CAES+Documentation

Please include evidence of student achievement and/or learning as a result of the implementation of the TSIM lesson plan here. You may include: When contemplating what area to focus on for our lesson, we knew we wanted to do create a lesson that would leave a lasting impression on the students. After meeting with our principal Mr. Sears and Title I Math teacher, Elaine Shannon we determined from the PSSA foresight scores, that our third grade students showed a need for remediatation in the area of measurement in math. We chose to combine the art work of Piet Mondrain, known for his abstract designs, and the use of rulers to create our lesson. > 0 students received a 5/5 > 15 students received a 4/5 score > 41 students received a 3/5 score > 12 students received a 2/5 score > 2 students received a 1/5 > 0 students received a 0/5 > Following the pre-test, Miss Galiffa introduced the artist by giving a background of his work. She explained how he used vertical and horizontal lines to create a grid like piece of work. Explaining to the students of his use of primary colors and lines, students were asked to identify examples of Mondrain’s work. We passed out rulers and gave the students a sloppy copy piece of paper to follow a list of commands. Mrs. Phillips went over and gave examples of how to remember what a horizontal line is and what a vertical line look like. Examples: Horizontal line is the horizon line and vertical line can be remembered by our vertebrae in our backs, up and down. We asked the students to draw a 4 inch horizontal line somewhere on their paper. Then, we asked them to draw a vertical line all the way through their paper. We continued to give the students commands and then once we saw the paper being filled up, we gave the students the option to “free style” any straight lines that they wanted. The end result was completely different grids that were inspired by Piet Mondrain. > The next art class we discussed color. Miss Galiffa wanted the students to be creative and use many colors in their pieces of art. They had to leave 3 squares white, 3 black and then the rest they could color. They really took their time to color neatly. When finished with their art work, Mrs. Phillips photographed their art pieces and made them into a computer slide show. > In the course of our unit, we were asked by Liz and Shannon to be a host an event to showcase the Space I’m In materials to the founders of the grant. Hesitant and reluctant at first, we jumped right in and planned our own little gala. State representatives, local officials, school representatives, parents and members of the Mattress Factory, Benedum Center and Grable foundation were invited to attend.
 * Students were given a five question pretest that consisted of math questions relating to the use of rulers, measurement, horizontal and vertical lines. As expected, students were not knowledgable about the concepts. Of the 70 students tested, the following results were found:
 * On Thursday April 28th we put on our show for the 25+ guests. Our students came in and created their slides while the guests were informed of what they were about to see. The students worked in 2 groups: One created the slides while the other interacted in TSIM materials. Pictures of their art work as well as pictures of nature and our school setting were projected into the 4 walls. Students were creative while becoming a part of the art. Hiding behind large poster board and white paper towel gave the 3D effect that awed the guests. This event lasted approximately one hour.
 * TSIM project was greatly responsible for the wonderful turn out at the California School District 3rd annual Art Show. Students, parents, teachers flocked to the school to see the wonderful artwork and become a part of their own art in the installation piece.
 * We concluded our lesson by giving the students a post test of the concepts introduced and taught throughout our unit. The results showed great improvement.
 * 24 students received 4/5
 * 14 students received 3/5
 * 2 students received 2/5
 * 0 students received 1/5
 * 0 students received 0/5
 * 30 students received 5/5
 * In conclusion, we were very pleased with the results of the lesson. The students were very engaged in the lesson and look very forward to our culminating activity with a visit to the Mattress Factory Museum!