Animal Habitats

Students will first learn how to draw animals through observation, envisioning the simple shapes that make up the body of the animal.  Here are some examples of the steps taken to create this bear and bird.

 

When students have finished creating and painting their animals, they will classify them all by the habitat in which they live.  After we have decided on the habitats needed to house our animals, each group of students will, after sketching out their ideas, create a different habitat, in paint, on butcher paper.  Our animals will be added and all our habitats will be pieced together to create one huge mural!