Fine Arts: Visual Arts

K-4 Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques and Processes

• Students use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.

K-4 Standard 3: Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols and Ideas

• Students select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

Physical Education: Movement Forms

K-12 Standard 1: Develop physically educated individuals who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity.

• A physically educated student demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.
  

Reprinted from Moving into the Future, National Standards for Physical Education, 2nd Edition, with permission from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1599.

Source:National Standards for Physical Education

Lacing dies can serve many purposes in addition to the reinforcing of fine motor skills. This teacher and students can add or remove Tiny Apples to demonstrate basic addition and subtraction. Use lacing dies to support any curriculum area.

Supplies Used: Cardstock, Chalk, Crayons, Glue, Pens (Colored), Scissors, Yarn

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Die-cut XL Lacing Apple using red and green cardstock or construction paper.
   
2. Leave the red Apple whole. Cut the leaf from the green Apple and adhere to the red Apple.
   
3. Die-cut six TY Apples using light green paper. Use chalk, crayons or colored pencils to add highlights.
   
4. Cut four thin 1" strips of black paper for the plus and equal signs.
   
5. Adhere the tiny Apples and the math signs to the red Apple (see Main Photo).
   
6. Cut a 3' length of black yarn for each student which will be used for lacing the Apple.