Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Learning Coach Guide Contents Exploring Perspective Unit14 Paperwork Unit15 Learning from the Masters Unit16 Make Your Mark Unit17 Part A Welcome Letter Dear Learning Coach, Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Art 6 course. Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements. The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following. The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be. The Unit Assessment section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. Write them in the box and use it as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it. The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time. The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying. In the Unit Extras section, you may find optional activities, literature connections, career connections, technology tips, ideas to help your learner if they get stuck, or safety tips. CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year! Supporting Your Learner Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course. Help your learner know what time guided or live class instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings. Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help. Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio. Always encourage your learner to do their very best. Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course. Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher. Part B Course Information Part B: Course Information Course Goals In Art 6, your learner will build on the elements of art they practiced throughout elementary school. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: identify the elements of art: line, shape, value, form, color, texture, and space; combine the elements of art in different artworks, such as value and color; draw basic cubes in one-point perspective; use acrylic paints on canvas board to create three original paintings; paint a monochromatic landscape; use the 12-part color wheel to recognize and create color schemes; recognize the artwork of various art masters; create a design using positive and negative space; reflect on the process of making art; give helpful critiques on peers’ artworks; give their artworks titles; and assemble an Art Show in Microsoft PowerPoint. Course Format Lesson Components: Each day, your learner will spend 60 minutes completing an art lesson. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. The lesson does not need to be completed in one sitting. Encourage your learner to take short breaks as they need. This section will help you to understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio. Lesson Bundling: A lesson bundle is a collection of lessons that stack up to equal one full class period. On the first day of each unit, learners will see a bundle. Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every day. 1. Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 of Unit 1. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher. 2. Unit Overview: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have. 3. Prep for Success: At the beginning of each unit, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers learners tips to be successful in the course, such as study tips, important software information, safety reminders, and more. 4. Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding of key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson. 1. Lesson Overview: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the lesson overview. This section contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length. 2. Engage: The first section of the lesson is Engage. In this section, learners will be introduced to the lesson by making a connection to past and present knowledge and will get ready for the lesson’s instruction. 3. Discover: New content and instruction is presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary terms, videos, audio, and Pause and Think activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson. 4. Show: Learners will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions. 5. Wrap Up: This section recaps the day’s objectives and prepares learners for a future lesson or assessment. The course includes assignments. These graded assignments allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments include these components. 1. Assessment Overview: At the beginning of each assessment, your learner will see the assessment overview. This section contains the goals of the assessment, materials your learner will need, length of the assessment, and directions for completion. 2. Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment or project. Learners may be provided with a review of content from the previous lessons, strategies for completing the activity, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. 3. Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment or project successfully. This section also provides the grading expectations and/or rubric the teacher will use to grade the work. 4. Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back to the work they completed. They will reflect upon the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow learners to think about their learning and their work habits. Course Features This course includes and uses unique features such as: The Elements of Art: The elements of art (often thought of as building blocks of art) are line, shape, color, value, form, texture, and space. These seven items are highlighted and heavily referenced throughout your learner’s art course to teach them essential artistic techniques and skills. 