1st grade- Organic Shapes and Different Lines

This project focused on organic shapes. We first cut out an organic shape using tag board. We traced the shape 3 times on our paper making sure that it overlapped. We yen filled in the spaces with different types of lines using marker. Lastly, we glued our white paper to a background paper. We cut he background paper into an organic shape as well.

Kindergarten- lines

Kindergarteners discussed different types of lines: horizontal, vertical, diagonal, zig-zag, curve, loopy-loop. 

1st Grade- Mondrian

1st graders studied art by Mondrian. We discussed similarities on all of his art work including horizontal and vertical lines and the primary colors. We yen wanted to create our own twist on his work, so we drew horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. Lastly we colored in all of the triangles using primary colors. 

Kindergarten- Lines lines and more lines

We created this project to focus on horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and curved lines. We did these in thick black lines. Next, in between the spaces we created other lines using the basic lines. 

1st Grade- Organic Shapes and Lines

Can you spot the organic shapes in our drawing and in our background paper? 1st graders learned that organic shapes are shapes with no names and no rules. We cut out an organic shape and traced it at least 3 times onto a small white paper, making sure to overlap the shape. Then we filled in the organic shapes with differnt types of lines.

1st Grade- Organic Shapes and Different Lines

1st grade students need to know organic shapes and thick, thin, straight, and curved lines. So I thought, why not combine all of these into one project?

We started this project by using 6 x 6 inch pieces of tag board. Students had to draw an organic shape on their tag board. I instructed them to draw it pretty big and told them to not make it super funky because we don't want it to be hard to cut out. After the organic shape was drawn in pencil, they cut it out.

Next I gave students a 12 x 6 inch piece of paper and told them to trace their organic shape on it 3 times. We also want the shapes to overlap. After they were finished tracing their shapes with pencil, they went back over all of their shapes with a marker. Then in each space they added straight, curved, thick, or thin lines. I informed them that a line can be both straight and thick, straight and thin, curved and think, and curved and thin.

Finally, they glued the 12 x 6 inch paper to the middle of a 12 x 18 inch colored paper. And for the last step, they cut the edges of the colored paper to make an organic shape. 

Kindergarten- Lines and Designs

In kindergarten, we continued our lines unit. We started by using a 18 x 12 inch paper. I pre-cut 1 x 18 inch black strips and gave each student 3. We glued the lines on our paper in the following directions: horizontal, diagonal, and vertical. Since we didn't have a curved strip, we drew one on with a black crayon. We discussed that the curved line had to be think to match the other lines.

Then we added in details and lines in each sections. I taught them other lines such as wavy, zig-zag, loop-dee-loop, spiral, castle, and dotted lines. I also showed them that you can cross lines to create a checkerboard appearance. We added these lines with crayons. Here is the finished result.