Tick the Art Box has a new name and an expanded focus to writing and literacy resources, in addition to Visual Arts.
I create engaging, adaptable resources, focused on learners and learning, supporting the development of skills, confidence and creativity in students and teachers.
My resources range from short activities to fully developed lesson plans and resource kits including formative and summative assessment options, and incorporating Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.
Tick the Art Box has a new name and an expanded focus to writing and literacy resources, in addition to Visual Arts.
I create engaging, adaptable resources, focused on learners and learning, supporting the development of skills, confidence and creativity in students and teachers.
My resources range from short activities to fully developed lesson plans and resource kits including formative and summative assessment options, and incorporating Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.
Everything a time-poor teacher needs to introduce the great artistic innovator to students, inspiring creativity and confidence with students, while ticking all the planning and assessment boxes, maintaining and demonstrating curriculum and syllabus alignment. Each comprehensive and versatile lesson pack includes resources for the lesson, a detailed and fully editable lesson plan, including a Learning Intention and Success Criteria, as well as an editable rubric and assessment recording sheet for implementing and recording the formative and/or summative assessment of your choice. There are opportunities for differentiation and extension and suggested variations each art activity. The lessons will work as stand-alone lessons or as a unit of work.
This resource engages middle and upper primary and/or middle school or lower secondary grades with the Haiku form of poetry. The resource includes a Powerpoint Slideshow and a sequence of lesson activities, suggestions for engaging variations and challenges, a list of online resources and editable and adaptable assessment documents, based on a Learning Intention and Success Criteria.
Cross-curricular links include Visual Arts, Media Arts and ICT
20 different arrangements for any comic strip, storyboard, planner or graphic organiser activity across the curriculum.
These are fully editable PowerPoint slides, frames can be inserted, deleted, or resized as required.
New shapes or elements such as arrows can be added.
Students can edit slides to suit their projects.
A 4x3 table is hidden under the slides, click on the outer edge for it to appear, to provide basic gridlines as a guide if necessary (gridlines are no longer included in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac).
Everything a creative teacher needs to keep assessment on track across the curriculum. Originally designed for use with Creative Arts (Visual Arts) classes, fully adaptable across the curriculum, with reference to clear Learning Intentions and specific Success Criteria These resources will assist all teachers to develop, deliver and demonstrate effective, syllabus-aligned assessment for learning, incorporating meaningful feedback and student self- and peer assessment.
Four clean, clear, adaptable and editable Assessment Rubric templates, for busy teachers who are developing and delivering an effective and aligned assessment plan as part of their teaching program, encouraging student growth.
This template emphasises feedback (and feed forward) with a comments section first! They can be edited to remove or replace grades, thus are adaptable for formative and summative assessment and can be used to encourage students in self- and peer assessment.
This resource is also available in a value bundle. To develop an effective and manageable formative and summative assessment strategy, with assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records on track.
To view the assessment rubric template adapted for specific lesson plans, please visit the Picasso Artist Study and Elements of Christmas Art" value bundles of lesson plans and supporting resources.
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UPDATED RESOURCE! This resource introduces younger poets to figurative language devices (similes), and includes suggestions for extension and variations, so can be adapted for a range of grades, experience and abilities. Cross-curricular links include Visual Arts and Religious Education. Suggested thematic variations encourage students to consider the Christmas experience from other points of view, looking at Christmas in other countries and cultures, and also a social justice perspective.
This resource is suitable for whole class instruction or can be assigned as individual or small group task. The Learning Sequence slideshows are included in two formats (.ppsx and .pdf), supported by scaffolding graphic organiser and card templates.
For your assessment records, an editable class record, based on the Learning Intention and Success Criteria is included, as well as an editable task rubric, which can be adapted for your formative or summative assessment needs or student self or peer assessment.
This resource engages students in real learning activities, rather than Christmas time-filling, The Five Senses poem format is adaptable to other topics, as outlined in the resource.
As well as comprehensive sets of Vocabulary (Word Wall) Cards for the seven Elements of Art, this bundle includes engaging games, activities and challenges to develop and reinforce the concepts of Line, Shape and Form as elements of art. The other elements can be incorporated into these games. The Vocabulary Cards for Line are included with the Line Games and Activities, Form and Shape cards are included with the Form and Shape Games and Activities. This is a versatile resource, the vocabulary cards can be used for a number of learning activities as well as displays, and the games and challenges are suitable for warm-ups, brain breaks or 'station' activities, as individual or collaborative tasks, Some can be developed into entire lessons. The challenges suit a range of ages and skills and offer options for differentiation.
