Family Portrait Creations
Art • Year kindergarten • 50 • 25 students • Created with AI following Aligned with Common Core State Standards
Teaching Instructions
Students will create a family portrait for the Square 1 Art fundraiser. Students will focus on using shapes to draw a person. After students build on their skills to build each body parts of a person using shapes, students will focus on drawing each person in their family. I will discuss different skin tone colors and hair color so that students can make their families with their unique differences. Students will show off their family portraits with the class and talk about their family. We use “I Can “ statements for our objectives. Students can create a family portrait. Students can use Charleston create a person. Students can use their best craftsman skills. Students can take their time and Follow directions. Materials: white paper, black sharpies. Skin tone colored crayons. Regular crayons. Duration. This lesson will take 5 class periods with each class period being 50 minutes each.
Overview
This five-day series invites 4th-grade students to design and create a family portrait focusing on shapes and diversity. Students will develop observation, drawing, and coloring skills while exploring personal and familial identity through art. The project culminates in a classroom sharing session where students discuss their portraits. This series is aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the National Core Arts Standards to support comprehensive learning.
Learning Objectives
Students will learn to:
- Use geometric shapes to construct body parts and create a person.
- Select and apply various skin tones and hair colors to reflect diverse family characteristics.
- Apply craftsmanship skills by following multi-step directions and taking care in their artwork.
By:
- Practicing shape identification and replication through drawing.
- Using skin tone crayons to represent realistic and diverse human features.
- Engaging in a classroom discussion to describe their family members.
In order to:
- Create a meaningful family portrait for the Square 1 Art fundraiser.
- Understand how shapes form the basis of complex images.
- Develop confidence in sharing personal narratives through art.
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details
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