Kravis Center Arts Integration Lesson Plan
Grade Level: Kindergarten - Second Grade
Lesson: Where Should Turtle Be?
by Linda Tylka
ESE and ESOL Strategies-Modeling
Goal of Lesson: Students will learn about four different types of Florida turtles.
Content Addressed: LA.K.2.1.5., LA.K.2.2.2, SC.1.L14.1, SC.2.L.17.2
Arts Objective Addressed: VA.K.S.1.1., VA. K.S.1.2, VA.1.S.1.2, VA.2.S.1.1.
Essential Question: I can recognize different types of turtles and make one out of clay.
Materials: Clay, tempera paint, paper, pencils
Lesson Strategies (Procedure):
1. The teacher will read Where Should Turtle Be? to the class.
2. The teacher will discuss the different types of turtles and their environments.
3. The students will choose which turtle (box, painted, sea turtle or terrapin) to
create from the clay.
4. The teacher will model how to make a turtle from a small pinch pot.
5. The teacher will model how to pull out the legs of the turtles.
6. The teacher will fire clay projects.
7. The students will paint the clay turtle to represent either a box turtle, painted
turtle, terrapin or a sea turtle.
8. Follow up activity: The students will paint an environment for their turtle (salt
marsh, pond, wetland, slow moving river, woods or ocean)
Assessment Strategies: The students will be informally assessed by how well their turtle represents one of the
four turtles studied.
Evaluation of Lesson Reflection: