Let the Teaching Commence!

Teaching 4th grade about Japanese scroll paintings and the
its functions.

Today my partner and I taught the 4th graders about Japanese scroll paintings at J. Elementary. The lesson today began with my partner covering the principles by which the Japanese follow when creating art. After she taught, I taught the students about Japanese scroll paintings and their meaning and functions. Then I taught them about gradation in a landscape, which they will be utilizing in their scroll painting. After teaching, I gave them a demonstration on how to paint a gradation on a long piece of paper which will act as their scroll. The students were really excited to be doing this project and learn about this Japanese art, especially once I revealed to them that eventually they will be learning to write in Japanese. The students did not have time to really dive into the lesson, as they had a late start day (where they begin 45 minutes later than normal), and so we had a limited amount of time to get through everything. It was frustrating, but a good lesson to me on how to gauge time in lessons better.

Today my partner and I had to leave early, so we stayed for our teaching and then left J. Elementary for the day.

Here is the lesson plan my partner and I used: