Wavy Weaving
Beth Conover
Title: Wavy Weavings
Grade: 5th
PA Academic Standards For The Arts And Humanities: 9.1.5.C-Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.9.1.5.H- Use and maintain materials, equipment, and tools safely at work and performance spaces.9.4.5.D- Explain choices made regarding media, technique, form, subject matter and themes that communicate the artist’s philosophy within a work in the arts and humanities.
Objectives:
Knowledge: Students learn about weaving and looms. They will learn about clothing and cloth and how cotton is formed. They will also be reminded of fibers varieties in and out of the art world.
Skill: Students learn how to use their creativity and knowledge to weave patterns and intricate designs. They will also learn different techniques of weaving through instruction and trial and error.
Attitude: Students learn to be aware of how symmetry and simplicity can be beneficial. Students will become aware of the importance of planning ahead.
Prepare ahead: Gather visuals, former student examples, and information on weaving.
Prior knowledge: Students have some knowledge of the elements of art, and how to use scissors and various drawing materials, which will have aided in their tactile abilities within this project. They also have knowledge of primary and secondary colors.
Motivation:
Questions leading the students to discovery: (show PPT into slide) Okay, so who can tell me what project we are starting today. Right, we will be starting a weaving project. Now who has heard of weaving? Great, yes we should have all heard of weaving because everyone in the classrooms clothes are made by weaving thread together to create cloth. So here is a picture of a piece of fiber, is this woven? Yes, right it is. If we look closer we can tell there are threads woven together to create a larger piece of cloth. Now what does weave mean? I keep using the word woven, but what does it mean? Good, right you take two pieces or strips of fabric and layer them on top of each other in a pattern. So just like in our paper mache masks when we over lapped and crisscrossed the newspaper we will be overlapping our yarn to create a woven piece of cloth. Okay so here are a few more pieces of fabric. See how in history some of them are more elaborate? Who can remind the class what elaborate means? Good, detailed, complicated, decorated (the opposite of plain). So as you can see some of the clothes in history were really over the top and some were even woven with gold! Can you imagine wearing clothes of gold? How special would that make you feel? Well we will get to weave beads into our fabric to make them feel more special. So lets get started making our looms.
Demonstration:
Okay so gather around table two. So you will each be getting on of these cardboard looms, and we need to be careful with these because we use them every year. You can see other students have used them before you, so keep in mind someone has to use these after you too! Okay so we are going to be threading our looms today. We need the think string to do this part. I am going to put a piece of tape on the back that I can label with my name and then table the string to the back as well. Start by wrapping the string three times on the last notch. So everyone is watching, right, because this is the first step. So after we get that done we have to wrap it around the other end and wrap it around the first notch once. From this step we will just be repeating what we did previously we string it to the other and wrap it once around the notch and then back to the other side. When you reach the last notch you will wrap it three times like you did the first one and tape it to the back. At the very end we will have a cardboard piece that is strung like a guitar, but we cannot have anyone playing the guitars because they will break that way. Okay lets got back to our seats and get started on making our looms! Next class we will be able to start the project, but this first part is very important so we have a correctly strung loom.
Day two: demo weaving and how to alternate/ over under. Explain patterns and give handouts on how to achieve different patterns.
Visual Aids: Pictures of cloth, embroidery, looms, and patterns in a PowerPoint.
Exemplars: Former student work and teacher’s example
Activity:
What will the students do?
Morning Day 1: Introduction to weaving and stringing looms
Afternoon Day 1: Starting to weave and think about patterns/ designs.
Morning Day 2: Continue weaving and creating patterns.
Afternoon Day 2: Continue weaving.
Morning Day 3: Continue Weaving.
Afternoon day 3: Finish up weaving / Anchor activity coloring woven cloth.
Supplies: Scissors, cardboard looms, yarn of various colors, beads, tape, string, and rulers.
Vocabulary: Weaving, looms, shuttle, warp, weft, alternate, perfection, elegance, design, and pattern.
Closure: Okay, so who can remember what we made to day? Good, can your repeat what “NAME” just said? Right, we made looms today. So what did we have to be careful of? Good, we had to be gentle with the cardboard and wrap the ends two more times and taped them. Why did we have to wrap the ends? Right, because we did NOT want them to unravel and loose all our hard work! Good job today, next class we will be learning about different ways to weave and all kinds of patterns.
PA Academic Standards For The Arts And Humanities: 9.1.5.C-Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.9.1.5.H- Use and maintain materials, equipment, and tools safely at work and performance spaces.9.4.5.D- Explain choices made regarding media, technique, form, subject matter and themes that communicate the artist’s philosophy within a work in the arts and humanities.
Assessment Strategy: What assessment strategy tool will I use to evaluate the learning outcomes? A rubric will as the students about the completed project they will have to write about the materials used, the vocabulary they learned, and questions on the projects success. This worksheet will also count towards their grade.
Correlated Activity? (What art activity will follow) Students will continue thinking about color in a painting exercise. It will test their fine motor skills and ability to observe and draw from life.
Interdisciplinary Domains: Art History: Making students aware of the history behind their clothing not just sweaters and obvious hand made clothing. Students will become more knowledgeable of how their clothes were made and how elaborate garments have been history.
Reflections: I feel this lesson is successful, because it really pushes the students to concentrate and create patterns while doing a tedious tactile activity. I expect and hope this drastically aids in the students advancement with fine motor skills.
