Lesson 2- First Grade

Project Description

• In this lesson we will continue the theme of "art tells stories" by asking students to create a mini "comic strip of their favorite memory. For the first grade class, we will be creating a comic strip but with utilizing three story boxes instead of just one.

Essential Understandings

• Students will be able to use the visual arts to draw a favorite memory without using any words.

Objectives

Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family and friends.

• Observe and Learn to Comprehend, GLE 1: Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate, SHoM: Stretch & Explore, Art Learning: Artists use layers of experiences to develop personal insight that can be shared.

Investigate the properties of materials (found objects) to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.

• Invent and Discover to Create, GLE 3: Invent and Discover to Create, SHoM: Engage and Persist, Art Learning: Art shares stories

Art methods

• linework

• filling in shapes with color

Art Vocabulary

• comic strip

Materials

• paper

• markers

• crayons

Documentation