Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to design and evaluate a learning activity using National or State Standards, for each of the following groups of children:
infant/toddler
preschool
and primary age (up to 3rd grade) children
Instructions
For this assignment, you will be developing three Activity Plan Worksheets with the focus on selecting a developmentally appropriate standard and activity to support individual learning.
Referring to the Resource links below, complete an Activity Plan Worksheet for each of the three activity plans.
Resources:
National Standards: Birth to Five Years
Early Learning Outcomes Framework
State Standards on Infant and Toddler
Early Learning Guidelines Colorado
Colorado Standards – Preschool/Primary Standards
Colorado Standards Preschool/Primary Standards
Writing Smart Goals – Guidelines
Smart Goals
Module2_ActivityPlan_Worksheet_
ACTIVITY PLAN WORKSHEET
You will develop three activity plans in this one worksheet
1. Infant and/or Toddler
Date of Activity:
Children’s Age Group: (Delete Example) Young Infants
Number of Children in the Group (small group, large group or individual activity)
Evaluate Your Activity Plan (answer yes when you are confident in your plan):
1. Is your goal a SMART Goal? IF so how will you measure it? If not, how will you measure it?
2. Is your activity developmentally appropriate?
3. Does the purpose of your activity align with the activity and standard?
Standard: (when you select a standard write it out)
Example (delete this example and add your own standard)
Developmental Domain: Social Emotional Development
Age Group: Young Infants
Interaction with adults: The developing ability to respond to and engage with adults
Indicators:
Example (delete this example and add your own indicators)
1.purposefully engage in reciprocal interactions
and try to influence the behavior of others
2. show both interest in and caution toward unfamiliar adults
Name of Activity and Brief Descriiption:
Now choose an activity that you will do to support the goal. Remember Developmentally Appropriate Practices that we have been learning about. (delete words to make more room for your activity)
Goal/Purpose/Skills to be Mastered
Develop a SMART goal: (delete example) Sarah will purposefully engage in reciprocal interactions to influence the behavior of others once a day for one week.
Purpose: To develop the ability to respond to and engage with adults.
Skills to be Mastered: (delete example) Sarah will engage in reciprocal interactions with an adult.
Part 2
This Module’s essay assignment gives you a chance to evaluate two works of art using the methods of art criticism explained in Chapter 5. You will write an essay (800 – 1200 words) and employ two different methods of critical theory—one for each artwork you choose. Review the Rubric.
Instructions
Abstract portrait of a man
Robert Arneson. Sintax. Drawing and Mixed Media on Serigraph. 1974. Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Step 1: Research
Using your Art Research Guide, visit the sources of your choice and find one work of art that fascinates you. Next, choose one work of art from your eText that we have already studied (excluding any examples of artworks from Chapter 5). Include an image of both artworks, including the necessary captions (artist, title, date).
Study both artworks in depth, including the biography of the artist, context of the time and place of the artwork’s creation, and techniques, style, media and design employed in the artwork.
Step 2: Writing
Essay (800 – 1200 words)
Write an effective introduction with a strong thesis statement. It should identify the specific works you will be writing about, the artists who created them, and which ONE method of critical theory you will be employing for each one (use a different method for each artwork).
Describe the first work using the vocabulary relevant to the medium. Next, utilize one method of critical theory (Formal, Contextual, or Expressive) to evaluate your first work. This section of your essay should include at least two substantive paragraphs.
Describe the second work using the same approach as above, but choose a different method of critical theory to perform your evaluation.
Conclude by explaining why you felt your chosen approaches provided the best means of examining and understanding these works of art.
Basic Information for All Essay Submissions:
Create a “Works Cited” section that lists your 3+ scholarly sources in MLA Style format at the end of your paper. Be sure you have properly cited any direct quotes you use in support of your own writing. For help with MLA Style citations, visit the suggested links in the Art Research Guide or look here in this course under Content > Syllabus > Research.
