Substitute plans for Kindergarten - Shapes and Animals

I will be attending the Art Bid on Thursday this week and will need to leave sub plans for Kindergarten.  That's the only class I worry about when I am out because all other classes work in their portfolios.  I am always thinking minimal supplies for Kindergarten and try to keep it really manageable.  After surfing the net and checking into to Pinterest, I found a cute handout on a mommy blog for assembling dinosaurs using foam shapes.  This blog is where I located it.

My handout for the shapes

Kindergarten Shapes and Animals

Math & Visual Arts Connections

Animals in their Habitats

Purpose:  For students to create an animal using shapes. Practice cutting skills

and identify shapes and their properties.

Prep work: Photo copy handout of shapes onto colored paper either assorted for

animal lesson or suggested green or purple for dinosaurs.

Materials: scissors, handout, glue, background paper or choice either 12 x 18

drawing or construction paper in blue.

Assessment: Did the students use their creativity to design an original animal or a

animal that is recognizable related to something they have learned or studied

Begin: Read a book about a variety of animals so that students can connect

to visuals of animals OR

Choose a specific animal to have students create such as a Dinosaur

Discuss what shapes create what parts of animals.

i.e. what might we use for a head shape, a body, legs, etc.

Each student receives a print out of a variety of shapes. They will

carefully cut out each shape and place into an envelope for safe

keeping as they cut.

Have students arrange shapes in a variety of ways prior to actually gluing onto background.  Complete composition using crayons to add a habitat for the animal or in prior lesson have students paint a background for the animal.