***Can you be a Construction worker? And if so, what can you build?***

What is our theme?
Construction - building


What is the lesson (overall Purpose): 
Using your imagination to build your own home, garage, office building, etc. 

   
MA Guidelines/Standards:

• explore ways to use or combine different types of lines to create shapes, letters, drawings. Pg. 161

Learning Outcomes:
The PreK–12 Learning Standards for the Visual Arts: 

1. Methods, Materials, and Techniques. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the methods, materials, and techniques unique to the visual arts.
2. Elements and Principles of Design. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the elements and principles of design.
3. Observation, Abstraction, Invention, and Expression. Students will demonstrate their powers of observation, abstraction, invention, and expression in a variety of media, materials, and techniques.
4. Drafting, Revising, and Exhibiting. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the processes of creating and exhibiting their own artwork: drafts, critique, self-assessment, refinement, and exhibit preparation.
5. Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own work and the work of others using appropriate visual arts vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.

Songs,Books,Video(Motivational Techniques)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRLIPqT6mGs&t=7s - Ms. Julia reading shape construction book 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0n1ivEpAw - Book 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8nyMgOBGJk - Book about construction workers 


Materials

• Popsicle sticks and/or outdoor sticks
• Paper 
• Coloring tools 

Activity(Procedure)

1. Gather materials 
2. Create shapes that make up a building 
3. Use coloring tools to decorate your building, or draw a road, tree, car, etc. surrounding the building

Activity(wrap up)

• identify some primary and secondary colors, and use them in various ways.
• identify a few types of lines and symbols in two and three dimensions.

How do I know what my child is learning?(Assessment)
Ask the child if they can count how many sticks they use to create their house, and why.

How can you extend the activity (modifications)
Instead of popsicle sticks you could use cut stripes of paper, or sticks collected from outside!

Helpful Hints (pitfalls and solutions)
You can ask your child “what kind of house do you want to live in when you grow up, big, small, garage, etc.” 

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