2nd Grade Art Curriculum: Year of Elementary Art

Get everything you need to teach a weekly elementary art class for an entire school year with this 2nd grade art curriculum. Designed with lower elementary art in mind, or use with younger or older elementary art students.

This is enough to use in a class that meets once a week for 30-60 minutes for 3 weeks.e, in-depth projects, fast-finisher activities, and more. Get everything you need to teach your second graders for an entire school year in a once a week art class.

Teach students about the elements of art, mixed media art, watercolors, printmaking, working with clay (kiln and no kiln versions), weaving, stop motion animation, oil pastels, and more.

This 2nd grade art curriculum introduces 2nd grade art, or younger and older students elementary artists, to the elements of art 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 seasonal art lessons, including back to school, fall, winter, spring, and summer art lessons and activities. This is the perfect first-semester elementary art curriculum for your art class.

Ideal for 2nd-grade art, adapt for kindergarten, 1st, or 3rd-grade art. Students complete quick activities, look at examples, and create beautiful works of art.

All in all this elementary art, 2nd grade art curriculum pack includes:

This is enough to use in a class that meets once a week for 30-60 minutes for 36 weeks.

FIRST DAY ELEMENTS OF ART ACTIVITY:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 4 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• Elements of art presentation (52 slides)
• Blank handout size elements of art design sheets (7 pages)
• Blank poster-size elements of art design sheets (7 pages)
• Activity checklist (1 page)
• Activity rubric (1 page)

This presentation pack covers all seven of the elements of art:

• Color (with colour spelling included)
• Shape
• Form
• Line
• Texture
• Space
• Value

TEXTURED HAND PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, Australian standards, TEKS standards, instructions, and more, 7 pages)
• 2 art project presentations (30 slides)
• Implied texture examples (1 page)
• Project guide (1 page)
• Positive and negative space activity (1 page)
• Activity checklist (1 page)
• Color and colour spelling

ANIMAL SCRATCH FOAM PRINT PROJECT:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-step implementation instructions). With instructions to use for second grades or adapting it for older students up to 6th grade.
• Teacher notes, so even if you are unfamiliar with scratch foam printmaking, you know how to best set up for it.
• 4 PowerPoint and PDF presentations to start each day
• A Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube or Google Drive)
• How to draw a turtle, sea turtle, lizard, fish, frog, and snake
• Project checklist
• Early finisher, Henri Matisse info sheet and two activities
• Early finisher, Making 2D shapes 3D
• How to label an edition handout

AUTUMN LEAF PAINTING:

• Lesson plan (including essential questions, objectives, vocabulary, national standards, step-by-step instructions, and so much more)
• 3 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, Horace Pippin
• Project guide
• Checklist rubric
• Reflection worksheet

CLAY FRAME PROJECT (with a polymer clay option):

• Lesson plan (including essential questions, objectives, vocabulary, cross-curricular and national standards, step-by-step instructions, and so much more)
• Teacher notes (with tips on setup and implementation)
• Frame template
• Photo template
• Step-by-step handout
• Coil design reference guide
• 2 PowerPoints to introduce steps and display goals for the day
• Crazy lines frame early finisher
• Project checklist

SYMMETRICAL COLLAGE PROJECT:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-step implementation instructions).
• 2 PowerPoints and PDF presentations to start each day
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube or Google Drive)
• Project how to
• How to cut symmetrical shapes guide
• Symmetry activity
• 2 Georges braque themed early finishers
• Project checklist
• Project examples

POP UP CARD PROJECT:

• 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 or Google Drive)
• Pop up Card how to
• Early finisher shape vs. form activity

SECOND SEMESTER ART PROJECTS AND ART LESSONS:

TREE SNOW SCENE PAINTING:

• Lesson plan (including essential questions, objectives, vocabulary, national standards, step-by-step instructions, and so much more)
• 3 PowerPoint (and PDF) presentations to give information, review, and display instructions for the day.
• Artist exemplar - Claude Monet
• 2 how to draw trees handouts
• A printable poster with step-by-step instructions and tips
• Project checklist
• Teacher notes for additional tips and information

SPECIAL SPACE BEDROOM DRAWING:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step by step implementation instructions). With instructions to use for second grades or adapting it for older students up to 6th grade.
• Vincent van Gogh, project presentation
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube or Google Drive)
• Special space how to
• Depth in art printable poster
• Student checklist
• Teacher checklist
• Early finisher, extra special space assignment
• Early finisher, about Vincent van Gogh activity
• Early finisher, depth in art practice

DRAGONFLY CRAYON RESIST MIXED MEDIA ART PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (6 pages)
• 3 Project presentation (32 slides) with steps, artist exemplar, and overview
• Demo video (13 minutes)
• Dragonfly project guide (2 pages)
• Warm and cool colors activity (2 pages)
• Scarecrow design activity guide (3 pages)
• Checklist (1 page)

GLUE CITYSCAPE PAUL KLEE ART LESSON:

• Lesson plan (8 pages)
• 3 Project presentations (37 slides) with steps, Paul Klee intro, and overview
• Demo video (18 minutes)
• Glue cityscape project guide (2 pages)
• Paul Klee activity (3 pages)
• Artwork reflection activity (2 pages)
• Student checklist (1 page)
• Checklist (1 page)

BURLAP WEAVING ART PROJECT:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 7 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• 2 PowerPoint presentations (32 slides)
• Demo video (13 minutes)
• Project guide (2 pages)
• Burlap bookmark art activity (2 pages)
• Needle threading hack (1 page)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

SANDY LINES STOP MOTION ANIMATION:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 12 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• Quick reference for creating and editing stop motion movies (3 pages)
• 2 PowerPoint presentations (25 slides), display one every day at the start of class.
• Project guide (1 page)
• Line design activity (2 pages)
• Teacher guide on using the free app, Stop Motion Studio (4 pages)
• Title and end frame art activity (2 pages)
• Maze design activity (1 page)
• Art project checklist (1 page)

POP UP HEART ACTIVITY:

• A thorough lesson plan (big idea, I can, goals, essential questions, objectives, supply list, resource links, step-by-st implementation instructions)
• Demo video to show students the steps (accessed via YouTube)
• Marbleized paper how to
• Heart pop up how to
• Project checklist

OP ART ICE CREAM ACTIVITY:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, (3 pages)
• Teacher notes (1 page)
• Project guide and brainstorm activity (2 pages)
• Art sub plan and checklist (1 page)

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 36 weeks with this 2nd grade art, elementary art curriculum. Looking for a kindergarten semester art curriculum? Check out my kindergarten fall art pack here. Check out my year long 1st grade elementary art curriculum here.

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