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
Ready to Learn Checklist
Check that your supplies, body and brain are ready before a lesson, and draw your ready-to-go desk.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- self-management, routines, getting ready to learn
What kids do
“Artists get ready before they start. Are you ready?”
- My supplies
- My body
- My brain
- Draw my desk all ready to go
How to run it
- Laminate it and use a dry-erase marker each day.
- Go through it together for the first week.
- Kids add their own supplies to the list.
Talk about it
- Which part is hardest to get ready?
- What helps your brain feel calm?
- Why do artists set up before they start?
Take it further
Make a ready checklist for home drawing time.
Pairs well with
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