Title: Draw Me a Star
Author & Illustrator: Eric Carle
Interdisciplinary Theme: Outer Space
Rationale: Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle is a book that has numerous colors and pictures to look at. The story is based off of the Creation Story in the Bible but Eric Carle puts his own twist on the famous story. The simple text and color drawings are sure to attract young readers.
1. Adjectives
2. Shapes
3. Colors
4. Creativity
5. Imagination
Materials:
· Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
· White canvases or paper
· Paint & brushes
· Painting surface
· Mocks
· Black construction paper
· White crayons
· Glow-in-the-dark Stars
Motivation: “Kindergarteners, I have this book that I cannot wait to share with you. We’ve been talking a lot about adjectives lately and this book has plenty. We’re even going to learn how to draw our own stars at the end. Are you ready? Put on your listening ears. (Click, click!)”
Vocabulary:
· “Artist”
Instructional Strategy: Ask the students if they know anyone who is an artist or if they think they know what an artist does. Explain to them that an artist expresses themselves or feelings through art: paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc. Once they understand what an artist is, we can become artists ourselves! I would set up mini easels or have an elevated work area where we can paint on our own canvases. Give students the freedom to paint whatever they want.
· “Handsome”
· “Strong”
· “Heavy”
· “Full Moon”
· “Star”
Instructional Strategy: I would start out by asking the students if they have seen the stars before in the night sky. “What do they look like?” I can then go on to say that stars make up constellations: ‘pictures’ in our sky. With black construction paper, the students can practice drawing stars with white crayons. I would walk through the steps with the students on how to draw a 5-point star. Depending on the level of my students, we could even create our own constellation. (If our classroom was Outer Space themes, I would put the glow in the dark stars into constellations on our ceiling. During quiet time when the room is darker, the students can look at the ceiling to see different patterns.)
Bibliographic Data:
The ideas for this project are self-created with the influence of Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle.
Carle, Eric. Draw Me a Star. New York: Philomel, 1992. Print.
Author & Illustrator: Eric Carle
Interdisciplinary Theme: Outer Space
Rationale: Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle is a book that has numerous colors and pictures to look at. The story is based off of the Creation Story in the Bible but Eric Carle puts his own twist on the famous story. The simple text and color drawings are sure to attract young readers.
1. Adjectives
2. Shapes
3. Colors
4. Creativity
5. Imagination
Materials:
· Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
· White canvases or paper
· Paint & brushes
· Painting surface
· Mocks
· Black construction paper
· White crayons
· Glow-in-the-dark Stars
Motivation: “Kindergarteners, I have this book that I cannot wait to share with you. We’ve been talking a lot about adjectives lately and this book has plenty. We’re even going to learn how to draw our own stars at the end. Are you ready? Put on your listening ears. (Click, click!)”
Vocabulary:
· “Artist”
Instructional Strategy: Ask the students if they know anyone who is an artist or if they think they know what an artist does. Explain to them that an artist expresses themselves or feelings through art: paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc. Once they understand what an artist is, we can become artists ourselves! I would set up mini easels or have an elevated work area where we can paint on our own canvases. Give students the freedom to paint whatever they want.
· “Handsome”
· “Strong”
· “Heavy”
· “Full Moon”
· “Star”
Instructional Strategy: I would start out by asking the students if they have seen the stars before in the night sky. “What do they look like?” I can then go on to say that stars make up constellations: ‘pictures’ in our sky. With black construction paper, the students can practice drawing stars with white crayons. I would walk through the steps with the students on how to draw a 5-point star. Depending on the level of my students, we could even create our own constellation. (If our classroom was Outer Space themes, I would put the glow in the dark stars into constellations on our ceiling. During quiet time when the room is darker, the students can look at the ceiling to see different patterns.)
Bibliographic Data:
The ideas for this project are self-created with the influence of Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle.
Carle, Eric. Draw Me a Star. New York: Philomel, 1992. Print.