Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Learning Coach Guide Contents Color Theory Unit12 Nature Art Unit13 Figures & Faces Unit14 Abstract Art Unit15 Telling Stories Unit16 Course Review Unit17 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 2 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 Notables section, you may find optional activities and 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. Look for Learning Coach Notes in the course. These are special messages to provide you with information about an activity or topic. 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 Course Goals In Art 2, your learner will learn about some of the greatest artists of all time and practice new art skills such as drawing, painting, and sculpting. They will also learn interesting new concepts that inspire people to create art. Your learner will create art inspired by famous artists. They will also reflect on their art to make improvements. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: differentiate pastel mediums; create landscape art; create animal art; explore figure drawing; create portraits; create sculptures; explore the color wheel; demonstrate the Pointillist technique; differentiate primary, secondary, and complementary colors; explore form and variety; demonstrate the Action Art technique; create painting and sculpting projects; tell stories through art; create characters; and create comics and illustrations. Course Format Lesson Components: Each lesson, your learner will spend 45–60 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: Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every lesson. 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 about key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. See example below. 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 and projects 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. The Principles of Design: The principles of design (often thought of as building blocks of art) are pattern, contrast, emphasis, balance, proportion/scale, harmony, and rhythm/movement. These seven items are highlighted and heavily referenced throughout your learner’s art course to teach them essential artistic techniques and skills. Artist Spotlight: In an artist spotlight lesson, students will explore the art of a specific artist, including studying the artwork they are well-known for and techniques they created or frequently used. An artist spotlight connects history and culture studies to your learner’s study of art. 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 in addition to feedback from their teacher. Art Show: Learners will reflect on the skills and types of art they learned about in Art 2. They will review what they learned throughout the duration of the course. They will share what they enjoyed learning. Part C:Unit Information Color Theory Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore the color wheel and understand how secondary colors are made. They will be able to identify primary, secondary, complementary, and neutral colors. Your learner will explore Pointillism and gain inspiration from Georges Seurat’s 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 Which color do you like using the most? Is it a primary or secondary color? Do you like the art of Georges Seurat? Why? What did you learn about practicing Pointillism? Unit Notables Have all Art Kit supplies ready for use and ensure a clean, stable workspace in a quiet area. This unit will include a Pointillist painting project. It is a good idea to pause the teaching videos to allow them to practice this technique on a separate sheet of paper. Kit Materials colored pencils, cotton swab, glue stick, liquid glue, markers, paintbrush, paper, paper plate, pencil sharpener, permanent marker, oak tag, scissors, tempera paints Household Materials container for water (optional) Nature Art Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will make artwork related to nature. They will discover the artwork of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and it will inspire their artwork. Your learner will create a still life of flowers and landscapes. 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 Can you explain what a still life is? What is one thing you learned about light and color? Why was nature important to the Impressionists? Unit Notables Before the unit begins, note if your learner is right or left-handed. Make sure they have the correct scissors for a right or left handed learner. Kit Materials 9×12 construction paper, chalk pastel set, colored pencils, crayons, glue stick, light blue paper, liquid glue, oil pastel set, paintbrush, pencil sharpener, scissors, Tulips assignment, watercolor set, white paper Household Materials bowl, paper towels, pencil, round object for tracing Figures & Faces Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore the human figure. They will explore their face and other faces in artworks. They will learn about the artist Edgar Degas and be inspired by his paintings of dancers. 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 was one of Edgar Degas’s favorite things to paint? What about your hero’s personality did you capture in their portrait? What did you like about making a self-portrait sculpture? Unit Notables This unit will involve using oil pastels. Encourage your learner to be mindful of them because they easily stain fabrics. Kit Materials (2) pieces of sketch paper, chalk pastel set, Colors of the World crayons, cotton swab, crayons, glue stick, light-green construction paper, markers, modeling clay, oil pastels, paintbrush, paper plate, scissors, watercolor paint Household Materials bowl of water, mirror or selfie, paper towel, picture of your personal hero Abstract Art Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore art that does not look like real life. They will create paintings and use modeling clay. Your learner will be inspired by artists like Jackson Pollock and Hilma af Klint. 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 do you think is one purpose of abstract art? Do you think you can express your creativity with action painting? What did you learn about making sculpture? Unit Notables This unit includes an action painting project. Action painting can be messy! If possible, use a drop cloth. This project can also be done outside with a drop cloth. Kit Materials construction paper, cotton swab, large paintbrushes, markers, modeling clay, paper plate, pencil, permanent marker, pipe cleaners, tempera paint Household Materials container for water, newspaper or scrap paper or drop cloth to protect work surface, objects to trace, plastic bag to store modeling clay, ruler/straight edge Telling Stories Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore the stories pictures tell. They will learn how to tell a story with pictures. Your learner will be inspired by the illustrations of Maurice Sendak. They will create a character, a comic strip, and an illustration. 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 does it mean to “read” a picture? What kinds of stories would you like to tell with your art? From this unit, what was your favorite way to tell a story? Unit Notables This unit includes lessons where your learner will begin to “read pictures.” Note that this skill is directly related to visual literacy and is used to develop the learner’s ability to describe, analyze, and interpret images. Kit Materials colored pencils, Colors of the World crayons, crayons, markers, sketch paper Household Materials pencil Course Review Unit Unit Overview Unit Overvi Unit OverIn this unit, your learner will revisit the vocabulary and artworks from the previous units. They will have choices to make for their artwork in each lesson. Your learner will be able to make new artwork or change artwork they have already made. view Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. o make new artwork or change artwork they have already made. made. In this unit, your learner will revisit the vocabulary and artworks from the previous units. They will have choices to make for their artwork in each lesson. Your learner will be able to make new artwork or change artwork they have already made. Unit Ass Unit Discussion Questions ents Why do you think it is a good idea to revisit your old art projects? What was your favorite art project from this course? Why? Do you think art is important? Will you continue making your own art? Unit Notables This unit includes a lesson where your learner will use scrap pieces of construction paper. Set some aside if you have them handy. Otherwise, they can be cut or torn during the lesson. Kit Materials chalk pastels, colored pencils, Colors of the World crayons, construction paper, cotton swabs, crayons, glue stick, markers, oak tag, oil pastels, paper plate, paintbrush, pencils, permanent marker, scissors, sketch paper, tempera paints, watercolor set Household Materials container for water, paper towels, something round to trace
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
