Illustration unit kindergarten

If we are telling students to first draw their picture, but they don’t KNOW how to draw what they’re thinking of—what do they end up doing?

easy to use Kindergarten Writing Workshop Units that include writing prompts, ideas and activities for beginning writing throughout Kindergarten

How do you teach writing to Kindergartners? I am sharing some tips on Teaching Guided Drawing to Beginning Writers. Drawing is an important skill!

One of our second grade common core standards is using information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. I love to use the story Officer Buckle and Gloria to teach this skill. It's also in our reading series. We talked about how important illustrations are for helping us understand what we are reading. They love seeing what Gloria will be up to next in the illustrations. I made this little…

Illustrator techniques

This is a four week illustration unit to help kindergarten/first grade writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Primary students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones. #kindergarten #kindergartenreading #kindergartenactivities #reading #writing #illustration #howtodraw #howtodrawforkids #teachingart #shapes #teacherspayteachers #printablesforkids

With Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Kindergarten Writing Curriculum complete, students now shift to Unit 3, and it's all about writing How-to Books! This is

These book buddies directed drawings are some of my favorite directed drawing projects that I created! I love that they can be incorporated so easily into literacy or center time....