This grade 3 art lesson teaches students how to identify and express emotions. Start by asking the students to identify different emotions, and discuss with them how colors reflect emotion. In addition, tell them that the way a word is written can also convey emotion; for example, write a word such as "furious" in all uppercase letters.
Give each student a paper and colors and ask him to cover the entire page in several drawings that depict emotion. When finished, ask each child to stand up in front of the class and explain the emotions he has drawn. Display the artwork on a bulletin board to remind the students how feelings can be expressed in art.
This grade 3 art lesson is an entertaining activity for students to do for Mother's Day. This is an ideal way for students to make use of their old greeting cards by cutting out the pictures and creating their own pictures, via both drawing and using parts of the old cards.
Ask the students to bring in old greeting cards. Supply them with different kinds of paper, colors, glue and scissors. Mix up the greeting cards and place them on a table. Ask the children to choose several to take to their desk to cut up and use for making pictures.
Students should first study books, drawings, photos, videos or slides of cave paintings. Have them try to identify the animals in the paintings, and discuss how they could have been painted on high places without ladders, what was used to create paint to make the images, and why the images have lasted so long.
Roll out brown packaging paper on the floor or onto long tables pushed together. Pass out yellow, white, black and brown chalk to each student. Ask them to draw pictures of the animals they saw painted by the cavemen. Display the long drawing in the cafeteria or library for the entire school to enjoy.
Nature provides an abundance of opportunities to create beautiful artwork. This grade 3 art lesson can help teach children about different trees and plants in their community. Have each student bring in a poster board and leaves from plants and trees, along with flowers.
Have the children trace the leaves onto the poster board and dip the flowers in acrylic paint to make imprints onto the board. Make sure they label them so they can give a report in front of the class about the kinds of trees and plants.