Visual Art /ELA

Teacher: Ms. Sherman

Grade: Kindergarten
Date and Time: Sunday February 14, 2016
School: N/A
Name of Lesson: Re-creating the Story Through Art!
Fine Arts Area: Visual Arts
Infused Core Area: Literacy / ELA
Standards (each area)
Exploring Content Standard 2:
VAK-3.2 Select and use appropriate

Objectives (the students will)

Students will retell the main idea of
the story through drawing.

Assessments (Formal/Informal
Informal: Teacher will observe
drawings.
Formal: Teacher will assess with
checklist.

With a partner, students will state the

main topic and retell key details of a
story.

Informal: Teacher will listen for good

partner communication.
Formal: Teacher will assess with a
checklist.

subject matter, symbols, and ideas

to communicate his or her ideas
through works of visual art.
Reading: Informal Text: RI.K.2
With prompting and support, identify
the main topic and retell key details
of a text

Artistic Vocabulary:
Drawing a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon.
Core Vocabulary:
Main idea important information in a story that tells the overall idea.
Key details the most important events in the story.
Retell tell a story again, differently.
Cross Over Links to Each Area:
This lesson will demonstrate that visual art is a good way to retell events in a story.
Students can recreate a story in their own way, using their artistic abilities.
Preparation/Materials/Resources
The Very Hungary Caterpillar book
Blank sheet of paper
Crayons
Anticipatory Set: (Activating prior knowledge/procedures, Preview/Review)
Remind students of rug rules.
Remind students how of inside voices.
Remind students how to talk to partners (soft voices and be kind).
Tell students that they need to try their best when creating their drawings.
Mini-Lesson: (Explain/Demonstrate the lesson)
Explain what a main idea of a story is.
Explain what it means to retell a story.
Give example of 3 Little Pigs main idea is wolf blows down houses. Key details pigs build three different
houses out of different objects.

Procedures:
Have students think about the main idea and key details while teacher is reading the story.
Read The Very Hungary Caterpillar.
Have students turn to their rug partners
Students talk to partners about main idea and key details.
Explain that students will be drawing the main idea of the story.
o Have students be detailed to their partners
Students go back to their seats and draw what the main idea (what they talked to their partner about)
o Have students use colors, add lots of details, and give their best effort.
Clean up/ Close out/ Review

Recap the main idea.

o Ask students 1-2 students what they think the main idea was

Have 1-2 students who are sitting quietly, show their drawings/explain briefly.

Assessment Checklist Recreating the Main Idea Through Art

**Students will be assessed on their artwork during a downtime**
Student

Use of Color

Details

Best Effort

Assessment Checklist ELA Story Retell

**While students are in whole group, teacher will assess**
Student

Partner Communication

Main idea and Key details