TITLE OF LESSON: Grade Level(s): Kindergarten

Paul Klee and Cityscapes Subject: English language arts + Visual Arts

Content Standard(s): Arts Standard(s):

ELAGSE2RL2 Recount stories and determines their VA2CU.2 Views and discusses selected artworks
central message, lesson or moral VA2PR.1 Creates a drawing emphasizing shape
ELAGSE2R3 Describe how characters in a story respond VA2AR.1 ID geometric shapes and contrast
to major events and challenges VA2C.1 Creates art inspired by literature

TAES2.3 Assumes roles in a variety of dramatic
forms (hot seat)
Lesson Procedure:
Opening:
Read The cat and the bird to students as they are gathered on the rug. Point out the difference
between cityscape and landscape by using pictures in the book. Have students investigate the
painting by Paul Klee in the back of the book, VTS, what do you see? What does it mean? Where is
the bird? What does the birds location on forehead mean? Why is the nose red and shaped like
heart? Where is the only other place painted red? What do you think that means? What is Paul Klee
trying to tell us?
Teacher hot seats and becomes the cat and/or the bird from the story. The teacher will speak as
the cat/bird and when students ask questions and the teacher responds, students will have to
interpret what the teacher is saying based on their knowledge of the book and recalling key detail.
Teacher demonstration on how to use geometric shapes to draw a cityscape.
Review how to properly use watercolor paints.

Work session:
Students go back to tables and draw their own cityscapes with pencil, can turn paper any way.
Buildings need to connect. Trace all lines with black crayon going over lines multiple times to make
the black nice and dark.

Paint cityscapes with watercolor paints. Each shape is different color, background one color.
Closing:
Clean up properly, place work on drying rack, review how to load drying rack. Review
expectations/goals for next class session. Review key vocabulary from the day.
Name: Project: Excellent Good Average Needs Failed
Landscapes Improvement
Participate in hot seat or helping 5 4 3 2 1
students provide supporting evidence
from text
Can name all the different shapes they 5 4 3 2 1
used.
Used geometric shapes to create their 5 4 3 2 1
cityscape
Painted their city 5 4 3 2 1
Work is nice, neat and complete 5 4 3 2 1
Total Points: 25 Grade:

Your score: Comments:

Differentiation (support/scaffolding): Key Words/Vocabulary:
Acceleration (extension): Paul Klee
Preferential seating, visual aids. Teacher prompts Cityscape
and one-on-one assistance. Teacher demonstration
Landscape
at the beginning and as needed. Teacher example
will be made available for any students needing. Seascape
When complete will be allowed to use Legos to Geometric shapes
accomplish a Lego challenge. (Builds fine motor Contrast
skills, abstract thinking, play, and practice with Hot seat
sculpting in the 3-D)
Resources: Ideas to present/display student
Book: The Cat and the Bird by Geraldine Elschner learning:
and Illustrated by Paul Klee Photograph steps as working and display in
Paper, pencil, black crayon, watercolor paints, hallway.
brushes.