Learning Objectives

• Students will explore balance by experimenting with various shapes

• Students will be able to identify kinetic art through discussion and exploration

• Students will incorporate movement into their art by making a hanging mobile 

NYS Art Standards

• VA: Cr1.1.3 - Elaborate on a selected imaginative idea.

• VA:Cr2.1.3 -  Create artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. 

• VA:Re7.1.3 - Speculate about the artistic processes an artist used to create a work of art.

CCLS

• Math CCLS

  • 3.G - Reason with shapes and their attributes.

• ELA CCLS

  • RI 4 - Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. 

  • W 1 - Create and present a poem, narrative, play, artwork, or personal response to a particular author or theme studied in class. 

  • SL 1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. 

Steps

• Complete a planning sheet.

  • Sketch different shapes to include

• Draw out shapes on construction paper.

• Cut out shapes.

• Punch hole in shapes.

• Connect shape to wooden hanging base using wire, string, or yarn.

Modifications

• Pre-cut shapes/ tracers 

• Pre hole punched shapes