Lines

Lines

K and 1st:  

1.  Students will first practice making various types of lines with a piece of yarn.  I will model and they will copy a straight line, a wavy line, a circle line, a zig zag line etc. 

2.  Students will choose shapes to glue down across their page.  They may choose to make a pattern. They will use crayons to practice circles, waves, and curves.  See examples below.  

3.  If they have extra time they may create more lines and shapes with the yarn.  

2nd Grade

1.  Listen to A Line and a Dot Went For a Walk. Students will practice making lines as the story is read.

 http://www.slideshare.net/PHrbacek/a-line-is-a-dot-that-went-for-a-walk

2.  Students will now use oil pastels on black construction paper to create lines of their choice starting at the bottom left corner.  They will then glue a picture of them self blowing to the corner. 

3rd and 4th Grade:  Students will learn about various types of lines and create a crazy hair day picture.

1.  Listen to the story Crazy Hair Day.  http://youtu.be/Ckm1c5N9EoM

     If time also listen to the Crazy Hair Day Song:  http://youtu.be/RcshjFgOYE4

2.  Students will use markers to draw crazy hair with various type of lines.  If they want they can make it upside down to create a beard. 

5th Grade: Students will explore various types of lines and learn to draw a dragon ( our school mascot).

1.  Model how to draw a dragon.  Trace with marker.  Cut out. Set aside. 

2.  Draw various types of lines with glue across the paper.  Sprinkle salt on the glue. Shake extra salt off.  Next use a paint brush to drop on watered down tempera paint on to the salt. 

3.  Glue dragon to corner (possibly wait till glue lines dry to glue down dragon). 

Extra time:  Play dragon video. http://youtu.be/UdfB23mXV0U