Title: Wavy Weavings
Grade: 5th
PA Academic Standards For The Arts And Humanities: 9.1.5.C-Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.9.1.5.H- Use and maintain materials, equipment, and tools safely at work and performance spaces.9.4.5.D- Explain choices made regarding media, technique, form, subject matter and themes that communicate the artist’s philosophy within a work in the arts and humanities.
Objectives:
Knowledge: Students learn about weaving and looms. They will learn about clothing and cloth and how cotton is formed. They will also be reminded of fibers varieties in and out of the art world.
Skill: Students learn how to use their creativity and knowledge to weave patterns and intricate designs. They will also learn different techniques of weaving through instruction and trial and error.
Attitude: Students learn to be aware of how symmetry and simplicity can be beneficial. Students will become aware of the importance of planning ahead.
Prepare ahead: Gather visuals, former student examples, and information on weaving.
Prior knowledge: Students have some knowledge of the elements of art, and how to use scissors and various drawing materials, which will have aided in their tactile abilities within this project. They also have knowledge of primary and secondary colors.
Motivation:
Questions leading the students to discovery: (show PPT into slide) Okay, so who can tell me what project we are starting today. Right, we will be starting a weaving project. Now who has heard of weaving? Great, yes we should have all heard of weaving because everyone in the classrooms clothes are made by weaving thread together to create cloth. So here is a picture of a piece of fiber, is this woven? Yes, right it is. If we look closer we can tell there are threads woven together to create a larger piece of cloth. Now what does weave mean? I keep using the word woven, but what does it mean? Good, right you take two pieces or strips of fabric and layer them on top of each other in a pattern. So just like in our paper mache masks when we over lapped and crisscrossed the newspaper we will be overlapping our yarn to create a woven piece of cloth. Okay so here are a few more pieces of fabric. See how in history some of them are more elaborate? Who can remind the class what elaborate means? Good, detailed, complicated, decorated (the opposite of plain). So as you can see some of the clothes in history were really over the top and some were even woven with gold! Can you imagine wearing clothes of gold? How special would that make you feel? Well we will get to weave beads into our fabric to make them feel more special. So lets get started making our looms.
Demonstration:
Okay so gather around table two. So you will each be getting on of these cardboard looms, and we need to be careful with these because we use them every year. You can see other students have used them before you, so keep in mind someone has to use these after you too! Okay so we are going to be threading our looms today. We need the think string to do this part. I am going to put a piece of tape on the back that I can label with my name and then table the string to the back as well. Start by wrapping the string three times on the last notch. So everyone is watching, right, because this is the first step. So after we get that done we have to wrap it around the other end and wrap it around the first notch once. From this step we will just be repeating what we did previously we string it to the other and wrap it once around the notch and then back to the other side. When you reach the last notch you will wrap it three times like you did the first one and tape it to the back. At the very end we will have a cardboard piece that is strung like a guitar, but we cannot have anyone playing the guitars because they will break that way. Okay lets got back to our seats and get started on making our looms! Next class we will be able to start the project, but this first part is very important so we have a correctly strung loom.
Day two: demo weaving and how to alternate/ over under. Explain patterns and give handouts on how to achieve different patterns.
Visual Aids: Pictures of cloth, embroidery, looms, and patterns in a PowerPoint.
Exemplars: Former student work and teacher’s example
Activity:
What will the students do?
Morning Day 1: Introduction to weaving and stringing looms
Afternoon Day 1: Starting to weave and think about patterns/ designs.
Morning Day 2: Continue weaving and creating patterns.
Afternoon Day 2: Continue weaving.
Morning Day 3: Continue Weaving.
Afternoon day 3: Finish up weaving / Anchor activity coloring woven cloth.
Supplies: Scissors, cardboard looms, yarn of various colors, beads, tape, string, and rulers.
Vocabulary: Weaving, looms, shuttle, warp, weft, alternate, perfection, elegance, design, and pattern.
Closure: Okay, so who can remember what we made to day? Good, can your repeat what “NAME” just said? Right, we made looms today. So what did we have to be careful of? Good, we had to be gentle with the cardboard and wrap the ends two more times and taped them. Why did we have to wrap the ends? Right, because we did NOT want them to unravel and loose all our hard work! Good job today, next class we will be learning about different ways to weave and all kinds of patterns.
PA Academic Standards For The Arts And Humanities: 9.1.5.C-Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.9.1.5.H- Use and maintain materials, equipment, and tools safely at work and performance spaces.9.4.5.D- Explain choices made regarding media, technique, form, subject matter and themes that communicate the artist’s philosophy within a work in the arts and humanities.
Assessment Strategy: What assessment strategy tool will I use to evaluate the learning outcomes? A rubric will as the students about the completed project they will have to write about the materials used, the vocabulary they learned, and questions on the projects success. This worksheet will also count towards their grade.
Correlated Activity? (What art activity will follow) Students will continue thinking about color in a painting exercise. It will test their fine motor skills and ability to observe and draw from life.
Interdisciplinary Domains: Art History: Making students aware of the history behind their clothing not just sweaters and obvious hand made clothing. Students will become more knowledgeable of how their clothes were made and how elaborate garments have been history.
Reflections: I feel this lesson is successful, because it really pushes the students to concentrate and create patterns while doing a tedious tactile activity. I expect and hope this drastically aids in the students advancement with fine motor skills.