Designed for use in Creative Arts (Visual Arts) , this poster encourages students to self-monitor their learning with attention to the Success Criteria and design requirements of their task, use of media and attention to detail, creative efforts, completion of tasks in a timely manner and general co-operation in the class setting. It can also be a useful resource to have on hand during a three-way conference (parent-student-teacher).
Please spend some time ‘unpacking’ the rubric with your students to clarify your expectations and theirs. For example, your understanding of ‘Craftsmanship’, is probably different to the students’ initial understanding - usually ‘colouring in between the lines’. It may not mean keeping to the ‘lines’ at all - without artistic innovators we would have no Picasso! When are the ‘lines’ (rules) are important? Enjoy those conversations with your student artists!
To further encourage your students to take ownership of their learning through self and peer assessment I recommend the T.A.L.K and L.E.A.R.N process
T.A.L.K and L.E.A.R.N posters and printable mnemonic bookmarks are available as a value bundle.
To develop an effective and manageable formative and summative assessment strategy, with assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records on track.
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Promoting Literacy across the Curriculum.
24 Printable Word Wall Cards as PDF
24 Editable Word Wall Cards as Word docx
Adaptable for use as task cards as well as classroom displays.
For your art units, you may also like this free set of the Seven Elements of Art Vocabulary (Word Wall) Cards.
Also available is a value bundle of comprehensive themed Vocabulary Card sets for each of the Elements of Art. Suggestions for easily differentiated games, challenges and activities suitable across a range of grades and ages are included.
"Through Rose-Coloured Glasses" can be used as stand-alone lesson material or as part of a unit (scheme) of work. The lesson contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. The lesson pack is a comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs.
Included with this lesson pack are:
-Learning Intention and Success Criteria. (Page 2)
-Picasso’s Rose Period Slide (Page 3)
-Harlequin Hat Collage Task Slide (Page 4 of this PDF)
-An outline of a Harlequin Hat (Page 5)
-A diamond pattern sheet (Page 6).
-Notes and Suggestions (Page 7)
-Credits and Terms of Use (Page 8)
-Word Wall vocabulary cards in a separate PDF document.
-A complete lesson plan as a Word document. (Fully editable and adaptable.)
-An editable Class Assessment Record to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for work sample grades and student observations.
-An editable graded rubric, specific to the “Harlequin’s Hat” activity, with space for written feedback. This rubric can be edited and adapted for either formative or summative assessments
Now that the hard work is done, enjoy making some art with your students!
"Picasso-Inspired 'Selfies' " can be used as stand-alone lesson material or as part of a unit (scheme) of work. The lesson contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. The lesson pack is a comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school hours care programs.
Included with this lesson pack are:
-Learning Intention and Success Criteria. (Page 2)
-Web quest slides for this lesson (Pages 3 - 4)
-Student Art Activity Task Slide (Page 5)
-A mobile device “frame” sheet, for the student artwork. (Page 6)
-Instructions for making the Phone Frame with Microsoft Word (Page 7).
-Notes and Suggestions (Page 8)
-Credits and Terms of Use (Page 9)
-A complete lesson plan as a Word document. (Fully editable and adaptable.).
-An editable Class Assessment Record to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for work sample grades and for student observations. (Ideal for relief teachers)
-An editable graded rubric, specific to the ’Selfies” activity, with space for written feedback. This rubric can be edited and adapted for either formative or summative assessment.
Now that the hard work is done, enjoy making some art with your students!
What’s different about this Christmas lesson? This lesson pack is a complete and comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs. Not an end-of-year time-filler, but a meaningful Visual Arts lesson based on the Elements of Art, which contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session.
Included with this lesson pack are:
-A detailed and completely editable and adaptable lesson plan as a Word document, suggesting a Learning Intention and Success Criteria and suggesting links to the Australian Curriculum and NSW Syllabus. These can be edited to reflect your own requirements. The lesson plan includes a section to record differentiation and suggests extensions or adaptations of the lesson
-Colour Wheel slides
-Link to Warm and Cool Colour Video Clip. (
-Warm and Cool Christmas Tree Design Task Page
-Christmas tree outline as guide for tree drawing.
-Warm and Cool Colour Worksheet, based on video clip. (3 separate editable Word documents, UK/Aust Spelling, US Spelling and Answer Sheet)
Elements of Art: Colour Word Wall vocabulary cards in a separate PDF document.
