Making & Imagining
Objectives
- D07.S1.K.01 Create art with different materials and describe what they made.
- D07.S2.K.01 Sing, clap, or play a simple rhythm and say how it makes them feel.
- D07.S3.K.01 Move or pretend to be a person, animal, or character in response to a story or music.
- D07.S4.K.01 Build or make something from available materials and explain what it does.
Essential questions
- How do I make and share art with my hands, voice, and body?
- How do I turn an idea into something I build?
Big ideas
- Making — drawing, singing, moving, building — is a way to think and feel.
- Everyone's art has value and a story.
Lessons
- 1 Making with Many Materials 45 minutes
- 2 Describing What I Made 45 minutes
- 3 Art Is a Voice 45 minutes
- 4 Singing and Clapping 45 minutes
- 5 How Music Feels 45 minutes
- 6 Moving Like Animals 45 minutes
- 7 Pretending to Be a Character 45 minutes
- 8 Moving to Music 45 minutes
- 9 Building Something 45 minutes
- 10 Making & Imagining 45 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of making, singing, and pretend play; a self-chosen artwork and a built object as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 7 — Making & Imagining
Overview
This unit celebrates making as a way of knowing. Children create art with different materials and describe what they made, sing and clap simple rhythms, move and pretend as people and animals and characters, and build things from whatever is at hand. Art here is not decoration; it is a voice that does not require words, and every child’s making is honored as worthy of attention and story.
Essential questions
- How do I make and share art with my hands, voice, and body?
- How do I turn an idea into something I build?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.00.007.01 | Making with Many Materials | D07.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.007.02 | Describing What I Made | D07.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.007.03 | Art Is a Voice | D07.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.007.04 | Singing and Clapping | D07.S2.K.01 |
| L.00.007.05 | How Music Feels | D07.S2.K.01 |
| L.00.007.06 | Moving Like Animals | D07.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.007.07 | Pretending to Be a Character | D07.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.007.08 | Moving to Music | D07.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.007.09 | Building Something | D07.S4.K.01 |
| L.00.007.10 | Making & Imagining | D07.S1.K.01, D07.S2.K.01, D07.S3.K.01, D07.S4.K.01 |