This is a collage lesson that goes along with the book If You're a Monster and you Know It. Key concepts are geometric and organic shapes, cutting, overlapping, and gluing. This lesson can be done in collaboration with the music teacher too.
20 Keeps,
5 Likes,
0 Comments
THE PLAN
2 sessions; 50 minutes per session
I can identify free-form and geometric shapes.
I can use glue properly.
I can overlap shapes.
-Teach students about free-form and geometric shapes.
-Read book If You're a Monster and You Know It. While reading identify the different shapes you see in the monsters.
-Have student choose a 9x12 colored paper and cut a shape for the head of their monster. Glue on 12x18 black paper.
-Demonstrate how to cut facial features and how to overlap them. Discuss patterns.
-Continue decorating monster with cut paper.
Observation
Can students identify difference between free-form and organic shapes?
THE STANDARDS
Visual Arts Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
[K-4] Students use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
[K-4] Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner
Visual Arts Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
[K-4] Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks
Visual Arts Standard 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
[K-4] Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
.jpg)
.jpg)
Share!
Comment!