| Eric Carle Art |
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| 4.15.02 |
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| Favorite Project Books: |
| The Eric Carle Art First Grade Project was based on the book Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle. I worked a little magic with Eric's book. There is a page where the character is asked to draw a couple, and he draws the couple without clothes. So I used a catalog and glued a swimsuit on the woman and man. The first grade students didn't even notice the difference. |
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| Lesson Plan |
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| Title: Eric Carle Art Subject Area: Art, Computer, Language Arts Description: This lesson is designed to integrate technology and a graphics tablet with the elementary language arts classroom. |
| *Students will learn to be illustrators and authors. *Students will learn to use a graphic tablet to create pictures and text. |
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| Materials: |
| Technology: Computer Graphics Tablet Printer |
| References: Books: Eric Carle Art Literature Book: Draw Me a Star By: Eric Carle |
| Coordination: The computer teacher and the regular classroom teacher will collaborate and integrate technology into the regular language arts curriculum. Assessment: Students' work will be collected and displayed in the form of a class book. Students will be assessed on cooperation, following instructions, spelling, and punctuation. Other Information: Students will have several examples that will model the process of making a page for a book. The teacher may also need to assist the lower elementary students with the spelling words. |
| Instructional Method: As part of a guided reading strategy, students will be introduced to the works of Eric Carle as an illustrator and author. Students will be asked to share favorite Eric Carle books. The teacher will draw the favorite picture from the book and write the word for students to later copy on chart paper, poster board, or the markerboard. Students will be asked to listen to a book (Draw Me a Star) where the character is asked to draw different pictures. Students will create a class book about drawing pictures using the graphics tablet. Students will draw the picture using the pen tool. Then they will type or write with the pen the word for the picture. Higher level students will also write a corresponding sentence using a capital letter and correct punctuation. |
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| Preparation / Introduction: Students need time to explore and practice using the graphics tablet. Students will need prior knowledge of other Eric Carle books. |