Mindfulness: I Can Be Present — Meredith Arcari Luciano

    Available to Grade(s): K , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
    Program Can Serve: Visual Art
  
    Art Form: Visual Art
    Curriculum Focus: English
  
    Program Type: Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program
    Integration Continuum Level:Alignment
  
    # of Visits as a Grade Level Program: 2
    Length of Visit (Grade Level Program): 45 min
  
    Program Format: In-School Workshop
    
    Availability: All year
    Location: In-School
  
    Cost per Classroom: $350
    Minimum # of Classrooms: 0
  
    Program Requires Prior Meeting: no
    Meeting Method: email
  
    Materials Arts Provider Provides: colored pencil, paper, and book

(Due to the coronavirus each student will be provided with their own materials which will vary and will be discussed with the teacher.)
  
    Materials School Provides: pencils
  
    Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: table for materials
  
    Program Learning Objective: Program Learning Objective: I can be mindful and illustrate what is happening in the present. I can explain and illustrate the present moment using line and color. Students will write two sentences to describe their composition and what mood they felt at the present moment.
  
    Program Description (Grade Level Program): Program Description (Grade Level Program): Students will be introduced to mindfulness through the children’s book, “Here and Now,” by Julia Denos and Illustrated by, E.B. Goodale. The students will understand the way in which focusing on the present moment can create calmness and celebrate the world around us. Students will fill in a chart of the PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE. Students will think of one present moment that they will illustrate using pencil and marker. Students will create a composition with the use of color to express a mood. The program will differ across grade levels by the detail and expressive qualities of line and color.

All lessons will be adjusted based on grade level.
  
    Program Description (Arts/PE Program):
  
    Additional Notes:
  
    Parent Engagement Opportunities: Caregivers can help with the distribution of materials and brainstorming with each student.

    Core & National Art Standards:
    
    Grade K
    
    Grade K: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #1: With prompting and support, students ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (“The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle)
  
    Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
  
    Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.
  
    Grade 1
    
    Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure #6: Students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. [the children’s book, Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold].
  
    Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
  
    Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Explore the uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
  
    Grade 2
    
    Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
  
    Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.
  
    Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
  
    Grade 3
    
    Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story.
  
    Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
  
    Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work:Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
  
    Grade 4
    
    Grade 4: Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
  
    Grade 4: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design.
  
    Grade 4: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
  
    Grade 5
    
    Grade 5: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3.Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
  
    Grade 5: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
  
    Grade 5: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.