Mouse Paint
Date
Teacher Name Courtney Orton 28/11/2017
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Subject Area Science/ Art Grade Grade one
Topic Creating colour Time 45 min
General Learner 15 Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to
Outcome(s) different materials.
- Component three: Appreciating Art
4. Predict and describe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary
Specific Learner
colours and from mixing a primary colour with white or with black.
Outcome(s)
- Students will interpret art work literally: colour variation is built on three basic
colours.
Learning Students will be able to:
Objectives 1) Describe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary colours
2) Observe that colour variation is built on three primary colours
Evidence Objective #1 collect students mouse project and observe and note discussion at
(formative smartboard about mixing the colours.
assessment) Objective #2 Students should be able to mix the primary paint colors to create
secondary colors on collected mouse project
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Paint red, yellow and blue
Paint brushes (17)
Poster paper (17) with 3 ovals traced on
Materials
Water and containers
Black and white paint
sharpie
Resources:
Topic A Creating Colour Grade 1 by Edmonton Public School
- Gather students on the reading carpet in the corner and start when everyones
attention is on you
- Show students the cover of Mouse Paint.
- Invite students to predict what the book may be about.
Introduction
- Tell your students that they will be using some ideas from the book to create
(10 min)
an art project.
- Focus on the colour mixing
- Show them the example mouse paint project
Mouse Paint Art project
(30 min) - Teacher Actions
o Have prepared papers with the 3 ovals for the mice already traced on
o Ask students what is one primary colour? And what is one secondary colour?
o Review what two colours make orange, green and purple respectively
o As soon as you get your paper you are going to neatly print your name on the
back of the paper. We will start with one mouse at a time and I will come
around and put a drop of red and a drop of yellow on your mouse and it is
your job to mix the colours while keeping the paint in the oval. For orange,
less red and more yellow!
o After you paint your oval, which is the body of your mouse you are going to
make ears on your mouse by making two circles above and touching their
heads.
o To paint the arms you are going to make two straight lines that start in the
middle of the body of your mouse
o To paint the feet you are going to make an L shape from the bottom of your
oval
o write the order on the board and go over it with the students draw pictures
1. Oval/body
2. 2 ears
3. Arms
4. Legs
o Demonstrate the painting for the students and focus on staying in the oval,
circles for ears, Ls for feet and straight lines for arms
o If you need more paint or are ready for the next colour you will put your
hand up and stay seated! I dont want to see anyone walking around and
coming up to myself.
o You will be ready for the next colour when you have painted the body, 2 ears,
the arms and the legs and you have rinsed off your brush in the water
container at your center and dried it with your paper towel.
o If I see that you did not paint inside the oval or you painted more than the
body, ears, arms and legs you will not get to continue with the rest of the
colours.
o After we paint all three mice, we are going to glue on our colour equation
sheets. One under each mouse
I need three volunteers, hands up and I am going to pick someone who has been
quiet and listening the whole time to help me pass out the papers, paper towel
and the paint brushes.
Transition:
o Once you are finished, place your paper on the back or front cover to dry
and make sure your brush is clean and dried off and bring the brushes to
the front. I have your colour worksheets booklets for you to work on until
everyone else is finished.
Different day or during rotations
- From construction paper or colouring with pencil crayon have students rip out
small pieces of each colour and write out the equation using the paper ex. red
paper + yellow paper = orange paper
- Have the students paint black nose, fingers, inside the ears, whiskers and tails
- Small circle for nose
- Two fingers per hand
- And 3 whiskers on each side
- Use white to paint two eyes
Review concepts:
What are the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) and what are the
Closure
secondary colours (orange, green, purple)
(5 min)
Which primary colours mix to give each secondary colour
The students were very engaged! The book was a good review of primary
and secondary colours and the students were very excited to make the art project
because it was cute. I like to integrate books that incorporate other subjects in my
lessons! It is nice to have the extra hands in the classroom for help but the activity
Reflection could still be done if one teacher. I needed to specify to the students how to glue
the equation sheets on the paper. The orientation of the + and = sign had to go in
order. The details for the rest of the mouse was done in the afternoon in centers
using sharpies and paint. The paint was rubbing off on the sharpie but it was
cleaner.
