Drawing
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1. Let's Draw a Clock:
When students begin to learn about telling time in math class, it is a good idea to become familiar with the clock itself meaning the numbers on it and their unique positions. For this activity we will use this fun color wheel clock as the main subject for our drawing and not only will it help us to practice drawing basic shapes and learning color relations, we can later turn our drawings into a great tool for learning to tell time. Another option would be to have the children draw a still life drawing of the clock in our classroom with specific times depicted in their drawings
2. Be Illustrator for a Day:
http://www.teachingace.com/teaching-setting-through-drawing/
For this drawing activity students will use their imaginations and creativity for an interactive reading/writing lesson that focuses on teaching setting. Though these are typically considered portraits, the backgrounds will vary regarding which story we are discussing or if the child is illustrating a story of their own. I will provide a page divided into 4 sections with the same figure in each setting, but it will be up to the student to bring the setting to life by "setting the scene". As students become familiar with the activity and lessons develop we could use this same idea for gesture drawing or by asking the student to draw their own figures.
For this drawing activity students will use their imaginations and creativity for an interactive reading/writing lesson that focuses on teaching setting. Though these are typically considered portraits, the backgrounds will vary regarding which story we are discussing or if the child is illustrating a story of their own. I will provide a page divided into 4 sections with the same figure in each setting, but it will be up to the student to bring the setting to life by "setting the scene". As students become familiar with the activity and lessons develop we could use this same idea for gesture drawing or by asking the student to draw their own figures.
3. Drawing for Reading, Math, & Science
https://learn.teachingchannel.com/video/teaching-patterns
This is a wonderful drawing activity that connects language arts, technology & research, science, math, and art lessons all in one assignment. Students draw their animal portraits in steps starting with just the animal, then later adding horizon lines, shapes, patterns, and various other lines and colors as the lessons progress. We may start with reading a book about animal patterns, then scientific investigating by asking and writing answers to questions about our animal and their specific patterns and environments, and finally we can incorporate math by adding shapes and lines to make patterns, Through all of this we will be integrating art and drawing into our other lessons.
This is a wonderful drawing activity that connects language arts, technology & research, science, math, and art lessons all in one assignment. Students draw their animal portraits in steps starting with just the animal, then later adding horizon lines, shapes, patterns, and various other lines and colors as the lessons progress. We may start with reading a book about animal patterns, then scientific investigating by asking and writing answers to questions about our animal and their specific patterns and environments, and finally we can incorporate math by adding shapes and lines to make patterns, Through all of this we will be integrating art and drawing into our other lessons.
4. Learning Shapes by Drawing a Landscape
This is class project will be completed through discussion. As we talk about and discuss the shapes we've been learning in math class, We will draw by adding one shape at a time to our landscapes. Student's will contribute ideas they have about basic geometric shapes and use their creativity to help design our landscapes. Another great idea would be to later utilize our artwork projects as a form of assessment by asking the students to label each shape in our landscapes according to the number they are labeled.
5. Drawing Illustrations
In science class it is very important for students to learn how to make accurate detailed illustrations of what they observe . This activity will be used for various still life and scientific drawings and will teach children how to correctly draw exactly what they see, so other scientists will know what they are describing in their writing. This is a project that will be used quite often in science class, because we will be using art processes in our science notebooks, especially for the younger students who are just learning to read and write.
6. The Kid Behind the Mask
This an imaginative and creative drawing project that incorporates a fun Language Arts, Writing, and Social Studies lesson. The students will practice drawing faces and/or self portraits while gaining experience with concepts of symmetry and drawing faces, cultural perspective, and grammar. In today's world most of us are hidden behind a mask, so this project requires students to fold their paper in a way in which they can either cover their face with a decorated mask or pull it down and get to know the person behind the mask by learning about the details student's drew beneath it. This fun drawing project can be used with a number of creative writing prompts or even freestyle writing for journal entries. For example, I could ask the students to draw a person from a different culture we have been studying, add details to and under the mask that represent that particular region and then end with a writing assignment that describes a day in the life of a kid from that specific country. The ideas are limitless with this project! It tops the list at Ms. Garrett's absolute favorite drawing activity!