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Getting to Know You

This activity is a great way to start the school year and will provide students with a fun and creative way to get to know one another.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

Gather all the supplies needed to bring your craft ideas to life! From paints and markers to glue and scissors, our crafts section has everything to spark creativity and make every project truly special.

  • Paper
  • Ruler

Steps

  • Step 1

    The beginning of a school year often means new routines and new people and new academic and social challenges. This activity can provide students with a fun way to introduce themselves and learn about their classmates. Have them think about personal details they'd like others to know about them. What are their hobbies? What foods do they like? What sports do they enjoy? Do they belong to any clubs? Do they play an instrument? Ask them to choose four symbols to illustrate on a piece of artwork about themselves.

  • Step 2

    Ask students to measure and cut an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper into a square measuring 8.5" x 8.5". Have them fold and then unfold it to form 16 square blocks. Now have them write their name across the paper taking up as many blocks as possible.

  • Step 3

    Now ask students to outline the four symbols they chose, using as many of the square blocks for each. Ask them to add color and leave white alternating blocks which will create an interesting visual effect within each symbol and letter. This technique helps emphasize the impact color can have in attracting the eye and delineating positive and negative space in art.

  • Step 4

    Have students present their art and introduce themselves to the class.

Standards

SEL: Self-Awareness: Recognize one's strengths, emotions, and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose.

SEL: Social Awareness: Understand the perspectives of and strengths of others.

Adaptations

Have students form pairs and interview each other; then have them introduce their partner to the class using information they learned during the interview.

Positive space and negative space in art work together to achieve balance in a composition. Have students perform a negative space exercise that will help hone their observation skills. Ask them to look at people or objects, then focus on and draw the area around and between them.