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KCS Aligned Watercolor Unit

One of the goals for VIPHS teacher trainings this year was to build Units that integrated the Key Cognitive Strategies framework and included conferencing. We worked together in PLCs to develop rubrics and other materials for an existing unit. I chose to work on a watercolor unit for my Drawing and Painting classes. I created a rubric for the unit that was built on standards from the KCS Mastery Rubric for Visual Art. At the outset of the unit students received the rubric and we talked as a class about the concepts I was hoping each student would master or improve upon during the unit. The photo above shows a board I made to help guide students during individual conferences.

Resources

Linked Below are several resources for the unit including a Unit Plan, Rubric, Sample Lesson, and student examples.