Currently: Kindergarten Dives into Line Sharks
Learning Timeline:
To assess the students prior knowledge of lines, each student completed a line pre-assessment. After all students completed their line pre-assessment, we as a class discussed the lines that were covered on the quiz. In an effort to commit these lines to memory we developed bodily-kinesthetic movement patterns for each line type, characteristic, and direction found on our quiz. As a class we established connections between objects found in everyday life that have lines.
In our next class meeting we will begin a guided drawing using the line vocabulary we discussed in our previous session. Once the basic framework of our shark drawings is finished, students are encouraged to add their own creativity to make their drawings unique. For this assignment we will be using using pencil, crayon, and maker on white drawing paper.
In our next class meeting we will begin a guided drawing using the line vocabulary we discussed in our previous session. Once the basic framework of our shark drawings is finished, students are encouraged to add their own creativity to make their drawings unique. For this assignment we will be using using pencil, crayon, and maker on white drawing paper.
Just Finished: ART TO GROW
The Dixon Art to Grow, community outreach program, will be coming to our classroom September 18-22nd. The colorful Art to Grow van and its talented and creative instructors will bring art and nature to our classroom. The curriculum offered provides students with stimulating and creative experiences that teach art concepts, techniques, and history.
As a class, students will read "Cactus Hotel" by Brenda Guiberson and answer questions about the text. Students will learn about cacti. They will discuss the life cycle, physical traits, and habitat of the cactus and will be shown several photographs of different cactus species. Students will be asked to use warm colors to make a desert sunset using liquid watercolors on paper. While their paintings dry, students will use black construction paper to draw and cut out multiple cacti. Towards the end of the session, students will glue their cactus silhouettes onto their paintings to create a desert landscape.
As a class, students will read "Cactus Hotel" by Brenda Guiberson and answer questions about the text. Students will learn about cacti. They will discuss the life cycle, physical traits, and habitat of the cactus and will be shown several photographs of different cactus species. Students will be asked to use warm colors to make a desert sunset using liquid watercolors on paper. While their paintings dry, students will use black construction paper to draw and cut out multiple cacti. Towards the end of the session, students will glue their cactus silhouettes onto their paintings to create a desert landscape.
How does this relate to the Curriculum?
Like most lessons in the art room, this lesson is interdisciplinary, meaning it incorporates the visual art standards, but also standards from other subjects. This lesson specifically focuses on the Tennessee State Academic Standards for Visual Art and Science.
Tennessee State Academic Standards: Visual Art:
Standard 1.0- Media, Techniques, and Processes: Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.
Standard 2.0- Structures and Functions: Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.
Standard 3.0- Evaluation: Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
Standard 6.0- Interdisciplinary Connections: Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Tennessee State Academic Standards: Science:
Standard 2- Interdependence: All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.
Standard 4- Heredity: Plants and animals reproduce and transmit hereditary information between generations.
Standard 5- Biodiversity and Change: A rich variety of complex organisms have developed in response to a continually changing environment.
Tennessee State Academic Standards: Visual Art:
Standard 1.0- Media, Techniques, and Processes: Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.
Standard 2.0- Structures and Functions: Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.
Standard 3.0- Evaluation: Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
Standard 6.0- Interdisciplinary Connections: Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Tennessee State Academic Standards: Science:
Standard 2- Interdependence: All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.
Standard 4- Heredity: Plants and animals reproduce and transmit hereditary information between generations.
Standard 5- Biodiversity and Change: A rich variety of complex organisms have developed in response to a continually changing environment.