Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Drawing Practice Tracker
One small sketch a day for five days. Track the minutes and see what changes by Friday.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- habits and practice, tracking progress, adding minutes
What kids do
“A little drawing every day adds up. Fill one box each day.”
- This week I am practicing:
- Day 1 · ___ min
- Day 2 · ___ min
- Day 3 · ___ min
- Day 4 · ___ min
- Day 5 · ___ min
- Total minutes:
- By day 5 I noticed…
How to run it
- Use it as homework or a morning routine.
- Practice the same thing all week: one character, hands, eyes.
- Five minutes a day is plenty.
Talk about it
- Which day was best? Why?
- Did the drawing get faster or better?
- What would you practice next week?
Take it further
Make a class graph of total practice minutes.
Pairs well with
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