Grade 1

Grade 1
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The first grade art lessons are designed around the understanding that first grade students are developing artists. Lessons are open ended, offering guided exploration to promote discovery and imagination.  Creativity is fostered to encourage personal expression.  Students are encouraged to create art works based on their memories, imagination, and personal experiences with their families and friends.  Students learn that their art work can communicate an intended meaning, expressing a variety of ideas, subjects, or emotions. They learn to see and identify lines, shapes, colors, textures and forms in their environment and art works and begin to be aware of the possibilities of using these visual art elements selectively in their own art works.
 Lessons are designed to stimulate reflective thinking and encourage sharing and discussion about artwork. Students learn that their art work has value and meaning. They learn to value the art work of others and begin to understand it’s meaning as well.
To encourage skill development, students are introduced to and experiment with a variety of processes, techniques, and media.  This introduction to a variety of processes, techniques, and media will provide a foundation for future lessons and promote confidence in communicating visually through their artwork.
They are learning to describe the subject matter, emotive qualities, details and visual art elements in the artwork of others as well as in their own art works. They are learning to talk about their opinions about art work and listen to others' ideas.
The lessons are a dynamic and integrated part of the whole school environment, promoting connections to the classroom through shared lessons and displaying student artwork.  The creative and analytical nature of art lessons provide  strength to the education of the whole child.


Click on the links below to view first grade lessons.                
Learning to See Like an Artist
Making Marks:
Line and Shape exploration
Experimenting with color
Shapes: Cutting and Gluing /
Portfolios/
Self Portraits Drawing what interests you
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1d
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a  
How to use materials/
Exploring drawing & painting tools
Markers, Crayons,
Oil crayons,
Tempera paint
Brushes
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2a.  
Primaries make green, orange, violet
Painting a reinterpretation of a Rainbow
Painting Colorful Places
RIVAD 3-1b

Painting Shapes that seem to Move
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a


Communicating
Ideas/ Lines express motion
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2b
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1b  

Using warm & cool colors to communicate feelings
Using warm colors to show Places and things that are exciting
Using Cool to show places or things that are peaceful or quiet  
RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a  
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1
Shapes All Around/Cutting & Organizing Shapes with Straight Edges/Collage
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1

Sketch books/
Self portraits & group portraits.
Sharing ideas about friends
RIVAD 2 (K-2) 1a
Exploring lines found in nature
Painting from observation:End of Summer Sunshine
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Making Light and Dark Colors
Painting artic animals
RIVAD 1(K-2)-2b
Abstract Painting Responding to Music Loud or soft sounds Tints and Shades/Panting
Shapes All Around/Cutting & Organizing Shapes with Curved Edges/Collage
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1

Exploring lines found in nature
Inspired by trees
Using ink and paint to paint seasonal trees.
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Mixing colors: Painting seasonal trees.

RIVAD 2(K-2) 1a  
RIVAD 3(K-2)-1
Felt Collage Banner/Fabric  Collage

RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1



Designing A Placemat/Printing Stencil Shapes
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 3 (K-2) –1


 
 Package design Folding flat shapes to create a solid shape
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c
Drawing from Observation
Textures

Clay
Looking closely and drawing observations of faces
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Collecting textures/ Rubbing textures
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a

Jewelry Design/
Patterns/ Mixing colors/
Using clay to form flat and solid shapes
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1c
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1e
Looking closely and drawing observations of stuffed animal
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c
Animal textures/ Texture rubbing collage
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a

Creating a clay container
Making a functional art work
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
RIVAD 2(K-2)-1a

Looking closely and drawing observations of animal sculptures
RIVAD 1(K-2)-1c


How artists use textures Animal Textures
Creating animal sculptures
RIVAD 1 (K-2)-1 a
RIVAD 1 (K-2) – 2a
Human Figure




Children Playing Outside/ Drawing a Crowd .
RI VAD 2 1a  



Remembering People Who Are Special to Me/Drawing
RI VAD 2 1a