SusanArts - K-6 Art Lessons

	Grade	Title	Description	National Standards
Sep	K	Daily Lines	Kindergarteners will explain how they go about their day through the use of wonderfully creative action lines!	1c,d; 2c; 3b; 5b
Dec, Jan	K-1	Snowy Day Self Portraits
	K-1	Wild Things	Using Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are", students will come up with their very own Wild Things!	1d; 2c; 3b
Sep	K-2	Line Up!	Students will explore the different properties of line, and see what happens when you put watercolors over Cray-Pas	1a,b,c,d; 2a,c; 5c
	K-2	Roads Like "Broadway"	Students will use Piet Mondrian's work "Broadway" as inspiration to creat their own creative and vibrant road maps	1a,d; 3a,b; 4b
	1+	Rainy Day Portraits	Inspired by a rainy day, students will do a self portrait of themselves on a rainy day!	1c,d; 2a; 3a,b;
	2+	All Jazzed Up	Students will create paper collage pieces in the style of Henri Matisse, based on his "Jazz" series.
Dec, Jan	2	Dippity Dye® Sky Collage	Dippity Dye® paper is utilized in this great snowy collage lesson. The wonderful sky colors can be shown in the tie-dyed effect seen on the paper!
Dec	3+	2D to 3D	Students will create a 3 dimensional flower from 2 dimensional paper. Great to link to Beauty & the Beast theme.	1a,c,d; 3a; 5a,c
Nov	3	Color Wheel Mobiles	Students will learn and identify key color concepts, and create an original color wheel, in mobile form!
Oct	3	Fall Leaves	Texture and printing comes into play with this clay project!
	3+	Places of Paper	Students will create a collage piece of artwork using papers that they designed
	3+	Playtime with Paper	A lesson on texturizing paper.
	3+	Remember When	Based on the artwork of Faith Ringgold, students will create a story of an event and an illustration to go with it.
	3+	Scratch Art	A great material to learn about repetition and pattern... with a hidden surprise!
Jan	3+	Van Gogh Resists	Watercolor resists make these compositions really stand out! Students explore artwork and create in the same style as Van Gogh.
	3+	Watercolor Monoprint	A simple way to do an amazing printmaking project! great for all levels of skill!
	4+	3D Drawings	Foreground, middle ground, and background all become clear in this fun 3D drawing!
	4	Butterfly's Environment	A great way to integrate with science - students create an environment for their butterfly, which is added later... 3D!	1a,d; 3a; 5a; 6b
Sep	4+	Radial Name Designs	Using their names, students create an interesting radial design... can you find the names once they're done?
	4+	Repeat after M.C.	Repetition and mathematics come together in this lesson based on M. C. Escher
Dec	4+	Rousseau's Jungle	Henri Rousseau's artwork is wonderful for this lesson on layering colored pencil!
Dec, Jan	5+	Art History Unit	Fifth graders work together to put a research project into action about an artist of their own choosing!
	5+	Marvelous Masks	Students create an original idea for a mask.. discussion about what different masks can be used for in many cultures.	2b; 4b; 5c
	5+	Scheming with Colors	Students will come up with an original idea to make their own personalized color wheel.
	5+	Splatter Silhouettes	A fun new paint application creates a wonderful way for students to make silhouette images, and talk about color schemes!
	6	Contrasto	Balance and contrast are key ideas in this lesson with a new material!
	6	Vision Appreciation	Students will experience what it is like to be losing their vision and still completing artwork, a great lesson on appreciating what they have!