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Context: The children have been exploring the idea of space travel in the role play area. They have been encouraged to use these experiences and their imagination to describe a space monster.
Learning Intentions: To use talk to organise, sequence and clarify ideas (CLL).
To choose colours and tools for a purpose (CD).
To select colours and tools in a simple paint program (KUW).
Success Criteria: I know/can choose colours and tools to draw the space monster I have described.
Key Vocabulary: colour, tool, mouse, arrow, click, draw, paintbrush, fill, spray can, undo, print.
(teacher directed)
(teacher directed)
(teacher initiated)
You will need: simple paint program.
Demonstrate the effects that different tools create on the screen: paintbrush, spray can, flood fill. Encourage the children to experiment with different tools, using the undo button to modify their ideas.
In talking pairs, ask questions
about the space monster:
What colour is it?
How many legs has it got?
How does it move?
Ask the children to create the space monster that they have described on screen, selecting appropriate colours and tools.
Observe and discuss with the children why they have chosen the colour or tool and how they might change or improve their ideas on screen.
Ask the children to print their work for display.
You will need: different
sized paper, painting materials.
Encourage the children
to create a picture of their space monster using a different media type.
Thinking Questions:
What does your space monster look like?
How does your space monster move?
Which tools did you use to draw your space monster on the screen?
How would you change your space monster?
Is your painting different to the space monster on the screen?
Plenary/Recall:
Share paintings and printed
versions of space monsters. Use thinking questions to discuss whether
the paintings and printed versions are the same or different. Think about
how their design can be changed and whether this would be easier using
paint or on screen. 