Animal Homes
Learn about different types of animals and create a collage of an animal in the place where it lives.
Resources
- 9″X12” white drawing paper
- Pencils
- Crayons (with paper removed)
- Chalk
- Glue sticks and googly eyes
- Texture plates that show animal textures. (You can create your own texture plates by drawing with Elmer’s glue on small pieces of paper and letting them dry.)
- I Howl I Growl by Marcia K. Vaughan
- Way Out in the Desert by Jennifer Ward
- Draw Desert Animals by Doug Dubosque
Fine Art Standards
The student can create art by using a variety of line types and qualities and understand how artists use lines to create images. The student understands that objects are represented by shapes (organic or geometric) which are defined by outlines. The student can show correct size relationships. The student can recognize that all objects have texture. The student can make texture rubbings. The student can identify texture, pattern and rhythm in works of art.
Integrated Standards
The student can identify specific purposes for listening and listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately. The student can demonstrate an understanding that print carries “the message.” The student can prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas. The student can describe how things change and depend upon their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
Objectives
The students will learn about how animals and plants each have their own texture and they will learn how to create that texture with a texture rubbing and by repeating lines and shapes. They will also learn about where animals live and how they adapt to their environments.