Summer Pearson

Nicole Mayer

Annette

Comprehension Strategies

 

  1. Have the children get into groups and decide on a favorite artist they have been studying.  Have them make a list of characteristics for this painter.  Have them create their own painting using these characteristics of their favorite painter and have the other groups guess what painter they were painting like. 

 

 

Example:

 This is a painting by Georgia OÕKeefe. This painter is known for painting desert pictures and flowers.  When the children paint their own picture they may paint a desert scene which is similar to what Georgia OÕKeefe is most famous for.  The other students within the class should be able to guess which painter the other students are representing based on the images that they have painted within their own painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.  Have each student create their own color wheel labeling the three properties of color:  Hue, Intensity and value.  If you wanted you could also have them create their own color wheel using colors that only have one of the three properties. 

                                                                                             

 

  1. Have the students go outside looking for shadows.  When they come back in have the students describe the types of shadows they saw and how they differ.  Example:

á      Some may cast shadows as darker directly under the object casting them.

á      Shadows that overlap

á      What type of surface the shadow falls on and how the picture should vary accordingly.

á      Highlights, halftone, shadow side, shadow edge, and reflected light to shade objects.

 

4.  After they have read a book have them create a picture based on what they have read.   At the bottom of the picture have them write a summary how they would have changed this scene in the book.  They may draw the picture of their changed scene or the same as the book.

            Example:  If they were reading Harry Potter and they drew a scene of Harry and Malfoy battling they may change the scene to show Malfoy winning instead of Harry.  They would write how the scene is different from that in the book.