Sub plans
Directions
- Click on title of the book, watch and listen to the story.
- Discuss story with class, then pass out one sheet of paper to each student.
- Have students label paper with name and class code.
- Follow along with corresponding guided drawing, feel free to pause when needed. Use pencil to draw.
- Complete using pencils, Sharpies, markers, crayons, and colored sticks from drawing carts. If time allows, fill in the background as well.
May Plans
Mother's Day surprise
Grades K-2 watch this video for a Mother's Day folding surprise
Grades 4-5 watch this video for a Mother's Day folding surprise.
After drawing add color. Make sure to add details and color neatly.
All done, try creating your own folding surprise drawing.
April
April Plans
Earth Day Lesson
Watch read aloud of We are Water Protectors
Then do directed drawing of a sea turtle
Add color and other details to the image.
What could you draw around the turtle?
Solar eclipse:
Learn about solar eclipse a solar eclipse.
Then do directed drawing of a solar eclipse diagram.
Time for more? Listen to story read from space and explained by astronaut Steve Bowen
January
January Plans
Read aloud about Chinese New Year
then do directed drawing for appropriate grade level
Kindergarten and first grade
Watch video to learn how to draw a Chinese lantern.
Second and Third grade
Watch video to learn how to draw a Chinese dragon
Fourth and Fifth grade
Watch video to learn how to draw a Chinese dragon.
December
December Plans:
All grades:
Read aloud of If Picasso Painted a Snowman
Draw your own version of a snowman.
4th and 5th grade:
Read aloud of Henry Holton
Hockey Player
How to draw a hockey player
- add in details around your hockey player
2nd and 3rd grade:
Read aloud of Snowmen at Night
Snowman
How to draw a snowman
- Add in details to the background
November
November Plans:
All grades:
Read aloud of Turkey Trouble
Turkey
How to draw a turkey (K-2nd) Or Turkey (3rd-5th)
After drawing your turkey try adding a disguise if you have time.
- What disguise will your turkey be wearing?
October
October Plans
Grades K-5:
Read aloud of Celebrate the World Dia de los Muertos
How to draw a sugar skull
*Remember you can decorate your sugar skull with your own designs
Yayoi Kusama
K-2nd grade:
Read aloud of Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry
How to draw a Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkin.
Grades 3-5:
Read aloud of Yayoi Kusama from Here to Infinity
How to draw a Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkin
*Is there a different way you could decorate your pumpkin? What shapes or designs would you use?
Grades K-5:
Read aloud of Emily's Blue Period
Create a drawing of what home means to you. Try coloring it in with only one color, like all blues or reds.
September
September Plans
3rd-5th grade:
Read aloud of Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Keep Drawing
How to create a Keith Haring Inspired drawing
K-2nd grade:
Read aloud of Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry
How to draw a Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkin.
August
August plans
Grades 2-5:
Read aloud of Frida
Self-Portraits
How to draw a self-portrait
Grades K-1
Read aloud of The Day the Crayons Quit
Cartoon pencil
How to draw a cartoon pencil