My husband and I are expecting in August and little did I know with a bun in the oven the Dr. wants to see you all the time! I am taking at least 1 day a month off and that is if I don't actually get sick or need a personal day. Needless to say I have missed more school this year then ever before. When I am not there I never really know who I might get and what they might know about art so I try to just leave quick one day projects with basic instructions and materials. I had a few ideas of my own and have added to my arsenal thanks to Ms. Malone's blog on sub plans (the link to that blog is below).
My ideas:
- If I know I am going to be out I will do a large drawing with the students the day before that they have to color with the sub while I am gone. They love learning to draw new things like a dragon that we might not normally do for an art project.
- I might have the students make up a creature. It has to be 1 part animal, 1 part bug, and 1 part human. Questions to think about: What animal bug and human parts did I use and where? Does it look to much like anything I have seen before? Where will this creature live (it's environment)? Is this creature the only one of its kind. I have them draw and color the creature but there are always a few that rush it. For this I suggest that the sub have them answer the above questions on the back of their paper.
- Draw and color a hand monster. I will leave some large lids I have for tracing with the other supplies they will need for the project (paper, pencils, crayons). The students must trace the circle in the middle of the paper then trace their hands overlapping the circle fingers pointing out. They may trace their hand as many times as they want. Next they add some sort of face inside the circle and whatever other body parts their monster might need. I never let them leave the background empty so again they have to create an environment for their monster to live in even if it is under their bed or in their closet.
- The students start by drawing an egg that has broken open. The question is "What's inside your egg?". The students can draw anything they can imagine coming out of their egg. The possibilities are endless! On the back you could have the students do a little writing. Your egg falls to the floor and breaks open but instead of a big mess all over the kitchen floor a _____________ pop out.
http://msmalonesartroom.blogspot.com/search/label/sub%20plans- This link will take you to an awesome art teachers blog where she has posted more sub plans.
