Visual Arts Education — Grade 1

Calico Watercolor Cats

This two-class lesson focuses on students learning how to draw a cat using geometric shapes, learning and applying wet-on-wet technique of watercolor painting, and using crayon to create area surrounding cats. The final art product will be a mixed media painting of one cat and one kitten in an indoor or outdoor environment. Students will orally present their completed artwork using prepositions and nouns to describe the location of their cats.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and English Language Development)

By Barbara Zimmerman and Heidi Summers.

Painted Cylindrical Sculptures

Students will experiment painting a variety of lines as directed in addition to inventing their own on 12" x 18" paper. Students will also glue pre-cut paper strips onto their sculptures experimenting with a variety of paper sculpture techniques such as bending, folding and curling.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)

By Rose Szabo.

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Building a matrix for Leo Lionni books: An author study

Students listen to books by author Leo Lionni and create and organizing information on a large matrix which depicts the main elements of that day's story. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)

Provider: IRA/NCTE