12-Part Color Wheel Interactive: This activity allows your learner to place primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on an interactive color wheel. They will learn about color placement and can mix colors virtually. Color Mixing: Tint and Shade Interactive: This activity takes learners through a virtual color mixing process to create a range of tints and shades of each of the primary and secondary colors. They can also sort warm and cool colors and organize a complementary color scheme. Art Critique: An art critique is a detailed analysis and assessment of artwork or a body of work. In an art critique, learners will observe a piece of art and answer guiding questions, including, but not limited to, determining what was used to create the art, the elements of art that appear, and what they like or might change about the piece of art. Students may also have the opportunity to receive feedback on their personal creations through collaboration with their peers and feedback from their teacher. Part C: Unit Information Build Your Skills Unit Overview In Build Your Skills, learners will closely examine the elements of value, form, and color. They will learn about analogous color schemes and review the color wheel. Learners will be able to draw a still life, create value with color and graphite, and understand how space is created in an artwork. Critiques are introduced. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions How was using acrylic paint different from other paints you have used before? What elements of art are you using to make artwork? What was your favorite activity? Unit Notables Acrylic paint is introduced and used. There are options for different palettes, and learners can choose what best suits their style and environment. Learners should be conscious of the clean-up procedures. Critiques are introduced. Learners will receive guidance on how to give a helpful critique to their peers. Kit Materials acrylic paints, Art 6 Notebook, canvas, colored pencils, crayons, drawing paper, drawing pencils, eraser, kneaded eraser, manila folder, markers, paintbrushes, paint palette, pencil, permanent marker, ruler, scissors, sharpener, sketchbook, spare drawing paper Household Materials cup of water, paper towels Exploring Perspective Unit Unit Overview In this unit, learners will explore one-point linear perspective and atmospheric perspective. They will learn about how to use a horizon line and a vanishing point to draw 3D forms. They will paint a landscape and learn about another type of color scheme. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What is one-point perspective? Tell me about your experience mixing colors. Unit Notables Learners will need to use a ruler to draw boxes in one-point perspective. They should take their time and work on one box at a time. Colored pencils will be needed for One-Part Perspective, Part 2. Kit Materials acrylic paints, Art 6 Notebook, canvas, colored pencils, construction paper, drawing pencils, eraser, glue stick, kneaded eraser, markers, paint brushes, paint palette, pencil, ruler, scissors, sharpener, sketchbook Household Materials cup of water, paper towels Paperwork Unit Unit Overview In this unit, learners will explore different ways to make artwork with different types of paper. They will learn about relief sculptures, nōtan design, and printmaking. They will make creative choices and produce several mixed media pieces. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What materials did you use for your mixed media activity? What connections did you make with your classmate’s artwork? What are you still working on? Unit Notables Learners should exercise patience when rolling, cutting, and gluing paper. It is okay if their work does not look exactly like the example. If your learner wants to draw a fantasy creature for the Paper Relief Sculpture that they do not see in the lesson, they can use their own reference image. In the Mixed Media Prints, Part 1 lesson, learners will choose construction paper according to a complementary or analogous color scheme. Kit Materials acrylic paints, colored pencils, construction paper, drawing paper, glue, glue stick (optional), markers, paintbrush, paint palette, pencil, ruler, scissors Household Materials cardboard (optional), cup of water, leaves (optional), magazines (optional), newspaper (optional), other paper (optional), paper plate (optional), paper towels, sponge (optional) Learning From the Masters Unit Unit Overview In this unit, you will learn about artists who were masters of art: Violet Oakley, Selma Burke, Frida Kahlo, Jacob Lawrence, and Charles Demuth. You will become familiar with their artwork and what they valued. You will use how they saw the world as a way to create your own unique artwork. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Who was your favorite artist from the unit? What artwork from the critique discussion was your favorite? Unit Notables Learners will pick a poem in the Charles Demuth lesson. If they want to paint a poem that is not in the lesson, they should contact their teacher. Violet Oakley’s murals are visible in the capitol building in Harrisburg, PA. You can reserve a free tour at www.pacapitol.com. Learners will need a paint palette and a pencil sharpener. Kit Materials acrylic paints, Art 6 Notebook, canvas, colored pencils, construction paper, drawing paper, eraser, glue stick (optional), kneaded eraser, markers, modeling clay, paintbrushes, palette, pencil, permanent marker, scissors, sharpener, sketchbook Household Materials cup of water, mirror, paper towel, a selfie Make Your Mark Unit Unit Overview In this unit, learners will explore typography and public art. They will learn about the parts of letters and different types of street art. They will practice drawing different types of letters and come up with an idea for a piece of public artwork. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What are the parts of a letter? What are the types of public artwork? If you could make a piece of public artwork, what would it be? Unit Notables Identify murals and other street art in your own community. Further exploration of public art can be had at https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/public-art. Kit Materials acrylic paints, Art 6 Notebook, colored pencils, drawing paper, eraser, kneaded eraser, markers, pencil Household Materials none
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