-An editable class assessment sheet (Word document), which maintains alignment with Curriculum and Syllabus links, and the Learning Intention and Success Criteria in the Lesson Plan, including space to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for observations/notes on individual students.
-An editable graded rubric for the Student Art Activity (Word Document) with space for written feedback. This may be adapted and grades removed, to use for formative rather than summative assessment
No shut-up sheets! No time-fillers. Real learning plans based on the Elements of Art, everything a time-poor teacher needs to be ready for the Christmas season in class while ticking all the planning and assessment boxes, maintaining and demonstrating curriculum and syllabus alignment. All the hard work is done so you can relax and enjoy some art with your students. Each lesson pack includes resources for the lesson, a detailed and fully editable lesson plan, including a Learning Intention and Success Criteria, as well as an editable rubric and assessment recording sheet for implementing and recording the formative and/or summative assessment of your choice. Purchase the bundle for a 60% discount. Merry Christmas!
Designed to assist busy teachers stay on top of ongoing assessment requirements, while maintaining and demonstrating curriculum and syllabus alignment and making the most effective use of their clear Learning Intentions and specific Success Criteria. There is a dedicated section for points to follow up in future lessons and for student observations. Developed for use in Primary Visual Arts (Creative Arts) lessons, this recording sheet is adaptable as a cross-curricular assessment monitoring resource, able to be filled out quickly ’on the go’ , providing more information at a glance than the standard gradebook format. Ongoing assessment information recorded is easily collated for reports or conferences. It is a useful resource for casual relief (substitute) teachers and student teachers, as well as class or subject teachers.
This resource is available in a value bundle. To develop an effective and manageable formative and summative assessment strategy, with assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records on track.
To view the class assessment record template adapted for specific lesson plans, please visit the Picasso Artist Study and Elements of Christmas Art"value bundles of lesson plans and supporting resources.
Thank you for visiting Tick the Art Box.
Visual Arts vocabulary display, promoting Literacy across the Curriculum.
Eight cards for the seven elements of art.
Both ‘Colour’ and ‘Color’ are included with Line, Shape, Value, Texture, Form and Space
You may also like to use these free Printable and Editable (Blank) Word Wall Cards for your classroom displays and activities. These can be adapted as task cards or classroom labels.
Additionally, comprehensive sets of cards for each of the Elements of Art are available as a value bundle
Form and Shape and Line include a variety of art activities, challenges and games, easily differentiated, including ICT suggestions and movement games for active young art classes.
All the elements of the T.A.L.K. and L.E.A.R.N. process can be successfully adapted across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to use the lesson Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, to take ownership of their learning, to give meaningful feedback and feed forward and to treat each other with respect and kindness, fostering positive, healthy relationships.
To encourage development of effective peer and self assessment skills, teachers should model the ‘TALK’ and ‘LEARN” approaches frequently with students. Teachers and students should also “mix it up” - students can TALK to themselves or LEARN with a peer. or make use of a rubric.
Printables to support the T.A.L.K. and L.E.A.R.N. process of Peer and Self Assessment. Originally designed for Visual Arts classes, the T.A.L.K. and L.E.A.R.N. process can be successfully adapted across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to use the lesson Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, to take ownership of their learning, to give meaningful feedback and feed forward and to treat each other with respect and kindness, fostering positive, healthy relationships.
To encourage development of effective peer and self assessment skills, teachers should model the ‘TALK’ and ‘LEARN” approaches frequently with students. Teachers and students should also “mix it up” - students can TALK to themselves or LEARN with a peer.
Originally designed for Visual Arts classes, the T.A.L.K. and L.E.A.R.N. process can be successfully adapted across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to use the lesson Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, to take ownership of their learning, to give meaningful feedback and feed forward and to treat each other with respect and kindness, fostering positive, healthy relationships.
To encourage development of effective peer and self assessment skills, teachers should model the ‘TALK’ and ‘LEARN” approaches frequently with students. Teachers and students should also “mix it up” - students can TALK to themselves or LEARN with a peer.
Originally designed for Visual Arts classes, the T.A.L.K. and L.E.A.R.N. process can be successfully adapted across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to use the lesson Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, to take ownership of their learning, to give meaningful feedback and feed forward and to treat each other with respect and kindness, fostering positive, healthy relationships.
To encourage development of effective peer and self assessment skills, teachers should model the ‘TALK’ and ‘LEARN” approaches frequently with students. Teachers and students should also “mix it up” - students can TALK to themselves or LEARN with a peer.
