Program can serve: Visual Art
Curriculum Focus: Science
Program Length: 45 minutes
# of visits: 2
My Garden Grows lesson provides a natural link between observational skills exercised in both science and art. Students will merge their observations from life experience and artwork seen in The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle about plant phases from seed to adult. Students will create their own My Garden Grows composition using collage and painting techniques.
Grade K |
| Grade K: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #1: With prompting and support, students ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (“The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle) |
| Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials. |
| Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making. |
Grade 1 |
| Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. |
| Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials. |
| Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design. |
Grade 2 |
| Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. |
| Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem. |
| Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design. |
Grade 3 |
| Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. |
| Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Elaborate on an imaginative idea. |
| Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work:Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. |