Winter Art Project Activity Arctic Fox Art Writing Prompts Reading Comprehension

This Winter Arctic Fox Art Project combines an art lesson with reading comprehension and a writing prompt. Students create a winter artwork of an Arctic fox while exploring oil pastel techniques, with step-by-step slides in the document and as a PowerPoint presentation to make teaching easy.

A Changes in Winter reading, comprehension questions and a writing prompt bring literacy into the lesson and encourage both creative and critical thinking. It works for classrooms and homeschool families.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (NON-EDITABLE PDF AND PPT VERSION, AMERICAN ENGLISH)

• Lesson Plan (2 pages), already filled out
• Learning Standards Covered
• Lesson Hook, a ready-to-use warm-up drawing challenge
• About the Theme reading to read aloud or for students to read
• Rubric
• Artwork Reflection Pages for the creative process and individual goals
• Artwork Message and Artist Statement
• Example of the artwork
• Educator Step-by-Step Instructions and a PowerPoint Step-by-Step Presentation, handy for you or to leave with a sub
• Step-by-Step How to Draw Page for students
• Reading Comprehension with questions and answer key
• Writing Prompt activity connected to the theme

Materials needed: oil pastels and black construction or card stock paper.

HOW TO USE IT

Start with the warm-up drawing challenge and the About the Theme reading, then teach the Arctic fox artwork using the PowerPoint or the educator step-by-step, with the how-to-draw page for students to reference. Finish with the reflection pages, artist statement, reading comprehension and writing prompt.

The lesson lists these standards: CCSS RL.K.1, RL.1.1 and RL.2.3, and National Art Standards VA:Re8.1.Ka, VA:Cr2.2.3a, VA:Cr2.1.4a, VA:Cr2.2.4a, VA:Cr2.1.5a and VA:Cr2.2.5a.

FAQ

Is a PowerPoint included?

Yes. It comes as a non-editable PDF and PPT version, including a PowerPoint step-by-step presentation.

Does it include literacy activities?

Yes. A Changes in Winter reading, reading comprehension with an answer key, and a writing prompt.

Can I leave it for a sub?

Yes. The educator step-by-step instructions and PowerPoint make it easy to leave with a substitute.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen McGiveron (Ms Artastic) is an artist who has been featured on NBC LX News and designs art lessons for kids and educational resources for teachers. She is the founder of Ms Artastic and hosts the Ms Artastic YouTube Channel and Podcast.

TERMS OF USE

Images and lessons are copyright products.

YOU MAY: use the images as clip art, website graphics, binder covers or bulletin board decorations, and use this in creative ways and have as much fun with it as you like. Additional licenses are available for school use.

YOU MAY NOT: use this on OutSchool, put it on your blog, share it with other teachers, administration or districts (admin can buy additional licenses), sell it, give it out for free or photocopy it for others.

Sincerely,

Ms Artastic