Grade Level: Kindergarten
Objectives:
Students will learn draw lines made by different objects and to associate lines with those in nature.
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:
crayons
12 x 18 white paper
Resources:
Various samples of artwork
Introduction/Set:
Teacher will discuss the ‘trails’ that a butterfly leaves as it moves through the air from flower to flower.
Procedure:
• Teacher will discuss how to draw a butterfly.
• Teacher will demonstrate how to match both sides of the butterfly.
• Teacher will show various works of art that show movement.
• Students will draw flowers at the bottom of their page and butterflies flying above them (using dotted lines).
• Students will use crayons to color drawings.
Assessment/Evaluation:
Skill Development, Individual Participation
Curriculum Integration:
Language arts – writing and letter development, Science – movement, Math – shapes and line
Reflection/Refinements:
Students’ work will be kept for display in the school.
