Fourth Grade

Chromatic Senses Collage

Learning Objectives

• The students will be able to identify their different senses through discussion.

• The students will explore their senses through a color by writing a poem.

• The students will compose a monochromatic collage by selecting images from magazines.

CCLS

• Math CCLS

  • 4.OA Generate and analyze patterns 

  • 4.MD Represent and interpret data

• ELA CCLS

  • RL 11 Range of reading level and text complexity - Recognize, interpret and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama, to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, personal events, and situations. 

  • W 2 Text types and purpose - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

  • W 11 Range of writing - Create and present a poem, narrative, play, artwork, or literary review in response to a particular author or theme studied in class. 

  • L 5 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use -Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 

NYS Art Standards

• VA:Cr2.3.4 - a. Identify, describe, and visually document places or objects of personal significance. 

• VA:Cn10.1.4 - a. Develop a work of art, based on observations of surroundings

Steps

• Have students grab a piece of paper

• Have students pick their favorite color 

• Write five lines about their favorite color that relate to their five senses

  • “_____ feels like …”

  • “_____ looks like …”

  • “_____ tastes like …”

  • “_____ sounds like …”

  • “_____ smells like …”

• Glue their poems onto their paper 

• Collage an entire piece of paper using magazines only cutting out images that are their chosen color 

• Clean up 

Modifications

• Having someone write out their piece for them 

• Writing fewer lines 

• Writing about only one sense

• Lined paper 

• Having the senses written out on the board