Name: Linda McAnarney
Topic: Multiplication
Subject: Art
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Desired Results
Standard(s) Addressed within the lesson:
Math/Science:
3.OA.1: Interpret multiplication as objects in a group (5 objects in 5 equal groups = 25) or Arrays
(5 rows, 5 objects in a row)
3.OA.7: Fluently multiply and divide within 100 (x0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10)
VA.3.C.1.1 : Use the art-making process to develop ideas for self-expression.
VA.3.F.1.1 : Manipulate art media and incorporate a variety of subject matter to create imaginative
artwork.
VA.3.S.1.2 : Use diverse resources to inspire artistic expression and achieve varied results.
VA.3.S.2.1 : Integrate the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design with
sequential procedures and techniques to achieve an artistic goal.
Essential Question(s): Why am I teaching this?
How can students use the art-making process to better understand multiplication facts?
Intended Outcome(s) The GOAL—What will students know and be able to do?
I will be able to artistically design an array to show my understanding of multiplication. (I will create
a Vincent van Gogh inspired sky, I will create skyscraper buildings, and I will have arrays of
windows on the buildings.
Formative Assessments:-How will you monitor and measure student progress throughout the lesson?
Teacher Observation of demonstration of skills during activity.
We will be using array picture cards from K-5MathTeachingResources.com
Lesson Outline:
1. Show PowerPoint on Vincent van Gogh Skies, Skyscrapers, and Arrays
2. Review math vocabulary: array, equal groups, columns, rows, multiply, geometric
shapes, symmetry, asymmetrical, vertical, horizontal
3. Find arrays in real world applications such as photographs or other works of art.
4. Students then have the opportunity to design and create their own array city scape in
their art work demonstrating the use of structure (rows, columns). Example:
http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/2013/02/array-city.html
5. Students may draw their array, use construction paper, etc.
Other Real World Examples:
http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/03/real-world-arrays-and-math.html.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SkyscrapersofShinjuku17Desember 2003.jpg.
Resources:
Powerpoint
Reading from texts
during class
Websites viewed in
class
www.K5MathTeachingRes
ources.com
Text:
The World’s Greatest
Buildings:
Masterpieces of
Architecture and
Engineering by Trevor
Howells
Building Philip
Wilkinson
Building by David
Macaulay
Helmut Jahn by Nory
Miller
Camille and the
Sunflowers: A story
about Vincent van
Gogh by Laurence
Anholt
Getting to know the
World’s Greatest
Artists: van Gogh by
Mike Venezia
The Yellow House:
Vincent van Gogh and
Paul Gauguin Side by
Side by Susan Rubin
Writing
Component:
Put multiplication
on the back of the
art work to
demonstrate their
understanding of
arrays.
Answer the five
assessment
questions on the
back of the art:
1. Did you use
oil pastels to
create your
Van gogh
inspired sky?
2. Did you
include at
least four
buildings?
3. Did you
paint the
windows in
an array
pattern?
4. Did you
understand
you were to
multiply the
columns
times rows?
5. Did you put
your answer
on the back?
Vocabulary:
Array
Equal groups
columns
rows
multiply
vertical
horizontal
landscape
portrait
oil pastels
acrylic paint
skyscrapers
buildings
windows
structures
symmetry
asymmetrical