Grade Level: 1st Grade
Lesson Title: Lines, Lines, Lines
Objectives:
Students will learn how to fold a paper into fractions, patterns, lines, writing and letter development.
Frameworks/Standards:
(A.1.1) Students will examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art, which shall include the elements and principles.
(A.2.3) Students will demonstrate that change for improvement is part of problem solving in are and there can be more than one solution.
(A.3.4) Students will exhibit artwork and participate in the exhibition process.
Vocabulary:
Straight, Curvy, Zigzag, Wavy, Long, Short, Spiral/Swirled, Curley/Looped, Thick, Thin, Broken, Dotted, Patterned
Materials:
Colored Markers
12 x 18 white paper
Resources:
Various samples of artwork
Introduction/Set:
Teacher will discuss folding paper into fractions and creating patterns using sets of repeated lines.
Procedure:
• Teacher will discuss show students how to fold a piece of paper into eight (8) sections.
• Teacher will demonstrate how groups of lines make patterns.
• Teacher will show various works of art that show patterns.
• Students will fold paper into eight (8) sections and unfold to reveal areas to pattern.
• Students will use colored markers to create patterns with lines in each area.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Skill Development, Individual Participation, Reflection for Error Correction
Curriculum Integration:
Language arts – noting details, Social Studies – variety among people
Reflection/Refinements:
Students’ work will be kept for display in the school.
