Students will be able to:
- create a variety of relief prints;
- create a small book with flaps;
- write a question and several answers;
- demonstrate technical accomplishment and creativity;
- explain how they created their prints.
MY LITTLE BOOK OF PRINTS – Line, Colour, Repetition
Steps
Step One
- Follow the instructions to make an 8-page book. (Downloads - 8PageBooklet.pdf)
- Draw marker on the plastic sheet.
Step Two
- Spray a small amount of water on the marker.
- Be careful not to spray too much water.
Step Three
- Roll the string across the wet ink.
Step Four
- Roll the string over a page in your book.
- You may need to put a small piece of tape on the corners of your book to hold it in place while you roll the string.
Step Five
- Make different prints on each page of your book.
- use things like the edge of a piece of cardboard, the rim of a paper cup, textured sponge
- roll or press the object onto the wet ink
- press the object onto the paper to make a print - Write 'What Made It?' on each page.
- Write the answer at the bottom of the page.
- Make a small paper flap to cover the answer.
- Glue the flap into place.
Step Six
- Play a guessing game with a friend.
Learning Goals
Extensions
Have students:
- use the A Tale For All lesson available on this website to make a small book using a variety of prints;
- share their story with others.
Prepare
- Prior to this lesson spend time sorting and classifying objects according to a variety of criteria, such as:
- colour
- shape
- type of material (natural, metal, plastic)
- texture (soft, hard, rough, hard)
- size - Gather, and make available, books about shapes and lines, for example, The Line, by Paula Bossio; Lines That Wiggle, by Candace Whitman; Shapes That Roll, by Karen Nagel; Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes, by Stuart J. Murphy, and Remy Simard; Shapes in Art (Spot the Shape), by Rebecca Rissman, The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds; and Ish; by Peter H Reynolds.
- Download the instruction sheet for the 8-page book. (Downloads – 8PageBooklet.pdf)
- Either teach children how to make the 8-page book, or get older student helpers to make enough for your class.
- Set up a printmaking centre with a variety of found objects such as small paper cups, cardboard and foam pieces, and other textured surfaces, tape string to a small rolling pin; 8-page books; markers; cardstock paper inside plastic sheet protectors - enough for the number of students at the centre to have one; coloured copy paper in strips about 3 cm x 14 cm; paper towels; and water spray bottles.
- Download and display the Colour poster available on this website.
Introduction
- Ask what types of prints students might know about.
- Have you ever walked through a puddle with your boots and then walked onto dry pavement ? What do you see? - a print
- Have you ever made handprints with paint or water? - Explain that we can make prints with lots of different things.
- Discuss the element of colour and how to mix new colours.
- Demonstrate how to draw marker on the plastic sheet and spray it with a small amount of water.
- Invite students to use the wet ink to make a print on a chart paper with one of the found objects.
- Introduce the challenge.
Activities
The Challenge
- Create 3 different relief prints.
- Create a small book with flaps.
- Write a question and several answers.
- Use your own ideas to make your prints.
- Explain how you created your prints.
The Process
- Ensure that students understand the challenge.
- Establish success criteria with your students, for example,
I know I am successful when I:
- use my own ideas to create my prints
- use 3 different objects to create my prints
- write a question on each page of my book
- write the answer on each page of my book
- glue a flap over the answers in my book
- explain how I created my prints
- keep the book in good condition - Guide students through the steps outlined in the lesson plan.
- Observe students as they work.
- Provide individual assistance and encouragement.
Sharing
- Have students work with a partner to share their books and play the guessing game.
- What Made It? Guess, then check under the flap for the answer. - Once they have shared with a partner ask them to share with the whole class:
- What did you learn about making prints?
- What did you learn about colours?
- What did you notice when 2 colours overlapped?
- What do the prints remind you of?
- What do you like best about your book of prints? - Encourage students to play the guessing game with different partners when there is time.
Assessment
- Observe students as they work – thoughtful focus, discriminating, seeking more information, elaborating, experimenting.
- Observe students as they discuss their prints – speaks with a clear voice, looks at audience while speaking, holds book to the side, provides accurate information, answers questions from the audience effectively.
- Use a checklist to track progress. (Downloads - BookPrints_tracking.pdf)
- Have students in grades 1 write a reflection that includes things such as:
- How they made their prints.
- How they decided what objects to use.
- What they like best about their books.
