New Year Art Project Craft Activity Penguin Art Lesson Writing Prompt Reading

This New Year Penguin Art Project celebrates the new year with an art lesson, a reading, a reading comprehension and a writing prompt activity. Students create a New Year penguin artwork while exploring painting and drawing techniques.

The New Years Around the World reading, reading comprehension and writing prompt bring literacy into your art lesson, so students use both creative and critical thinking and write about the art they created. It is made for classrooms and homeschool families, with step-by-step slides in the document and as a PowerPoint presentation to make teaching the lesson easy.

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING

★★★★ “I loved this resource. The step by step was really helpful” J K.

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

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

Note: this resource uses American English and is not editable.

HOW TO USE IT

Start with the picture puzzle hook, then share the New Years Around the World reading. Teach the penguin artwork with the step-by-step presentation while students follow along with their how to draw page. Finish with the reflection pages, artist statement, reading comprehension and writing prompt.

Materials: oil pastels, watercolor or tempera paint cakes, and thick white paper or card stock paper.

Standards listed in the resource: CCSS RL.K.1, RL.1.1, RL.2.3 and National Visual Arts Standards VA:Re8.1.Ka, VA:Cr2.2.3a, VA:Cr2.2.4a, VA:Cr2.1.4a, VA:Cr2.1.5a and VA:Cr2.2.5a.

FAQ

Who is this for?

Classroom teachers and homeschool families who want an art lesson integrated with reading and writing.

Is there a PowerPoint?

Yes. The step-by-step slides are in the PDF and are also included as a PowerPoint presentation.

Is it editable?

No. It is non-editable.

Can I leave it for a sub?

Yes. The educator step-by-step instructions and PowerPoint presentation are designed to be easy to leave with a sub.

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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 this in creative ways and have as much fun with it as you like. For clip art, you may use the images as clip art, website graphics, binder covers or bulletin board decorations. 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