Art 1 · Week 36 · Portfolio, Exhibition, and Reflection
Gratitude in Art
Students create a small thank you artwork for a classmate or mentor who helped them grow this year.
- Students will
- Students create a small thank you artwork for a classmate or mentor, choosing color, image, and words to communicate gratitude clearly.
- SEL skill
- Express specific appreciation that names what someone did
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by expressing appreciation in a clear, specific, and respectful way.
- Content focus
- Gratitude in art: a thank you artwork
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building healthy relationships through clear communication, careful listening, teamwork, and working through disagreements. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Re7.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 7 (Perceive and analyze artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Art 1
- Studio Norms We Build Together Relationship skillsStudents practice safe handling of studio materials and cowrite the norms that make the art room a shared, respected space.
- Kind, Specific, Helpful Relationship skillsStudents learn a three part critique protocol and practice giving warm and cool feedback on a classmate's sketch.
- Ofrendas With Respect Relationship skillsStudents learn the meaning of ofrenda elements in Día de los Muertos and design a personal remembrance panel that honors the tradition rather than treating it as decoration.
- Collaborative Paper Quilt Relationship skillsEach student makes one square on a shared theme, and the class negotiates how to arrange the squares into one installation.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.