About this book
About this book
About this book
About this book
Overview
Objective
Students Will:
- Practice their drawing skills.
Materials
- Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
- I Can Draw Animals by Ray Gibson
- From Pictures to Words by Janet Stevens
- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Ahlsburg
- Crayons
- Pencils
- Drawing paper
- Kidspiration by Inspiration Software, Inc. (Mac or PC version)
or chart paper, or a blackboard for brainstorming
Set Up and Prepare
- Sharpen pencils
- Check Kidspiration connection to large screen monitor
Directions
Step 1: Read Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola. Talk to students about keeping their dreams.
Step 2: Introduce I Can Draw Animals (or use another How to Draw book). This type of book can help give young children a start in observing new details in drawing.
Step 3: Demonstrate various ways to manipulate crayons or pencils to get different lines widths, textures, and shapes.
Step 4: Have the children use crayons or pencils to draw their best pictures. (They may want to draw more than one.)
Step 5: Hang their best drawing on a bulletin board or on the wall. Or create a class book from the drawings.
Step 6: Using Kidspiration to list what the children learned about drawing.
Lesson Extensions
Read From Pictures to Words by Janet Stevens. Chart the steps involved in illustrating a book.
Read Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Ahlsburg. Draw a picture from an ant's perspective or from a giraffe's perspective.
Assess Students
- Subjects:Reading, Discovery and Learning, Creativity and Imagination, Following Directions, Motor Skills, Visual Arts
- Skills:Listening Comprehension
- Duration:1 Class Period
