teachers in the creation of innovative lessons that incorporate both art and Florida State Sunshine Standards. 

Art Cubed

 With increasing pressure regarding state testing, teachers are continually challenged to boost students reading, writing, computation, and critical thinking skills while creating interesting and stimulating lessons. ArtHaus is currently piloting a program that includes reading, writing, math and art lessons based on professional artwork in a traveling collection. We are currently seeking schools and teachers to participate. 

 ArtHaus sends professional traveling art exhibitions to local schools. Additional artwork and artist information is contained in online exhibitions. A related art demonstration or workshop is often provided as an accompaniment to the traveling exhibit, with art lesson plans provide online. New ArtCubed programming uses existing traveling exhibits as the foundation upon which lesson plans are designed. 

ArtCubed lessons strive to incorporate core skills in direct conjunction with enhancing artistic appreciation. Each lesson meets specific state standards and is designed to work both alone or in a series. The current grade level divisions of these lessons should be considered broad and flexible. Please review different age lesson plans because we can design a program specifically for your students' needs. Click here to view lesson plans.

Students
Kindergarten through first grade, boys and girls, all abilities, with a focus on third and fourth quarter benchmarks 

Time
Four, approximately forty-five minute lessons with required materials

Materials
Large class world map or Power Point presentation, prepared sentence strips, paper, crayons or markers, geometric shapes for tracing, prints of Betty Presss images of Cuba , outline images of photographs , coloring sheet xerox copies of Betty Press's photography, large image produced once as a photograph and once as a painting, chart paper, copies of the island of Cuba

Outcomes
Students will be able to: 

• count up to 10 or more objects using verbal names and one-to-one correspondence

• use numbers to describe how many objects are in a set

• use language such as before and after to describe relative position in a sequence

• compare two or more sets and identify which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other

• know how to communicate measurement concepts

• know two-dimensional shapes

• match objects to outlines of their shapes

• know spatial relationships

• identify patterns throughout a set

• with teacher direction, use graphs to display data 

• demonstrate knowledge of how print is organized and read

• blend individual sounds into words

• gain meaning from shared captions and photography

• identify high frequency words

• understand that photography and captions reinforce each other 

• generate ideas through brainstorming

• dictate messages

• show awareness of basic writing formats

• contribute ideas during a shared writing

• dictate or write simple informational texts 

• listen to oral language in different forms

• follow rules of conversation

• listen for specific information

• begin to understand the main idea in non-print communication, such as photography

• ask and respond to questions

• speak clearly and use appropriate volume 

• know different landforms

• know that objects have many observable physical properties: color, shape, texture, size

• know that different things move at different speeds

• know the affects of weather changes and seasons on our lives 

• view media about people from other places

• know terms that describe relative location (for example: near, far, up, down) 

• know the difference between materials, techniques, and processes

• use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner

• produce artwork that reflects care and intent

• know the difference among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas

• explore a variety of purposes for creating works of art

• identify specific works of art as belonging to a particular culture, time and place

• show how history, culture, and the visual arts influence each other

• know a variety of careers that are available to an artist

• understand appropriate behavior in a cultural experience 

Text Descriptions of Sunshine State Standards Addressed in Lesson's 1-4 

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