Second Grade

Mixed Media Bug Diagrams

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to create a diagram by labeling different parts of a bug 

• Students will be able to recognize multiple times or diagrams through discussion

NYS Art Standards

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

• VA:Cr3.1.3 - Elaborate by adding details to an artwork to enhance emerging meaning

CCLS

• Math CCLS

  • 3.MD - Represent and interpret data.

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

• ELA CCLS

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

  • W 11 - Create and present a poem, narrative, play, artwork, or personal response to a particular author or theme studied in class. 

Steps

Day One

• Explain

  • Go over different diagrams

  • Go over why diagrams are important

  • Go over different bug body parts

  • Have students pick a bug and sketch out their diagram in the planning sheet

• Clean up

  • Have students put their names on their planning sheets

  • Have students put materials away

  • Collect planning sheets in a pile

Day Two

• Explain

  • Review diagrams and what the students started last class

• Demonstration

  • Draw out the bug in pencil

  • Collage a few sections of the bug

• Clean up

  • Throw away scraps

  • Put materials away

  • Collect work in a pile

Day Three

• Explain

  • Review what students worked on last class

• Demonstration

  • Show students how to add watercolor around their collaged pieces

  • Sharpie over everything they’ve done

• Work time

• Clean up

  • Have students put the paint away and clean brushes

  • Work goes on the drying rack

Modifications

• Have an already filled out diagram worksheet for a student if needed