1st Grade Semester Art Curriculum

Description

Get everything you need to teach a weekly elementary art class with this 1st grade semester art curriculum. Designed with first graders in mind, or use with younger or older elementary art students. This 1st grade art curriculum includes lessons that are winter, spring, and end of the school year focused. This lower elementary art project bundle is perfect for spring semester art classes.

With this elementary art curriculum, 1st grade semester art curriculum, you get 11 art lessons, 10 activities, 8 take-home, in-depth projects, also included are fast-finisher activities, demo videos, and more.

Teach students about the elements of art, mixed media art, elements of art, printmaking, digital art (easy, free, and paid program options), collage, weaving, and more.

This 1st grade semester art curriculum introduces 1st grade art, or younger and older students, to line, shape, form, space, texture, color, and value through a range of projects and activities. In addition to an elements of art focus, this elementary art curriculum also includes winter, spring, and end of the school year themed projects and art activities. This is the perfect spring-semester elementary art curriculum for your art class.

Ideal for 1st-grade art, adapt for kindergarten or 2nd-grade art. Students complete quick activities, look at examples, and create beautiful works of art.

All in all this 1st grade semester art curriculum pack includes:

This is enough to use in a class that meets once a week for 30-60 minutes for 18 weeks.

CUT SNOWFLAKE 3 ACTIVITY PACK:

• Lesson plan and teacher notes (5 pages)
• Project presentation (20 slides) with steps, book read-along, and overview
• Demo video showing how to complete all 3 winter activities (12 minutes)
• Project guide (2 pages)
• Cut snowflake guide (1 page)
• Checklist (1 page)

DRAGONFLY OR FISH SCRATCH FOAM PRINTMAKING PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (including essential questions, objectives, vocabulary, national standards, step by step instructions, and so much more)
• Teacher notes handout
• 4 PowerPoint presentations (also in PDF format) to show at the beginning of each class as an introduction, review, and to display step by step instructions.
• Images from artist exemplar,  Katsushika Hokusai
• How to draw a fish handout
• How to draw a dragonfly
• How to draw a bug handout

WINTER SNOW SCENE ACTIVITY:

• Teacher notes on ways to implement this guide
• How to winter directed drawing guide
• Sub activity and checklist

FISH WEAVING PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 5 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• PowerPoint presentation (17 slides)
• Demo video (11 minutes)
• Project guide (2 pages)
• Anni Albers early finisher art activity (3 pages)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

REVERSE WEAVING PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 5 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• PowerPoint presentation (15 slides)
• Demo video (7 minutes)
• Project guide (2 pages)
• Gunta Stolzl early finisher art activity (3 pages)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

PATTERN PUPPET PEOPLE STOP MOTION ANIMATION:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 13 pages)
• Teacher notes (2 pages)
• Quick reference for creating and editing stop motion movies (3 pages)
• 5 PowerPoint presentations (68 slides), display one every day at the start of class.
• Project guide (2 pages)
• Puppet template (1 page)
• Teacher guide on using the free app, Stop Motion Studio (4 pages)
• Title and end frame art activity (2 pages)
• 1 elementary art students through middle school art students walk through all of the steps of creating a stop motion animation clip with this project pack. Adapt for students all the way to 8th grade
• Art project checklist (1 page)

POINTILLISM PEAR PAINTING:

• A thorough art lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-step implementation instructions, 5 pages)
• Teacher notes with specifics on setup and classroom management (1 page)
• Project how to (2 pages)
• Demo video (10 minutes long)
• Presentation (18 slides)
• Paul Signac early finisher activity (3 pages)
• Project checklist (1 page)

MARBELIZED MONOPRINT CARD PROJECT:

Marbleized Monoprint:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-step implementation instructions)
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube)
• Color wheel activity
• Marble print art project guide
• Project checklist
• Marble print examples

Special Occasion Card (perfect for a Mother’s Day art lesson)

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-step implementation instructions)
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube)
• Marbleized monoprint how to
• How to draw a bug handout
• How to draw a butterfly handout
• How to draw a dragonfly handout
• Card how to
• Project checklist

COOL CHICK SCULPTURE:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step by step implementation instructions)
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube)
• Cool chick how to
• Distance learning assignment sheet for students to take home and read through with parents
• Project checklist

FLIP PICTURE ACTIVITY:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 4 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• PowerPoint presentation (14 slides)
• Project guide and brainstorm activity (2 pages)
• Demo video (7 minutes)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

THAUMATROPE ONE-DAY ART PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 5 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• PowerPoint presentation (17 slides)
• Project guide and brainstorm activity (2 pages)
• Demo video (7 minutes)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

SUMMER DRAWING ART ACTIVITY:

• Teacher notes on ways to implement this guide
• How to summer directed drawing guide
• Sub activity and checklist

Engage elementary art students every week for 18 weeks with this 1st grade art, elementary art curriculum. Looking for a kindergarten semester art curriculum? Check out my kindergarten fall art pack here.

Looking for a fall semester designed for 1st grade art classes? Check out my 1st semester 1st grade art curriculum here.

Check out more elementary art lessons here.

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